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People will inevitably use nicknames at school and work, unless the name is a one-syllable one. So if you're giving your child a name that has a nickname you can't stand, you'd better think of one you can stand and get ready to instill it as early as possible. Or, if you can't find a nickname for the name that you can stand, and you really hate the others, you should discard the name and not use it.

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So there are strong advantages to thinking about what a nickname would be if there was to be a child with that name.