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Well, we give nicknames if the name is long, or if the kid prefers to be called by a particular nickname. My oldest, Thomas, wanted to be TJ, because he hated being called Tom/Tommy. His twin only wanted to be called James, not Jamie or Jim/Jimmy. My third oldest, Travis, is Trav, or Travsees (which he doesn't really like, but sometimes we call him that just to bug him). Then our two oldest daughters go by nicknames just cause their names are fricken long. (Danielle, Allyssabeth). Matthew prefers Matt, because "that sounds so much cooler", Eric wanted to be EJ, kinda like his big brother, and Kaitlynn is usually shortened to Katie.
My family almost always uses nicknames --and some of them are really weird (these ones, however, are only used around close family and friends). My brother Christopher gets called Charlie, my brother Alexander is Alfie, and my youngest brother Shane is Sammy. Don't ask why. We still call 'em that, too, sometimes--really confuses their kids. Me and my sisters' names just got shortened--Rach, Dani, Jules, and Manda. My husband's family almost used nicknames for some of theirs as well: Zachary was Zach, until his son Zachary II was born, and Jacob II is Jake, and his son, Jacob III is JD. I'm not including the names the children called each other--they aren't nice.

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Ok, I'm done rambling now...don't know if I helped any, but what the heck.