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Help[Opinions] Nickname solution?
I posted a few days ago about concerns around the name Enitan (eh-NEE-tah(n)) being too similar to my nephew's name Eitan. I don't care that much but am afraid my sister will. I had thought we could just call him Eni in the family, but another poster asked about the name Hugo recently, and that led me to a possible solution.
Meanings are what it's all about for me. When I responded to the poster's question about Hugo, I learned that the name means "heart, mind, spirit." As a theologian/spiritual caregiver and narrative researcher, next to the meaning I have chosen for my son already, "person of story," that's about the best meaning I could think of. In Scotland, a diminutive of the related name Hugh is Shug, which I think is adorable, and can also be Shuggie.
Turns out, Scottish football players use the name Shug for anyone on the team who has a difficult to pronounce name (which you could obviously argue the Yoruba name Enitan is, for English speakers at least), and it just felt perfect to me.
In my family we all had long names and always went by them in full, but I like the idea of a pet name in the family, and think it could solve the unfortunate dilemma I was having around the naming issue.
Posting as an update for those who might be interested, and to ask, what do you all think?
Original posting, for reference: http://www.behindthename.com/bb/baby/4671443
Meanings are what it's all about for me. When I responded to the poster's question about Hugo, I learned that the name means "heart, mind, spirit." As a theologian/spiritual caregiver and narrative researcher, next to the meaning I have chosen for my son already, "person of story," that's about the best meaning I could think of. In Scotland, a diminutive of the related name Hugh is Shug, which I think is adorable, and can also be Shuggie.
Turns out, Scottish football players use the name Shug for anyone on the team who has a difficult to pronounce name (which you could obviously argue the Yoruba name Enitan is, for English speakers at least), and it just felt perfect to me.
In my family we all had long names and always went by them in full, but I like the idea of a pet name in the family, and think it could solve the unfortunate dilemma I was having around the naming issue.
Posting as an update for those who might be interested, and to ask, what do you all think?
Original posting, for reference: http://www.behindthename.com/bb/baby/4671443
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