GC names

Apparently my paternal grandfather called my elder sister Betty Dumps and we can't fathom out why. We never thought to ask parents and said grandfather has been dead since 1948

It's definitely a hazardous exercise using pre-birth names M0nica
Eldest DS was known as 'Fred' before birth - he's forty this month, and still known as Fred, although his given name is Christopher!

Nannanoo, beware the pre-birth names. We called our first Ethelred the Unready. It clearly affected his personality, he has on his back foot running to catch up ever since.

we have 'Izzie Whizzy let's get busy' for our Lizzie and 'lucy locket where's your pocket' for our Lucy. Not sure how these names started, they just evolved within the family!!!

That should have been DGC - we don't know which flavour baby will appear just yet!

I like 'cuddle names' too - but maybe not in public.
My unborn DGD, due in October, is presently known as Agent Tiddlesworth.
I hope that doesn't stick when he/she is older!

Hopehope- the Cherub made me laugh out loud ! I love all these loving names - keep 'em coming !

Personally I hate it!
Not sweet, cute or nice.
Awful!
Gritting teeth at some of the above 'cute' extra names,Urgh.

We don't do that, but Dh still refers to our Son who is 37, and six feet three as " The Cherub" lol he will often say " did the Cherub phone today" etc

We have Ottbott...Toto....Tilly Bear. ...Daisy Dot. In our family

When I was teaching, several children who were the children or grandchildren of other staff members were often called by their family nicknames in school. I always found that somewhat creepy. Love the expression "cuddle name" though.

My DGC are children though so why can't we be childish with them? All my DGC have nicknames. I don't see the problem. They're not upset by them. They're terms of endearment.

My DDs have nicknames too and I still use them sometimes.

If you think I'm stupid and childish then so be it.

I love nick names.......personalised, close friends or family names, what is wrong with them? If your freinds like them why does it bother you?

They are little crystals of affection that stuck, for a loving reason and that is lovely.

I think FB has a place for such names, as it does for other insider information, people can customise the viewers and it is nice for you to be among their chosen people.............'nauseating' well that is harsh in my opinion.

I think it's stupid and childish. The sort of thing a young child might do, but not an adult. I should think a lot of children whose friends or siblings do that to them would be annoyed and it would be a form of teasing.

Lighten up folks ,isn't there enough misery and sorrow in todays world???
My maiden name was Hicksworth and even after I married a couple of my old school friends still referred to me as 'hickydicky.

For some bizarre reason lost in the mists of history, any tiny person in our family is automatically called 'Chump Chop'until they get to about three....not exclusively of course as they need to learn their own name, but I do sometimes wonder how we all unconsciously adopt this odd name when playing with or swinging the baby/toddler around. They all seem to like it - so far!

It's like talking baby talk to children, it keeps them infantile.

I'm referred to as pie , bun , vicarage , vixen .. my GS has many names - hazmat ( for the horror show nappies after healthy food !) Harrington bear , Harriboo , h dog and my particular favourite that I call him is pooper scooper. Because it makes him giggle. Anyway what's in a name

Probably lots of things quizqueen

What other people choose to put on facebook or otherwise call their grandchildren is their own business, surely!!! I wonder what your friend finds 'slightly nauseating' about you!

We have Rosie posie in our family.

I've got a Juicy Lucy and a Nicky Picky Pie . Oh dear .

I agree it's too twee in public. Makes me so glad FB wasn't around when we were children! My Mum always did that: my brother, David, was Daisy Doodles (yuck yuck yuck!) , Robin was Robin-a-bobbin, my was Niki-noo-noo or noodles, and my sister, Adrienne, was either Agatha or Aggie-baggie. We really hated it. She did the same with my daughters who didn't like it either. Candy became Flossy and my middle daughter, whose middle name is Jessica became Jessie. I'm sure if FB had been around these embarrassing names would have been plastered all over it!

My gorgeous gd is Marthamoobags!

Our grandson has a nickname half given by his sister that rhymes with his actual name and we've added bear to the end of that, for alliteration and also because it roles of the tongue, I don't use it in public, in the park for instance, otherwise we use it all the time and he even calls himself by that name. In due course he will tell us to stop, but we'll make the most of it while he's little.