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I prefer Oliver Miles, and I doubt the kid will be called Ollie, if anyone does, he can just stop it at once, unless he likes it. But I feel like Ollie would be more of a comedic occasional nickname. I personally would never take to shortening Oliver all the time, only if asked to. It doesn't evoke natural nicknames. Similarly to the poster, I hate Ally, but people assume Ally as a nickname for Allison, not Alice. It's one of those names that most people won't nickname. Plus as long as you're not calling your kid Ollie, I wouldn't worry about it. It's up to them really. I know Victoria's and Rebecca's who go by their full names, and everyone knows not to try and shorten them. People will call you what you ask. The only girl I knew who had a problem with people calling her a nickname when she wanted to be known by her full name was an Elizabeth. But this is understandable in my school, where Elizabeth is the most common name and nine out of ten go by a nickname, normally Liz.

This message was edited 8/2/2009, 4:10 PM