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BOBBY?????

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  • 04-04-2012 12:35am
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    jason2501
    Registered Users Posts: 123 ✭✭


    Me and my girlfriend are due a baby in a few days and we want to call him bobby. Does he have to be christened Robert or can he be christened Bobby????


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    Twinkleboots
    Registered Users Posts: 127 ✭✭Twinkleboots


    jason2501 wrote: »
    Me and my girlfriend are due a baby in a few days and we want to call him bobby. Does he have to be christened Robert or can he be christened Bobby????

    Well if you're going to call him Robert and use the name Bobby then he would be christened as Robert, but if you are going to put Bobby on the birthcert then he'll be Christened Bobby! It's not like the olden days were saints names were used mostly. Cute name! Good luck with the birth:)


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    TwoMums2Be
    Registered Users Posts: 776 ✭✭✭TwoMums2Be


    That will come down to your priest to some degree...there are still many who won't give a child what they see as a nickname - them not me :) if your local priest refused you could look into an alternative priest for your christening.
    However, what you put on their birthcert (the legal most important document) is entirelly up to you :)


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    theboss80
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    Should be whatever you want, my cousins were called Eddie and Robbie, and thats what is on their birthcerts aswell instead of Edward and Robert


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    pushki
    Closed Accounts Posts: 287 ✭✭pushki


    If i have a boy im gonna christened him Robert but we'll call him bobby. Yep is is a really cute name :-)


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    implausible
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    When you say 'christened', do you mean just the church ceremony or do you mean what will be on the birth cert?

    My opinion would be to put 'Robert' on the birth cert and call him Bobby. That way, as an adult, he can choose to be called Rob or Robert if he thinks it's more grown-up.


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    jason2501
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    we'll be sticking with bobby then. Thanks for the replies, I meant what name would have to be put on the birth cert rather than the christening part, sorry.


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    Grawns
    Registered Users Posts: 2,169 ✭✭✭Grawns


    If you had been christened Jace or jay instead of Jason, would you be pleased?


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    cbyrd
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    You can put whatever name you choose to call the baby on the birthcert with the spelling you will use. If you want to call him Bobby and are not going to call him Robert then for the sake of passports and booking flights i'd stick with the name you want to call him.. might seem a pretty lame reason but many a €100 was spent changing a name on a ticket :D
    It's not a nickname until it's a shortened version of what his name is.. If his name is Bobby on the birthcert then his name is Bobby ;) lovely name


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