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I've known an Elizabeth, a Jacob, a few Roberts, and quite a few Andrews, that did not have nicknames. Sometimes close relatives or very close friends would give them one but generally they're called by their full name. I find what a kid is introduced as and what the people around him/her call them is what they're called by other people. I know a Kathryn who just goes by Kathryn, and once someone called her Kate and we all gave her weird looks and she even had a weird look. Elizabeth was the only one I've ever questioned if she had a nickname she went by and she just said no and I was like "Okay." and she's just Elizabeth to me.

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As long as you're persistent in calling your son Jacob, and introduce him as Jacob, most people pick it up. The kid may grow to want to be called Jake though which is up to him I guess, you can't really control what he likes and doesn't like.