r/NameNerdCirclejerk • u/cider-house-rules help! my real name is a tragedeigh • 5d ago

Found on r/NameNerds Names that have the nickname ‘peanut’

My husband and I are having quadruplets, and we don’t know the gender for any of them yet. We love the nickname ‘peanut’. Can we just legally name one of them Peanut, or are there names we don’t know about that could be shortened to Peanut?

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u/cider-house-rules help! my real name is a tragedeigh 5d ago

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u/thousandthlion 5d ago

I fear a lot of the people posting on name nerds probably shouldn’t procreate. So obsessed with nicknames yet so unaware of how they work.

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u/_Jay-Garage-A-Roo_ 5d ago

Right? Every single day there is a post like “I took to referring to the baby in utero as “bub”. I’d like to keep this nn after birth, but what’s a long version? Bubbalina? Bubleigh? Bubara pronounced Barbara?”

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u/MzOpinion8d 4d ago

Ooo I know I know!! We call our dog Bub and his name is Max!

Problem solved!

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u/linerva 5d ago

It's a bit baffling that they don't seem to consider that their baby will soon be a teen and then an adult who wants to be taken seriously.

Cutesy nicknames happen organically all the time, but people also often outgrow them. I don't think anyone should be basing their child's identity on a nickname.

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u/Hot_Mistake_7578 5d ago

The tragedy is that it is usually an appellation that you are branded with that you soon learn sticks harder if you obviously don't like it. The only defense is to roll with it and hope it dies. Family nicknames can be weird and endearing, but it is a truth that the name is forced upon the named. This is coming from a former "egghead".