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Coming late to this, but I highly dislike this practice. It drives me nuts. I've said it before, but I'll say it again. I think that a child deserves a full, formal name, and one can use the nickname in day-to-day life. I don't see any reason not to do this. I don't see any reason not to use Katherine and call her Katie or use Abigail and call her Abby or use Andrew and call him Drew. It gives the child more options later in life. Both of my children have full, formal names on their birth certificates and both go by nicknames, and both think this arrangement is definitely best.