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My mother's name is just Sally and she doesn't like it at all. She was going to be named Sarah, but her dad forgot and just told the nurse Sally (well, first he tried to name her Piglet, but the nurse put her foot down. Yes, really).

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I would rather give my child a full name to fall back on, even if I didn't love it as much as the nickname. Sam, Penny, and Jessie are way too insubstantial for full names. Sally and Max are probably okay, but I personally find them too cutesy.

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I don't really have a similar problem as I tend to dislike nicknames in general -- in fact, I have the reverse problem for a bunch of names where I like the full name but none of the nicknames.