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It depends not only on the nn, but on the person carrying it. I can't stand when my name is shortened to Kris. I hate it. But other girls going by Chris or Kris is fine by me. My aunt Georgiana is sometimes(mostly when she was little) called George. This still bugs her mother. Honestly, it suits her. Some typical boys nns, like Charlie or Chris or George (for a nn only, that is), on girls I find really spunky. Mike would bother me endlessly too, though. I don't see it as wanting to hide your femininity at all. It takes a strong woman to be able to play off a "boy" nn, and I think that speaks to her strength, not as a desire to be more masculine or downplay womanhood.