I grew up with a lot of
Melissa's. As children many went by
Missy. But I find that very undignified, like some generic term for girl. For exmample, "Listen here, missy." or "Hey missy." It sort of sounds like a gender specific "Hey you." Most of the
Melissa's I know as adults, just go by
Melissa, and don't use any nickname at all.
I didn't even realize
Mel was a popular nickname for
Melissa. I thought of
Mel as more of a nickname for Melonie.
This message was edited 12/7/2009, 6:17 PM