Name regret

My cousins name is phoebe and everyone calls her pheebz, my grandad got nick names for all my kids
Chloe-marie he calls joey
Skye-elise he calls skippy
Ebony-rose he calls erby
Braxton-lee he calls blahblah
Delilah-Ocean he calls why why
I know what you mean when you choose a name you love and people change them but it could be alot worse, try explaining to people you don't like her being called pheebz as that's not her name xxx

Oh I love phoebe shortened to Phoebes!! I wouldn’t worry too much. Just keep calling her either Fie or Bea and hope it’ll catch on with others!

I’m pretty sure she will always get this as a nickname unfortunately. My sister and her friend Phoebe is staying with us and my sister calls her Pheebz. She doesn’t mind it though. I think when you pick a name you sort of have to consider all the nicknames that can go with it. But yeah, you could try asking people to not say that but you will be doing it a lot I think .

My SIL hated when people called my nephew Ozzy he’s an Oscar! (I don’t blame her!) when people called him ozzy she’d just firmly say his name is Oscar thank you and that put an end to that!
Just be firm with people I know if I was calling your daughter pheebz for months and then found out you hated it I’d feel really bad they just might not realise how much you dislike it.

I agree with Gracie. Unfortunately you can’t control what people nickname her, you could just repeat her names phoebe untill they get it.

My sister is a becca, she’s despises Becky and always has done.

I wouldn’t shorten phoebe to fee or Bea though, it’s not a natural shortening imo.

I named my son Theodore but I want Theo for short, my brother tries to wind me up by calling him Teddy, I've told him I prefer Theo but he carries it on. I just make sure to tell people he is Theo and I correct them if they say other wise xx

I would just correct people that nickname them to Pheobs. I don’t agree with you can’t control what people call your child. When they’re older and it’s school friends there’s nothing you can do about it if they don’t mind being called pheobs.

My daughters called mila and family were calling her Mills, I just corrected them and said it’s Mila, she’s 4 and is always called mila by family and friends. She’s just started school so if she’s nicknamed there and doesn’t like it I know she’ll correct them and say it’s mila.

I know what you mean. My son is Lucas and my dad calls him Luki which drives me nuts and his siblings have started saying it too. It makes me cringe I hate it so much.

My sisters Amy and I always call her Ames. Dunno why 😂 my Nan hated it when we were younger but my sister loves it now it’s basically her nickname

I would let people know you’d prefer her to be called Phoebe. Our 2.5 year old keeps telling her dad off for calling our 8 week old LB Will instead of William! 😂 she can obviously decide when she’s older but right now I’d just say you’d rather use her full name 👍 x

It's kind of something you can't control and I think the more you try the more people will push against it. I think Pheobs is pretty and a really common abbreviation for Phoebe.

You can definitely tell people your preferences! We have a Natalie in the family & her mom always shut down anyone trying to call her “Nat” & it was no big deal

I think this was inevitable especially after Friends! But you can be honest about not liking it and hope they stop if corrected enough! We wanted to call ours Evelyn but know it’s shortened to Evie - so went off it!

this was me with mathilde. (Matilda). I didn’t want till my as her nickname

Ah don't regret your choice! Just keep correcting people.

I have had the Kimberly/Kim battle all my life. I loathe the nickname 'kim'. It might suit other people, but not me. Probably about 80% of the time, I have to correct people, even when I introduce myself as 'Kimberly'.

nope. The only shortened name I get is Kim. Kimber wouldn't bother me though!

Tell them not to call her that nickname

Either keep calling her Phoebe really pointedly or use Fie in texts when you type to them so they get the message, people tried this with my Theodore

My family calls me…Kel. Not my favorite!

I have a Phoebe. People did the same with her when little, she's 10 in just a few weeks and gets called pheebz more than phoebe.. she actually prefers to be called that rather than her full name. Although I still call her Phoebe. I also have a Jasmine that everyone calls Jaz 😬