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Help[Opinions] Re: What is wrong with nicknames?
in reply to a message by Telfalathiel
I find this discussion fascinating from all sorts of angles.
My firstborn is Hannah Jane. We call her Hannah or sometimes Hannah Jane. If she were going to be one of many in a class I would rather she were Hannah Jane than Hannah C. Hannah is not a name that nicknames easily.
For my husband and I names seem to come easily and nicknames not as much. Our second son is Peter Sidney III. Grandpa (whom we see at least twice every week, and lives next door) is always Peter. Daddy was Pete or PC growing up (to distinguish from Grandpa) and one uncle called him PJ. We spent quite a bit of time trying to figure out what to call our son to distinguish him from the other Peters, both before and after he was born. Pete Sid. Sidney. Simon. Pi. PC.
We pretty much exclusively call him Peter. Grandpa calls him Petey 3, and his aunt calls him 'Puter sometimes. It is confusing to call everyone Peter, on occasion, but nothing else has stuck.
My given name is Jessica Jane. I've gone by Jessi since before I could talk. I don't like it as an adult with my current taste in names. As far as I'm concerned, Jessica is made up and way too popular; Jesse is a boys' name (and one that's been growing on me). I mentioned to dh that I might like to go by Jane (which is a family name) and I think it freaked him out.
I've eliminated names from fn consideration because I don't like nicknames (Josiah/Joe) or we couldn't agree (I like Jem for Jeremiah, he thinks it's girly, and I can't stand Jerry). Nicknames are useful for distinguishing with family names--we want to name our next son Benjamin. Benjamin is my BIL; he goes by Ben; we will use Jamin. Our next daughter will be Rebecca. My sister Rebecca goes by Becky. I like Becca but DH does not, so she'll be Rebecca.
My firstborn is Hannah Jane. We call her Hannah or sometimes Hannah Jane. If she were going to be one of many in a class I would rather she were Hannah Jane than Hannah C. Hannah is not a name that nicknames easily.
For my husband and I names seem to come easily and nicknames not as much. Our second son is Peter Sidney III. Grandpa (whom we see at least twice every week, and lives next door) is always Peter. Daddy was Pete or PC growing up (to distinguish from Grandpa) and one uncle called him PJ. We spent quite a bit of time trying to figure out what to call our son to distinguish him from the other Peters, both before and after he was born. Pete Sid. Sidney. Simon. Pi. PC.
We pretty much exclusively call him Peter. Grandpa calls him Petey 3, and his aunt calls him 'Puter sometimes. It is confusing to call everyone Peter, on occasion, but nothing else has stuck.
My given name is Jessica Jane. I've gone by Jessi since before I could talk. I don't like it as an adult with my current taste in names. As far as I'm concerned, Jessica is made up and way too popular; Jesse is a boys' name (and one that's been growing on me). I mentioned to dh that I might like to go by Jane (which is a family name) and I think it freaked him out.
I've eliminated names from fn consideration because I don't like nicknames (Josiah/Joe) or we couldn't agree (I like Jem for Jeremiah, he thinks it's girly, and I can't stand Jerry). Nicknames are useful for distinguishing with family names--we want to name our next son Benjamin. Benjamin is my BIL; he goes by Ben; we will use Jamin. Our next daughter will be Rebecca. My sister Rebecca goes by Becky. I like Becca but DH does not, so she'll be Rebecca.
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