Little Hello & Vintage nicknames.

I've been MIA for awhile (which isn't good when you are trying to start a blog) but as luck would have it my laptop broke about a week after starting this lovely blog, and blogging from my phone is a task I am not ready to feat so this little newborn of a blog had to be neglected for the time being. But at last I have a new Laptop! So hello blog nice to meet you again.  :~)

I've been *trying* to stay away from names for the past two weeks to deal with life but I just can't seem to. Bye bye went Formspring and hello said Nameberry, which isn't exactly helping with the name break. Anyway since I'm failing at that why not also blog about them? I may be in a bit of a funk with my names, which I'm slowly getting out of, but that shouldn't stop me from helping others explore all the possibilities. So any I've been having a little fascination with cool vintage nicknames, way more fun then the all too popular Maddie's & Ally's. They just add so much more to already gorgeous names, and since vintage is coming back into style with the little Mabel's being born why not add some of the nicknames to the mix also.

For the guys three of my favorites are:

Bram - Nickname for Abraham, Abram, or Bramwell. I've come to like the charm of Bram. It comes off as cool and laid back but not boring in the least. It has a quirk to it and while it's not really a nickname but a the Dutch variation of Abraham it does work as such. Of course you could go with the usual Abe, which is adorable also, but Bram sounds more mature and wise.

Ollie- Nickname for Oliver or Oleander. I will admit that Oliver is not my type of name at all but I adore the oh so cute Ollie that comes from it. And while I know Oleander is a flower, it does seem to for right in with up and coming names such as Leander. Though it may be a stretch Ollie could also work for Alexander.

Bat - Nickname for Bartholomew. I know Bartholomew might not be coming back any time soon the nickname Bat has definitely caught my attention. It's cool and I think could appeal to parents that want a tough guy type name. Not sure why but I really like it.

Some other vintage boy names include:

Fritz(Frederick or Fredrich)
Cy(Cyrus, Cyprus, or Cypress)
Ned(Edward, Benedict, or Edmund)
Clem(Clement)
Chas(Charles)
Chet(Chester)
Si(Simon)
Jet(Jethro)
Cager(Macajah)
Pip(Phillip or Peter)

Now for girls they're a lot more options :

Minnie - Nickname for Wilhelmina, Hermione, or Minka. I absolutely love this nn! So cute, spunky, and just gorgeous! The Minnie Mouse association may be a bit strong but I actually think it adds the name, there is also the Minnie(full name Amelia) Driver association which also adds to the charm.

Lulu/Lula - Nickname for Lucille, Eulalia, or Louisa. Lulu is just the epitome of spunk and sass while Lula is sweet and innocent. I love the contrast between the two. I feel like both these names have enough spunk to standalone and fit in with all the other popular names.

Mabs - Nickname for Mabel or Amabel. Just utterly gorgeous and spunky(spunky is the word of the day I guess haha). Mabs just has a artsy feel to it, I could definitely see parents taking notice to this adorable nickname.

Some other vintage girl nicknames include:

Mamie(Mary)
Bess(Elisabetta or Elizabeth)
Flory(Florence)
Mitzi(Maria)
Pru(Prudence)
Nell(Penelope, Helen, or Eleanor)
Fifi(Josephine, Fredrica, or Fiona)
Bea(Beatrice)
Dot/Dottie(Dorothy or Dorothea)
Kay/Kit(Katherine)

So what are some of your favorite nicknames, be it vintage or not? I was also thinking about maybe doing modern nicknames so thoughts on that also?

A Get To Know....

I've been wanting to make a blog for a while, and what not better to make it about then my obsession?
Since this is my first ever post I thought that I would give you a little bit of background of me in Names:

Dayton Kennedy- Of course we will start off with my own name. Probably some of you anti-unisex people are having a heart attack over my name, it is very masculine. Dayton is a Old English male place name. I have come across many meaning of my name from "Day's Settlement" to "Day Town" to "Dairy Town" so I know that my name means Town at least :~). Now on to Kennedy, which is a Irish Surname which... well everyone knows what Kennedy mean since it doesn't exactly have the best meaning but if you don't know it means "Helmeted Head" "Ugly Head" not the best meaning in the world but I do still love my name as a whole! My experience with my name has bee pretty basic, but I ultimately think it is because Dayton is pretty unheard of so no one knew it was a boys name to begin with. Growing up the only "teasing" was mild just the occasional "Hey Dayton, who you Datin'" (yes that is pretty lame, it was lame when some guy said that to me too). Also where I grew up many people had unisex names which brings me to.......

Kai- My best friends, I love her name! It fit her to a T and I knew no different that it was  Hawaiian for Sea, and also predominantly used on men. I'm not really sure which gender I prefer but growing up knowing both a male and female Kai(male spelled Khai) I do kinda like it more for a girl. But maybe I'm bias!

I guess that's my first post tell me what you think! I will continue the Get To Know in name but just wanted to get my first post out!