Here is the story of how Iggy’s nickname came about (many, but not all of you already know, and I realise the similar names of Iggy and Izzy have caused confusion to some).
Ethan (Iggy) was my eldest son, who sadly died in April 2019. Iggy had two younger sisters: Isabel (Izzy) and Jessica (Jess) and one step-sibling.
When my ex-husband Martin and I decided to have a baby, our favourite name was Izzy (a character from Hollyoaks). We had a feeling the baby was a girl, so we called her Izzy right from the beginning.
The 20 week scan revealed Izzy had a willy, so we swiftly changed the working title to the nearest boy’s name we could think of, Iggy after Iggy Pop.
Iggy sprang into the world 5 weeks early, and stealthily (the midwives had sent Martin home as they said nothing was happening), earning him the official name Ethan, after Ethan Hunt from Mission: Impossible.
Most people continued to call him Iggy.
We still wanted our Izzy, and five years later (with two traumatic miscarriages in between) we finally had our Izzy 😍
Update 2024: Just to confuse matters further, Jess is now known as ‘Jay’, and Izzy is now known as ‘Zee’ but they prefer not to be collectively referred to as JayZee.
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