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amother

Magnolia

Fri, Jan 26 2024, 8:44 am

amother Mulberry wrote:

Call her Lali.

Make up some nickname to call her until u get used to the name and love the child.

I named my son a name I didn't like and used a cutesy nickname until he started school at age 5. Now I still don't love the name but I love him! He's a teen now and it doesn't matter anymore. Although beware, because my mil insisted on using the full name and not my chosen nickname and refused to use it because she said it wasn't her father's name. I felt like she should understand that my child is not her father! It upset me hugely at the time, but she's disrespectful like that on a lot of things u gotta know your people.

Hahaha I call my Ayala Lali because I hated the name.

The nickname is only family and friends though because Israelis don't understand it.

She's Ayala Hinda after GMIL. Dunno if fil counts it as if we named after his mother or not but it's the thought that counts. She was Hinda.

Ema of 5

Fri, Jan 26 2024, 8:44 am

amother Buttercup wrote:

I know a Mimi who isn't Miriam- she's Temima!!

I know a Mimi who is Michal.
OP, the first thing I thought of was missy. Then Shula, then shuli. Is there an option to put it together with another name and then use the other name?

Ema of 5

Fri, Jan 26 2024, 8:47 am

amother Magnolia wrote:

My Ayala is Lolly or Leelee, or Yals, or Yalush….or Ayala

amother

Magnolia

Fri, Jan 26 2024, 8:49 am

Ema of 5 wrote:

My Ayala is Lolly or Leelee, or Yals, or Yalush….or Ayala

Mine is also Ayalula or Luli or Lolly Pop. Sometimes Pop for short.

amother

Magnolia

Fri, Jan 26 2024, 8:50 am

I might give away my identity but I also have an Ariel who is Yelly.

amother

cornflower

Fri, Jan 26 2024, 9:18 am

I love the name Shulamis! I have the cutest little SIL named Shulamis, she’s really adorable. We call her a bunch of silly nicknames like Lala, etc. My toddler calls her “Mamish” which we all think is hilarious.

youngmother6

Fri, Jan 26 2024, 9:19 am

I think Shulamis sounds so much prettier with an Israeli pronunciation shoolameet. I love that name but I don’t like shulamis. Can you pronounce it like that?

amother

Eggplant

Fri, Jan 26 2024, 9:23 am

Add a name that you like.

amother

Blue

Fri, Jan 26 2024, 9:29 am

My cousin is nicknamed Shuli, I love that. I went to highschool with a Shula. Both are pretty standard nicknames.

My niece is nicknamed Shusha or Shushka which are so cute. There is also Shu-Shu or Shushi or Shishi.

You could do Lissy, though it is a bit more farfetched.

amother

Lemon

Fri, Jan 26 2024, 9:30 am

I know a kid ShuShu (pronounces shoe-shoe) though I don't know if her name is shoshana or shulamis.

amother

Steelblue

Fri, Jan 26 2024, 9:37 am

Stick with the original name.
May your daughter emulate her grandmother.
It’s a nice name and an honor to have it.
Will there be future cousins who will have that name? How would your daughter feel if her cousins are all called by the grandmothers name but she is called by something different?
If you’re really having a hard time with the name then add another name. Like Bracha, malka, ahuva….

rmbg

Fri, Jan 26 2024, 9:46 am

I love the name Shulamis!

Queen Of Hearts

Fri, Jan 26 2024, 9:50 am

I think the name Shuli is adorable!

amother

Cantaloupe

Fri, Jan 26 2024, 10:45 am

I love Shuli... but how about Lami?

amother

Poppy

Fri, Jan 26 2024, 11:20 am

I feel the same way about the name and I didn’t like any nicknames for it but I wanted to honor a relative. In the end I picked a name I liked and named Shulamis as second name and my daughter is called by the name I picked. It made everyone happy Smile

amother

Honeydew

Fri, Jan 26 2024, 11:24 am

Sheila? Or can spell it Sheela...

amother

Bisque

Fri, Jan 26 2024, 11:28 am

A young shulamis I know is called shushu by her family. Can't says I like that nickname.
But they also call her shulamis.
The meaning of the name is so so beautiful

amother

Seashell

Fri, Jan 26 2024, 11:57 am

Shuli and shula don't have to be pronounced with a "shoe" sound, it could sound like Ashkenazim said shul, with a softer u

amother

Burlywood

Fri, Jan 26 2024, 11:59 am

Shuli is very cute!

Queen Of Hearts

Fri, Jan 26 2024, 12:02 pm

amother Cantaloupe wrote:

I love Shuli... but how about Lami?

Llama Llama Wink

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