Re: Would you still use a name if you hated all the nicknames?
I wouldn't. I would either chunk the name or force the nicknames to grow on me. I really dislike when parents (or even the people themselves) mandate that other people MUST call them a full name and never a shortened version, and I do my best to disrespect these wishes. :)
With Genevieve, I think people would naturally call her Gen/Gennie part of the time but also call her Genevieve a lot.
On my part, I still don't like Ernie for Ernest.