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My father had one. His name was Joseph but he was always called Bud.

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I also like Trey as a nickname for a boy who is the third to have a name, i.e., John William III, called Trey.

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Then I've known many others who have those sorts of nicknames, and the nicknames are generally terrible: Mookie, Pootchie, Bootsie, Cheese, Cowboy, Batman.

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I love Bud as a nickname, but I'd never use it on its own.

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In principle I have nothing against it---in practice, the majority of such nicknames that I've heard have been terrible.