Teachers shortening first names!?

Question

I'm naming my daughter Gabriella. I do not want her to get stuck with the nick name 'Gaby', so I will only call her Gabriella.

When she starts school do you think all her teachers will shorten her name to Gaby even if she prefers Gabriella?

Answer 1

no but she may tell them to call her gaby

Answer 2

No

Answer 3

My names already short and they used to shorten it to Joss or Joze

Answer 4

All the teachers I had would call you whatever name you liked to go by. Even if that name wasn't in your name.

Answer 5

My parents always took me to meet the teacher before the school year started so i wasn't scared. So maybe you might do that or email the teacher and nicey say your daughter like to be called....... As a nick name here are some choices

bri

elle

ella

bella.

When she is older she can decide. I love gabriella. It is pretty.

Answer 6

I'm a teacher, and at the beginning of school I always asked the kids what they preferred to be called.  I would never assume, because that is the person's name.  There is only one student, Christopher who I call Chris, but all of the kids call him Chris too.  I think if she said it is Gabriella there isn't a teacher who wouldn't respect that.  But as she gets older, she may choose to shorten it herself.

Answer 7

You just tell the teacher. And your daughter needs to learn to correct people - in a polite way, of course. She should be telling her friends - they are the ones most likely to shorten her name.

Answer 8

in preschool, the teachers will call her what you say you want her to be called.  as she gets older, teachers will call her what she says she wants to be called.

in the meantime, kids are unlikely to routinely shout a 4-syllable name to her in the middle of every soccer game, so odds are she'll end up with some kind of nickname, whether it's Gaby or something entirely unrelated to her name.

Answer 9

For both of my kids (2nd grader and K), the teachers ask parents to fill out a "Get to know you" form.  On the form, it asked simple questions about the child and one of the questions was Is there a nickname that your child prefers to be called?  If you put none, the teacher will call the child by her full name.

Answer 10

i have a gabrielle,7, and we didnt want her called gaby either! she is in 2nd grade and most people call her gabrielle but a few people call her gaby. it isnt so bad now but before she was born we were horrified at the thought of her being a gaby. most people will respect it and call her by her full name but you may need to speak up and remind people nicely that you are just calling her gabriella. good luck!

Answer 11

they would only strt calling her gabby if she perfers it they will give them the sugestion but if she chooses gabby well then u have to let her go with gabby

Answer 12

It's very common these days to have a preschool full of Nicholases and Annikas.  Teachers are used to being told to say the entire name - it won't be a problem.  

I had to say your username made me chuckle.  I hated that!

Answer 13

I think you'll have to worry more about her friends shortening her name more than the teachers.  When my kids started school, one of the forms asked for any nicknames your kids like to be called.  I think if you just keep it Gabriella, that's what they'll call her.  And if your daughter only knows to respond to Gabriella and a teacher calls her Gaby, just have her correct them.  It should be fine!

Answer 14

If they do do not hesitate to et them know you do not want her name shorten,

Answer 15

hun, ure daughter will prabably prefer Gabi anyway. if not her teachers, then her friends. if not her friends, then her. gabriella is pretty but it'll b shortened

Answer 16

I work in a school and most teachers will ask a child what they prefer to be called, and then use that.

The other kids may shorten it if your daughter doesn't correct them immediately.  It will ultimately be up to your daughter.

Answer 17

No but they will ask her if she would rather be called something.

Also, I babysat for a family who named their son Michael NOT mike and refused for him to be called that. But when he got to school he was in a class with a bunch of michaels and he decided on his own to be a mike. He really liked that named and begged his parents to let him use it as a nick name. It caused alot of animosity between him and his parents.

Answer 18

I am a teacher's aide and I always check with my students as to what they'd prefer.  I have a Patrick and a Nick this year.  They could've chosen to be Pat and Nicholas, was up to them.  And just teach her if she prefers her full name to just tell people "I'd rather you call me by my full name".  My son is James, and he tells people if he wants to be called by that.  (Lately he does, even though we've always called him Jimmy  *shrug*)  When I was young, everyone kept trying to call my cousin Katherine "Kathy".  She didn't like it, always wanted her full name.  Now, as an adult, everyone calls her "Kat".  It's a matter of personal preference.  If you want to call her Gabriella, then do so.  Just bear in mind when she gets older she'll make her own choice.

Answer 19

No. Most teachers will call the child by the name that child prefers. Some will only call the child what they were signed in as.

Answer 20

No they will not. As teachers we (at least where I am) are told to call the child by their whole name. When your child is ready for school, specify this as well.

Personally, I hate nicknames for children. I have kids that start school in kindergarten and they don't even know their first name! They have never heard it. I have others whose parents changed the way they spelled the name of their child and expect us to do the same- we must go by what is on the birth certificate. They never changed the birth certificate.

So...be specific when your child starts school.

I love the name Gabriella- but I don't like Gabby.

Good luck!

Answer 21

I'm a teacher, and I always make sure I know what the kids prefer to be called...that doesn't mean I don't end up giving them nic names anyway though.  Most kids will correct me if they don't like it.  I have a student named Lucas, and I kept calling him Luke at first b/c I had a Luke the year before.  One day I accidentally called a student named Maggie "Maggles" (I have no idea how it came out that way), but now she signs her papers that way.  :)  If you make it clear that you don't want her called Gabby, everyone will respect your wishes.