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DS Noah has been called "Noer" by the family until very recently. Now, we've started calling him "Teddy" b/c he's the most cuddly boy I've ever met. (You know, cuddly like a teddy bear!) Anyway, what do you think of nns like this, that aren't derived from the person's name, but rather from their personality? I know that years ago, *everyone* it seemed, had a nn of some sort. My grandpa Harold is Hank or Chuck, neither of which is derived from Harold, and my great-aunt was Judy, although her name was Lola (she had a middle initial, but no mn, so that's obviously not the origin of her nn). Another aunt was called Toots (again, nothing related to her name, Lila) and the list goes on.
Is this type of nicknaming weird or completely outdated? Or do you think it's a legitimate form of nicknaming?

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As an aside, it's an underhanded way for me to get DS to be different from the whole swarm of Noah's that are certain to be in his classes at school...If he goes by Teddy, he certainly can't be "Noah B."

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