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It probably depends on the person and how much they insist on going by their full name or not. I have a cousin named Christopher that usually only goes by Chris around friends. To our family he's always been Christopher, mainly to distinguish him from his mother's cousin, Kris, for whom he's named after. He usually introduces himself as Christopher and people naturally shorten it, he just goes with it though.

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I've also known a Matthew, Elizabeth, Nathaniel, Benjamin, Kaitlin, Kathryn, Christine, Christina, Angela (2), Madeline (she's around 12 now, refuses to be called Maddie, I'm so happy about that!), Victoria, and Anneliese (so glad she goes by her full name, it's gorgeous). But those are few and far between, the majority of Matthews I know are Matt, Benjamins are Ben, Kaitlins and Kathryns are Katies, Angelas are Angie, and so on and so on.