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Is this common knowledge? nn for Henry?
One of the boys names we (okay I) like for baby is Henry. But apparently, the nick name for Henry is Hank, which I'm not a fan of.
I thought maybe it wasn't common knowledge, but on two separate occasions this weekend ppl we asked us about names, and when I mentioned Henry, the first thing they commented on was Hank as a nickname.
I'm wondering now if I should strike it off the namem list... thoughts?
If I named a kid Henry do you think he'd end up getting called Hank for most of his life?
Re: Is this common knowledge? nn for Henry?
Henry isn't a very common name for "our generation" and I don't think the nickname is well known ( I didn't realize it). I have a feeling it would be the older generation / relatives etc that would end up calling him Hank, and his classmates, teachers etc would call him Henry. I guess it depends on who has made the comments.
I know at least 2 James and they go by James and not Jim or Jimmy, and everybody knows that nickname. I suppose it depends if Henry minds being called Hank, probably depends if you defend it for the first few years of his life. If you always say, "It's not Hank, it's Henry" he will get used to that as well and grow up as Henry.
I did know that... but I also think that you have the opportunity to stop people from using a short form like that. ?I agree with MN4L, all you have to do is correct people with ?"It's not Hank, it's Henry"?and then if he develops another nickname like scooter or whatever, you can share that instead.
My brother doesn't go by his first name (Joshua) because my mom didn't want to hear Josh.... he's always used Keith, or Joshua Keith, or J. Keith. ?I think Keith suits him better, but think people would have been able to say Joshua instead of Josh just fine.
I suppose the other thing on your side would be that Henry only has two syllables, so it doesn't need a nn, like 3 syllable names tend to get by default.?
My BFF loved the name Henry but hated Hank so she ditched the name.
However, I agree with the others that if you don't want him to be called Hank, then I betcha no one will (though you can't keep everyone from calling him Hank)
Now all I can think of is Tom Hanks LOL
That wasn't common for us. I know Hap is a nn for Henry - at least that was what everyone called my g'pa and his name was Henry.?
I wouldn't be worried about the nn issue, I found people were really respectful when I introduced Ben and Benjamin they asked if we called him Ben or Benjamin before choosing calling him something. I'm sure it will be the same for you.?
Some people WILL call him Hank - but most won't. It is like my cousin's son William - a couple people call him Bill or Billy, even though his parents always call him William.
If you really really hate Hank, then I would consider a name change - because it will come up. And there are always those people who, even if you correct them and say "Actually, it is Henry" will still call him Hank, just BECAUSE it bugs you (or, at least, I know people who are like that).
We are having the same dilemma. DH and I both really love the name Isabella, but I really HATE the nn Izzie - so I've pretty much nixed it from our list. DH says we could call her Bella as a nn, but I think that might get confusing, because BIL/SIL and SILs family are always calling their daughter Bella, because SILs family is very Italian and it means beautiful in Italian.
I know Hank is a nn for Henry but I would never think to call a kid that unless I heard the parents doing it.
A few people have called Ben Benji and we have corrected them, Ben or Benjamin and that is it.