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My name doesn't lend itself to nicknames either. Clipping it to the first syllable is sometimes tried - similar to calling you "Aud" - and I have never tolerated that at all. So the only nicks I've gotten are my first initial, which I don't mind at all as long as nobody adds adjectives to it ("Big A," "Crazy A" etc) ... and elaborations. Only a really familiar friend ever comes up with elaborative nicknames (like Auden, or Audreezle or Audriannadanna) and those don't go outside those friendships at all, they're more games than names.

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If I were Audrey I wouldn't tolerate Aud or Auds because they sound like words, not appealing words either. I think if someone ever started calling me Dree, I'd adopt it because I like that one. But I think you're fortunate that Audrey doesn't need a nickname at all. One of my favorite names is Audra, and I sometimes think I like the way it can become Audri / Audrey familiarly (though I've never seen that done).

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I like when friends call me by my initial familiarly, so I guess I like the idea of having a nickname, but I don't think I would like *going by* a familiar form of my name - introducing myself with it - unless it was one I happened to like better than my full name. Like, if I were Michelle, I'd probably call myself Shelly all day.

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- mirfak