Re: Nicknames as First names?
in reply to a message by Becca
I'm not a big fan of the practice, but I see nothing wrong with it. I guess growing up in the South not in a rural area but near it I've known a lot of professional men with names like Bobby and Jimmy-Wayne as full names, and I see it as no different on a girl. I really think more parents should do this, because a lot of times they end up using names that they don't like, and most people I've met never switch away from whatever nickname thay went by as a child, so it doesn't make much of a difference to have a full name, except that you'll always have to correct people as to what to call you at the beginning of the year in school if you have a full-name to go with it.
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I agree with you. Where I'm from "nicknames" are used as full names all the time and I don't consider them nicknames. I went to school with Tommy, Jimmy, Lenny among others and no one would think that those names weren't their full names. I just think it's odd to give a child one name and then always call it by another. If you love Maddy use it!