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My birth name is 7 letters long, no one in my school or work ever called me by a nickname (mostly because my name doesn't really lend itself to nicknames, but also because I dislike them). The only nicknames I've had aren't shortened versions of my name, but more like an inside joke (Carolamb, Ceelion) that doesn't get used very often, is what my phone contact is saved as in friends' phones.

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In Czech, the culture of nicknaming and diminutives is different than in the US, so I feel very differently about my nicknames there. Either Kájina or Kája, but mostly Kájina, which isn't even a shorter version, just different.