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No, definitely not. I got an intense dislike for names more than three syllables that have no nicknames. Most of it comes from when I was sitting next to a girl called Maria Carolina in class that went by no nickname. So everytime I wanted to get her attention, I had to say the full seven-syllable name. Be the time I had said Mari-, she had already reacted. That annoyed me so much, that after some time I just started saying "Hey?" or I just poked her arm. That's why I would never use Victoria. I love the name but hate the nicknames you can get from it.

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I'd never call someone by some nickname I made up even though they didn't like it. I hate when people call me Dani/Danny as well because they think it's the usual nickname (and even more when they pronounce it the wrong way, GOD!) and don't ask what I go by first. If someone said s/he went by her full name, I doubt anyone would insist on calling her/him by a nickname.