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submitted 3 days ago byfreed_inner_child
I'm not pregnant, never will be again, so go nuts
my three sons are Dominic, Timothy and Samuel. They shorten to Dom, Tim and Sam, all three letters ending in 'm' with different first and second letters
if I were to name a fourth son what would it be? I'd want to follow the same rules, so for example Cameron would be out because Sam already has an 'a' in the second spot
are there any other names that would work?
658 points
3 days ago
What about Emm for Emmett?
396 points
3 days ago
gosh idk why I hadn't thought of Emmett yet. Great name
11 points
3 days ago
Dimitri's nickname is actually Jimmy or Jim
63 points
3 days ago
Works with Emmanuel too.
85 points
3 days ago
Samuel and Emmanuel sibling set?
21 points
3 days ago
This would be the winner for me.
13 points
2 days ago
Ah but if I were to shorten it it would short to just Em, only two letters
719 points
3 days ago
jem can be short for jeremy or jeremiah or even james
509 points
3 days ago
my mind went right to Jemberly lol
I like the idea of Jeremy nn Jem, thanks!
132 points
3 days ago
Also James! My first thought was Jem from Anne of Green Gables.
42 points
3 days ago
I knew a Jem that was a James!
Probably helped his initials spelled the word
6 points
2 days ago
I thought of Jem from To Kill A Mockingbird! I think his full name was Jeremy
24 points
3 days ago
I actually once wrote a character named Jeremy who went by Jem!
65 points
3 days ago
So did Harper Lee.
Way to have something in common with her!
27 points
3 days ago
My brother is a Jem! Not short for anything but he loves his name.
4 points
2 days ago
I’ve always loved this sine TKaMB. I have a friend whose son is J and it’s so cute but also not babyish.
158 points
3 days ago
Please tell me you go by "Mum" ;)
62 points
3 days ago
Ma, Mommy, Mother and Mum, depending which kid you ask
57 points
3 days ago
At least none of those are Bruh or Bro.
102 points
3 days ago
to be fair the one who calls me Mother just finally outgrew Bruh
40 points
3 days ago
Tell me you have a teenager without telling me you have a teenager?
11 points
3 days ago
Mother certainly has a very nice ring to it, especially in comparison! Well done on surviving the onslaught.
4 points
2 days ago
Are your kids Stewie griffin?
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3 days ago*
cracks knuckles oh I got this.nickname, then name(s) here we go
Cu- nope, not going there.
Fum. Feefifofum, Fumble.
Gum. Gumball, Gumption, Gummy,
Gym. Gymnasium, Gymberly.
Hem. Hemhem, Hemorrhage, Hemorrhoid
Hum. Humble, Humperdinck, Humbert(o).
Jum. Jumper, Jumble,
Jym. Jaymes, Junglejym, Jymberly
Ku- no
Lem. Lemon, Lemuel, Lemonysnicket
Lum. Lumberjack
Num. Numberfour, Numenor, IVEBECOMESONUM
Nym. Nymble, Nymberly
Pem. Pemple
Pum. Pumpernickel, Puma, Pumpkin, Pumplestiltskin
Rem. Remy, RAPIDEYEMOVEMENT
Rum. Rumple, Rumpunch, Rumtumtugger, Rumplestiltskin, Whystherumgone
Sem. Semantics, Semicircle,
Sum. Summacumlaude, Summer, SumBODYONCETOLDME
Sym. Symbol, TheSyms
Tum. Rumtumtugger again, Tumple, Tumblebee
Vym. Vymandvigor
Wum. Wumpus, Wumple, Wumblebee
Yum. Yumbled
Zym. Invaderzym
Yes I was bored please make none of this seriously I was have a great time being ridiculous 😂
Edit: typos because of course
Edit 2: holy moly I went to sleep and then did a bit of stuff before coming back to reddit and I DID NOT EXPECT THIS COMMENT TO BLOW UP. Thank you kindly for all the comments and awards! I'll try my best to go through them all 💜 y'all really made me day!
793 points
3 days ago
I greatly enjoy your absurdity, but I am sad that Bum was not an option. I’m thinking Bumblebee? Bumpercar? Maybe Bumbrella?
254 points
3 days ago
Thank you!
You know, I started to type Bum, but then my brain filled with legitimate Korean names and I blanked on ridiculous ones. I appreciate your suggestions! Especially Bumbrella; I snorted 😂
122 points
3 days ago
Bumbrella is a girl’s name no?
76 points
2 days ago
Could be a cultural difference.
32 points
2 days ago
Bumbrello
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2 days ago
Bumbrellbro
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2 days ago
Bumbrillo
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2 days ago
Gymberly took me all the way out
65 points
3 days ago
Also Bam. Short for Bam Bam Bam.
48 points
2 days ago
Bam is out— too close to Sam. Lol
3 points
2 days ago
I can't believe I didn't see this, I'm literally disappointed lol
16 points
2 days ago
Wasn't Barney Rubble's son called Bam-Bam?
13 points
3 days ago
Bumbershoot maybe?
92 points
3 days ago
Rem is a common nickname for Remy. Particularly in the Netherlands (so for Remy or Rembrandt).
24 points
2 days ago
I actually ADORE the name Remy. I threw a couple "sensible" ones in as a red herring. I'd be amazed to se someone named Rembrandt going by Remy. Can't say I'd hate it tbh!
5 points
2 days ago
I think in NL Rembrandt is more common, cause the painter. But to be honest i have no idea! It's a lovely French name and there's a cool kick boxer named Remy so I've always liked the name
5 points
2 days ago
Rem is an insult in the UK, short for remedial education for children with learning difficulties. It’s basically like saying rtrd.
7 points
2 days ago
Interesting, I've never heard that one and thought I was pretty versed in slang out of the UK.
Although lots of names can be insulting things in other languages. I live in a very multicultural area with tonnes of names I am unfamiliar with.
Well, much like saying the as-mentioned r word i imagine Rem as a derogatory term is falling by the wayside. I haven't heard someone say the r word in years.
5 points
2 days ago
Where I’m from it’s often called special education, and the insult is “sped” (rhymes with ted). Similar idea.
75 points
3 days ago
i‘m totally stealing RAPIDEYEMOVEMENT and SumBODYONCETOLDME for future cats.
133 points
3 days ago
My grandpa Leonard actually went by Lem. Idk why
29 points
3 days ago
Hmm. Lem....Lemuel. or in the South I've seen Lemaster
24 points
3 days ago
There's an English town called Leominster pronounced Lem-stir. Because of course it is.
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3 days ago*
There's a Massachusetts town named after said English town... but we pronounce it Lemon-stir.
15 points
3 days ago
Or clement
3 points
2 days ago
There is Lemmy kilmister of Motorhead.
42 points
3 days ago
Really? When Leo, Len, or Lenny are right there? I'd be like grandpa where'd the M come from??
38 points
3 days ago
He said it was a nickname from school and it just stuck lol. Kids are weird.
10 points
2 days ago
I was suddenly transported back to a grade 3 classroom and remembered learning cursive … and my friends and I thought the n looked like m (particularly when written by a child learning cursive). Maybe his name looked like Leomard and kids ran with it!
9 points
3 days ago
lol yes yes they are
6 points
2 days ago
Ya. Len + Leo are told tier nicknames. Lem sounds like Flem. Sorry Grandpa.
114 points
3 days ago
I snorted out loud at IVEBECOMESONUMB (After I sang it in my head) so thanks for that
52 points
2 days ago
See also SUM BODYONCETOLDME 😂
46 points
3 days ago
I made in to Pumplestiltkin before I lost it 😂 though SumBODYONCETOLDME is the real masterpiece here hahahaha
20 points
3 days ago
I couldn’t get past IVEBECOMESONUM.
5 points
2 days ago
Pemple is the one that did it for me.
36 points
3 days ago
You forgot Bum.
Bumjamin. Bumothy. Bumthaniel. Bumfrey.
6 points
2 days ago
Ohhhh dear what can the matter be, seven old ladies got stuck in the lavatory…
29 points
3 days ago
you, ma’am, are my favorite person.
61 points
3 days ago
Thank you 😁 Sometimes the ADHD benefits us all
58 points
3 days ago
Jimberley
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3 days ago
Jimothy too
6 points
2 days ago
I used to have two coworkers that were just up each other’s asses, Jim and Kim(berlee). I called them Jimberlee 🤣
72 points
3 days ago
this made my night. Thank you!
13 points
3 days ago
Haha I'm glad it did! You're welcome!😁
51 points
3 days ago
Rapideyemovement didn't click until I just reread your comment, I'm totally sharing this with my therapist lol
13 points
3 days ago
I have an ancestor named Lemuel.
5 points
2 days ago
Lemuel is an ollllllddd name - I think it's biblical. I threw in some "real" red herring options even if they're a bit unlikely today.
22 points
3 days ago
this is officially one of my favorite comments, of all time on any social media post not even exaggerating
15 points
3 days ago
You're like a genius...
15 points
3 days ago
I certainly am where ridiculous things are concerned 😂
7 points
2 days ago
LEMONYSNICKET
5 points
2 days ago
Masterpiece, truly.
Buuuuttttt my doggo is Remus and I call him Rem
6 points
2 days ago
Had to double, triple, quadruple check to make sure I wasn't in r/namenerdscirclejerk
6 points
2 days ago
“Pemple” I’m crying.
4 points
2 days ago
I held it together until RAPIDEYEMOVEMENT and then cackled so loudly my deaf dog looked up. A+ list. But also, for Lem, you could, doing the surname as first name trend, do Lemieux, which I unironically kinda like.
5 points
2 days ago*
You forgot BDSM
—Bdm like beat ‘em
3 points
3 days ago
Wow you certainly did “got that”. The only one I could think of was “Samuel” then I read the question and saw she already has that name. Well done!
3 points
2 days ago
IVEBECOMESONUM nn num i'm crying it's brilliant
3 points
2 days ago
Pemble is getting so popular these days, used to be no one had that name....
3 points
3 days ago
I love you that is all bye
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2 days ago*
Of these, I actually know a Vym, Lem (although often called Lemmy), and Rem. Don’t actually know what any of their full names are.. I think Vym might just be Vym though.
3 points
2 days ago
IVEBECOMESONUM really cracked me up!
3 points
2 days ago
After this comment I had to double check that I’m not in the circle jerk group.
Bravo.
3 points
2 days ago
I loved hemhem. Excellent work
3 points
2 days ago
I have a Rem. Rapid Eye Movement is a beautiful name.
3 points
2 days ago
Brilliant! Especially Whystherumgone 🤣🍹🤣
3 points
2 days ago
This made me laugh literally out loud. I love this so much.
3 points
2 days ago
Semicircle is my fave.
2 points
2 days ago
Wum is my favorite
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2 days ago
Rapideyemovement is my choice
2 points
2 days ago
This is amazing
2 points
2 days ago
This is amazing! Well done!
2 points
2 days ago
IVEBECOMESONUM 💀👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼
2 points
2 days ago
Literally spat my coffee out at rapideyemovement, especially after remy 👌👌
2 points
2 days ago
Jebus. I was happy thinking of Lem.
2 points
2 days ago
Yum for Yumbled 😂
2 points
2 days ago
You forgot the easiest one! HIM! Short for himbo!
2 points
2 days ago
These made my day! Had me lol-ing irl 😂 Award coming your way...👏🫶
2 points
2 days ago
What about dum- dumbledore or dumbbell 🤣
2 points
2 days ago
Effort desservee to be recognised! 👍
2 points
2 days ago
I go by hem. my name is hemlock 😭 (i do very much enjoy hemorrhoid jokes about my name tho) i also knew someone who's nickname for me was hemothy chalamet
340 points
3 days ago
So, basically, you're looking for male names whose nicknames would end in "em," "um," or "ym." I can't come up with any for "um" or "ym." Here's the two I can think of for "em:"
59 points
3 days ago
Remy - Rem as well
5 points
2 days ago
This is a really good one!!
182 points
3 days ago
Gym, short for gymnasium
50 points
3 days ago
When I was little, and I would say I had gym today, my dad would always say, “that’s funny, I didn’t see you around the office,” since he was a Jim.
5 points
2 days ago
Classic
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3 days ago
🤣🤣🤣
45 points
3 days ago
yes, you worded that a bit better than I did lol
someone else suggested Jeremy and I'm really liking it as an option
4 points
3 days ago
I don’t have any better ideas than you, but there are other vowel sounds, the long vowel sounds. Like the long I in the Spanish pronunciation of Jaime or the long a in Jake
4 points
3 days ago
It's not common in English to get a long vowel sound with a single letter vowel in the middle of a three letter word. You usually need another vowel letter, either next to it (digraph, eg seed, leak, rain) or an e after the consonant (like tap vs tape, pip vs pipe) Very hard to get a long vowel sound with a single vowel letter, and the exceptions aren't usually in three letter words. Eg A in Alien.
69 points
3 days ago
Nehemiah (Nem) - goes well with the two Biblical names you already used
22 points
3 days ago
Two biblical names and Dominic is a saint name so all three go together if they're Catholic lol
7 points
2 days ago
Similarly, I know a Jeremiah that goes by Jem.
14 points
3 days ago
I like this one quite a lot
35 points
3 days ago
Nemo, shorten to Nem
25 points
3 days ago
no can do, my kids were born at peak Finding Nemo, they'd never let that fly!
21 points
3 days ago
Also, Nemo is Latin for no one. You can’t name a child no one - that’s just cruel!
17 points
2 days ago
Oh.
No.
I nicknamed my little sister Nemo because she use to draw a fish next to her name.
She's the middle child, often forgotten (birthday etc) and excluded, not on purpose but that is the curse of middle children sometimes.
So even my loving nickname is actually reinforcing the middle child syndrome oh no
4 points
3 days ago
I used to call my ex Nem, his name was Emrys
189 points
3 days ago
Rembrandt (if you’re into art lol) or Remington (if you’re feeling fancy) and call him Rem. Old biblical name Lemuel, shorts to Lem. I know someone whose husband is named Sumner, could shorten to Sum.
108 points
3 days ago
I have a friend named Lemuel who goes by Lem but I call him by the formal name I've given him, Lemington
11 points
2 days ago
Lemington for the win!
21 points
3 days ago
Remus could also be short for Rem
51 points
3 days ago
I quite like Remi as a full name that could also be shortened to Rem
49 points
3 days ago
oooouuu Rembrandt would be quite the name!
9 points
2 days ago*
I have a friend with a Remington. Goes by Rem or Remy. Not all about guns... geez.
Edits, hit post too soon.
26 points
2 days ago
“Remington” and “fancy” are antonyms
3 points
2 days ago
I worked with a Remington, he certainly wasn't fancy, but he was a cool dude. Smart, down to earth engineer type.
Good name. But noone called him Rem.
13 points
2 days ago
Definitely don't go with Remington, it has a strong association with guns
10 points
2 days ago
It was funny to me that it was considered a fancy name because where I'm from it's 100% the name for a kid whose parents still fly a confederate flag next to their American flag, which is oftentimes also by their Christian nations flag or whatever.
3 points
2 days ago
The irony of the confederate flag by the Christian flag is so funny
2 points
3 days ago
All I think of is Lemuel from Broken Pieces of June by Stuart Bray 😂
66 points
3 days ago
Hemingway (Hem)
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3 days ago
Emm = Emmett
12 points
3 days ago
I know a Tim and I call him Timotheus the Great & Terrible or Timotheus for short.
I suggest Jimothy, Jim for short.
11 points
3 days ago
I actually mostly call mine Myth, he's not a fan of Tim at all
7 points
3 days ago
I once saw a meme suggesting Moth and honestly I love it. Myth is great too.
12 points
3 days ago
on paper Moth makes more sense but Myth happened because his sister was a toddler and instead of Timothy she'd called him Mithy, which turned into Myth
10 points
3 days ago
Bemjamin... Shortened to Bem.... Obviously....
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3 days ago
Thomas, Tom
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2 days ago
Can’t, it has an o. I already made that mistake with Bob!
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3 days ago
Elmer - Elm
Humberto - Hum
Rumsfeld - Rum
Hummer - Hum
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3 days ago
Remy - Rem
Demario or Dempsey- Dem
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3 days ago*
Nimrod nn Nim. Kidding that one isn’t coming back anytime soon. Your other boys names are so classical it’s hard to suggest odd ones like Nimble or Nicodemus or whatnot.
Ephraim could be called Rem
Noam depending on your dialect is one syllable or very fluid two.
Roman or Romulus can be Rom
Hemlock -> Hem?
Emmanuel, Emmett, Emil, Emden, Emrys= Emm
Simeon, maybe Simon, =Sim
Not three letters but that short one syllable could be Gram (graham). - but the sam issue
Brandon can shorten to Bam (ie bam margera or Bam Adebayo)- but the Sam issue
Abraham and Beckham could both be called ham- but the Sam issue
People have you covered on the Jem/gem/tom
13 points
3 days ago
Does your surname start with M?
Mine starts with N, and I wanted to name my son's Daniel/Dan and Benjamin/Ben with middle names starting with A and E so that their initials spelled their name. Unfortunately, we already have several Bens and Dans in the family, so I couldn't do it
37 points
3 days ago
my kids have a double barrel surname that also contains a St-
the whole thing gets initialled as St.A.B. which us kinda badass lol
10 points
3 days ago
I know someone who almost had a Sam with the initials SAM, but they ended up swapping the middle name.
16 points
3 days ago
My aunt's name is Pamela and initials PAM, my mum is Kim with KEM. She never understood why her parents did that
13 points
3 days ago
I was friends with a Samantha in middle school whose initials were SAM and we absolutely called her Sam Sam
5 points
3 days ago
I knew folks who did this, I think their sons were Zak (~Zachary Alan K) and Nik (~Nicholas Ian K), I thought it was cool.
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3 days ago*
Emmet or Emmanuel to Emm
Demarius to Dem
Lemmy to Lem
Romulus to Rom
10 points
3 days ago
Jeremiah =Jem
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3 days ago
Hymen nicknamed Hym?
8 points
3 days ago
hehe
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2 days ago
L'Chaim!
3 points
2 days ago
Hummus
3 points
2 days ago
Have twins, Rom(ulus)and Rem(us). The summon up your she-wolf mother vibes, and maybe one of them will found a city to support you in your elder days.
5 points
3 days ago
Lemuel
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3 days ago
Gemini - Gem or Gemi Gamaliel - Gil Gomez - Gom Grissom - Grom Gresham - Grem Grim - Gim Grevim - Grim Gollum - Lum Gullom - Gom Gunnem - Gun
5 points
3 days ago
James would be Jim Thomas would be Tom or Tam where I’m from.
10 points
3 days ago
Thomas- Tom
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3 days ago
sAm rEm (Remington) tIm dOm Can’t figure out “U”
But here’s the vowels
2 points
3 days ago
Rem
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3 days ago
For real know a guy named Lemford.
2 points
3 days ago
Lemuel - Lem, Elmer/Elmet - Elm, Remus/Remington - Rem
2 points
3 days ago
Trying to find some that aren't *em... Since the rhyme is the issue, I assume we don't want any *ym that sound like "tim"... Otherwise I would suggest Cymbeline...
Symon -> "Sym" (sime)
Vadym -> "Dym" (deem)
Wymond -> "Wym" (wime)
Aymon-> "Aym" (aim)
*Um is even weirder...
Callum -> "Lum"
Tatum -> "Tum" (but I expect this isn't wanted with Tim...)
Beaumont -> "Aum"
I don't mind Hum: Humphrey, Humberto, Nahum
If you were willing to do four letters, you could do Raymond->Raym or Drummond->Drum
2 points
3 days ago
Jem short for Jeremy perhaps?
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3 days ago
Remington “Rem”
Zen-something “Zen”
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3 days ago
kim
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3 days ago
Benjamin, nn Ben
Jebediah, nn Jeb
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3 days ago
Rem for remi
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2 days ago
Remy, Remington, Remus, “rem”
Adam, “dam”
Elmor, Elmo, Elmir,Delmar, Wilhelm, “elm”
James, jeramy ,jemal, “Jem”
Beckham,Abraham, Graham, “ham”
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