Who needs a long and complicated name when you can make an impact with something short and sweet?
— i.e., baby names that are traditionally shortened versions of those aforementioned long, elegant names — are hot right now. After all, most people with long names end up using their nickname anyway, so why go through the inevitable confusion of essentially giving your kidfirst names: their “legal” one and the one they actually go by? You could just cut right to the chase by giving them the condensed version right off the bat.
Before we dive into our favorite nickname baby names, though, let’s take a fun look at how the word “nickname” actually came to be. According to to form — literally, ‘also-name,’ used for a secondary or unofficial name in the late Middle Ages.” Now say it out loud and hear for yourself how “an ekename” sounds like “a nekename” … which morphed, as time went on, into “a nickname.”
However the word originated, nicknames have clearly been popular for centuries. And now they’re getting the recognition they deserve: no longer the “also-name,” they’re getting their own moment in the spotlight. From Allie to Zeb, here are some of the best nickname baby names we’ve heard.
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