I know more than one William, an Elizabeth, well I don't know any Eleanors but I think it's easy to do sans nickname, a Nathaniel, umma lso no Matildas, and a Jacob who don't have their names shortened. I know several Katherines and several Jennifers and at least one Andrew, a Joshua, two Philips... long story short, yeah, I think people will call them what you want them to call them.
I do think the neo anti-nickname attitude is pretty weird, though. But that's just opinion.
eta: I also know a Joseph, a Benjamin, two Matthews.
This message was edited 6/27/2009, 3:21 PM