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Help[Opinions] Re: Mia
in reply to a message by buggycat
I remember wanting to choose a nickname for myself at that age. My friend group was also interested in "secret names" or "code names" for everyone. I think it's a pretty normal part of human development. It's good that you're supportive of it, otherwise she might end up with a complex!
Mia is a cute choice.
Mia is a cute choice.
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did you ever read ...
The Anastasia Krupnik series by Lois Lowry? In the very first one, Anastasia is in fourth grade and there's a club in her class called the i club. All the girls are in it, and the only requirement seems to be having a name or nn that ends with an i. Traci and Jenni and Cindi ... and Anastasia is mad because she doesn't see a way to make her own name end with i. Nobody suggested Staci, but that would have worked.
But anyway, it was just a fad and never came to anything much.
The Anastasia Krupnik series by Lois Lowry? In the very first one, Anastasia is in fourth grade and there's a club in her class called the i club. All the girls are in it, and the only requirement seems to be having a name or nn that ends with an i. Traci and Jenni and Cindi ... and Anastasia is mad because she doesn't see a way to make her own name end with i. Nobody suggested Staci, but that would have worked.
But anyway, it was just a fad and never came to anything much.
Haha I remember that book. Yes she could have been Staci or even Ani?
I just checked, and the first book came out in 1979. I highly doubt it caused the inspiration, but my stepsister (born in the late 80s) has gone by Christi, with that spelling, since before we met. I didn't even realize it was a fad back in the day--what I do remember is making myself remember that she didn't spell her name Christie (short for Christiana, but nobody calls her that except my stepmom/her mom, and maybe her dad). And that she was always upset growing up that gift shops never had anything with her name/spelling on them.
I remember reading those, though not the club bit… however that may explain why I briefly (and unsuccessfully) tried to go by Chrisi lol.
I suppose “Christi” might have worked?
Christi and variations were really common in Australia at that point, so I think I wanted something different!
I am curious to see whether this will stick or not. I've seen it go both ways.
I went by Fanny (pronounced the French way, also I didn’t grow up in the anglosphere) as a tween/teen, though it’s a nickname I used in school exclusively to distinguish myself from the three other girls with my name). I dropped it later on, and never asked my parents or family to use it (they suggested it because apparently there’s a Francesca up my family tree who went by Fanny) though some of my friends from middle school plus a few people who know me through them still call me that.
I didn't read those! I think the only Lois Lowry I read was The Giver. The "i club" sounds like something my friends and I would have done - I even went through a phase of giving myself an "i name"! It definitely was a fad, but a wholesome one.
In the book, the i club was planning to get t-shirts made up with their i-names on them. Anastasia was doubly annoyed because not only did she not have an i name but also her own name was so long she said that if she ever got it on a t-shirt it would run clear into her armpits.
I have a strong-willed child and the one thing i've learned is to let her have as much freedom as possible. Otherwise everything would be a battle of wills.
This message was edited 3/31/2025, 6:18 AM