Disagreement over 9 mo old baby's name

When I was pregnant, my husband and I struggled over finding a name for our daughter who is now 9 months old. Right beforeshe was born, my husband found the name,Gabrielle, in a babyname book. It was the ONLY name we could agree on. I said that I thought the name was very pretty but I hated the nickname Gabby so weagreed to call her Elle or Ellie for short. WellI never really liked Ellie soI've been calling her Elle (which makes more sense to me since it is the last part of her name).My husbandand his sons have been calling her Ellie. Well, I've read that babies this age should know their name so I think it's important to call her one name, not two or three different ones. And I think that we should call her Elle. My husbandchose her full name and I want to have say in her nickname, at least. (Besides, we almost chose Elle for her full name anyway). I just cringe now when I hear them call her Ellie. How do I fix this? Thanks.

honestly. I wouldn't wory about it.

she won't get confused. the names are pretty close.

my son was named Elisha (pronounced Eli-sha) like Elijah but with an (sh)
some people called him by his full name Elisha...and some by his shortened name Eli. he wasn't confused as a baby. honestly I wouldn't worry about it so much.

I dont think she will get confused, they are too close sounding.

My sons name is Dominic and we call him Nico but everyone else has given him his own nicknames and surprisingly he responds to them too.. kids brains are like sponges and just absorb everything! She will get it!

id doubt it matters, i think the amin thing is that even tho shes called Gabrielle, if she gets called Ellie by alot of people, and she responds if Ellie is called then thats all that matters really

i know how u feel my oldest daughters names elliana and i really dont like anyone callng her ellie. to me ellies more for a boy.

Quoting AtX_StAr:“ i know how u feel my oldest daughters names elliana and i really dont like anyone callng her ellie. to me ellies more for a boy.”

Yes, I understand. So do you politely correct those who call her Ellie or just leave it alone? I really want to get it straightened out now while my daughter is still a little baby. My husband has two boys from a previous marriage and our daughter together is the only child we've planned on having. So this is the only chance I'll have to name my baby. I've been really nice aboutthe whole thing but now I'm annoyed.  

Quoting AtX_StAr:“ i know how u feel my oldest daughters names elliana and i really dont like anyone callng her ellie. to me ellies more for a boy.”

elliana? lol josh demands that one of our girls be named illiana. he's loved that name forever and used it in a few games he's played. the nickname we always used with it has been illi (ill-ee) . just wondering where did you happen to get that name? we've been trying to find the sourse of the name.......

I call my son, MaKai, Kai, Kai-Kai, Bubba, Bubs, Cuppycake Prince, Baby, and Chubby. LOL
I wouldnt worry about it, she knows her name...and will as she gets older.

If it makes you feel any better, My 3 year olds name is Jesiah. We also call him Jess, Jesse and Siah. He spells his name "Jesiah" and calls himslef Jesiah with no confusion. xoxox Mandi

I honestly wouldn't worry about it. My son's name is William after his grandfather Bill. I never wanted to call him "Billy" because in my mind there could only be one Bill. My husband agreed with me untill the baby was born but he now calls him Billy, I call him Will, William or Willy. Will responds to all of his names, lol. I just figure when he's old enough he can choose what he wants to be called.

I have a little Andrew. We call him Drew, Drew-Drew, Chuckybutt, and now it is Wiggles because he moves so much. The only time i correct them is when they call him Andy. I really dont like the name Andy so i will correct them nicely and advised them it is Drew or Andrew. So it is not becausei am worried that it will comfused him i just dont like Andy.

I'm with the other ladies. Jackson is only 6 months old and has an arsenal of nicknames and knows them all.

I thought I would want my sons nick name to be JJ.. but now when I hear people call him that I cringe... I dont' want him to have a nick name at all... but thats the thing about nick names, You don't get to choose them... Anybody can call them anything they want, and there isn't much you can do about it...

Honestly, this is kind of the price you have to pay for giving your kid a name that comes with nick names. Even if you could get EVERYONE to agree that its Elle and not Ellie, she could come home from school one day and decide that she WANTS to be called Ellie or even her full name. My name is Jessica and people often shorten it to Jess, which I don't mind, but I CRINGE when people call me Jessie. It's always going to happen because its a nickname to my full name, but I just tell them I prefer Jessica or Jess. I gave both of my children names that couldn't be shortened or turned into nick names for this specific reason! Also, my brother decided that he didn't like the name my parents called him when he was in the 6th grade and so he started going by his full name. It really isn't something you can control, especially if you knew your husband wanted ElleOR Ellie. All babies go by an assortment of nicknames, but they still know which of those names belong to them!

wait till she gets older and picks her own nickname that she wasnt to be called. usually those are weird names...but it's part of them showing independence.

like someone else said...there really isn't anythign you can do about it.
it just comes with the territory.

don't worry about it. My dad calls my daughter "Josie" and Bri (her father) calls her "Sophie" and I call her by her name: Josephine. But hey another nick for her name is 'fifi' ooh the ways I can embarrass her in the future muhahahaha lol.