How To Update Old Nickname Names
In 1963, there were 23,900 baby girls named Lori, the same year that there were 21,191 little Tammys and 11,000 Cindys, not to mention all the Mindys, Mandys, Marcys, and Marnies with the then modern-sounding nicknamey, quasi-unisex, names popular from the mid-fifties and into the next couple of decades.
So is it any wonder that so many of today’s parents have moms and sometimes grandmothers with these vintage nickname names?
But as much as we love those family members, and would like to make them namesakes, would we really want to name our own little girls Mindy or Cindy? Probably would be better to seek a related substitute that would still serve to honor them.
Here are a few random update ideas, some that relate fairly directly to the mother name, others that are a bit more of a stretch.
More obvious: Candace
Less obvious: Candida (and yes, we do know its downside) or Dulcie (means sweet)
More obvious: Caroline
Less obvious: Carys
More obvious: Lucinda
More obvious: Daria
Less obvious: Dorothy
More obvious: Jamison
More obvious: Josie
Less obvious: Josephine
More obvious: Jolie
Less obvious: Joanna
More obvious: Keira
Less obvious: Kerensa
Less obvious: Lorelei
More obvious: Amanda
Less obvious: Manon
More obvious: Marcella
Less obvious: Maribel
Less obvious: Marin
More obvious: Minnie
Less obvious: Minta
More obvious: Miranda
Less obvious: Thandie
More obvious: Erica
Less obvious: Frederica
More obvious: Alessandra
Less obvious: Sandrine
Less obvious: Charlotte
More obvious: Rochelle
Less obvious: Nellie
More obvious: Sheridan
Less obvious: Sinead
More obvious: Anastasia
Less obvious: Acacia
More obvious: Tamara
More obvious: Teresa
Less obvious: Tertia
More obvious: Antonia
Less obvious: Antonella
More obvious: Victoria
Less obvious: Vittoria
More obvious: Gracie
Less obvious: Trixie