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HelpRe: Do you like using nicknames?
in reply to a message by Lily8
1. Do you have a nickname? Do you use nicknames for your kids? What are they?
I'm Annie, AnnaBanana, and Ananabanna at times, I don't have kids. My brother Kurt sometimes gets called Kurt S. as that is his middle initial, but he hates it cos it sounds like Curtis. I don't have kids, but my neice Kyla is sometimes called Kyky (Keye-keye) or Kyladoo.
2. Do you like your nickname or does it annoy you when people call you Nicky though you prefer to go by Nicole (random example)?
I'm not a fan of any of my nns. I don't have a problem with them coming from my close friends, but my family is only allowed to call me Anna, and no one outside of my friends can call me AnnaBanana.
3. Is it important to you that the name you give your child has a nice nickname or do you prefer no nickname names?
I would want a nn to be available, because I've never liked my name, but have never found a satisfactory nn for it so I have to go by it.
4. Or are you scared that people might call your kid a nickname you dislike (e.g. you love Alexandria but are worried she'll become Alex)?
It would bother me, but you can't really stop it, I would just give my child rare alternative nns. In the case of Alexandria "Andy" and "Andria"
5. What do you think of nickname names as full names, e.g. Alfie, Sam, Joey, Jake, Jack, Billie, Janie, Katie, Kate? Does it depend on the name e.g. Kate is ok on its own, so is Jack but Katie and Joey are too cutesy?
I'm not a fan, but Kate, Jack and anything not cutesy is fine with me.
I usually call people by whatever they want to be called but sometimes I can't help but call them something different. Every Rebecca I know is called Becca by me, and we've searched for years to find a nn for my friend Elizabeth, recently settling on Zab. I don't like nns in general, but I guess I look at them as a sign of friendship so I use them with my friends.
I'm Annie, AnnaBanana, and Ananabanna at times, I don't have kids. My brother Kurt sometimes gets called Kurt S. as that is his middle initial, but he hates it cos it sounds like Curtis. I don't have kids, but my neice Kyla is sometimes called Kyky (Keye-keye) or Kyladoo.
2. Do you like your nickname or does it annoy you when people call you Nicky though you prefer to go by Nicole (random example)?
I'm not a fan of any of my nns. I don't have a problem with them coming from my close friends, but my family is only allowed to call me Anna, and no one outside of my friends can call me AnnaBanana.
3. Is it important to you that the name you give your child has a nice nickname or do you prefer no nickname names?
I would want a nn to be available, because I've never liked my name, but have never found a satisfactory nn for it so I have to go by it.
4. Or are you scared that people might call your kid a nickname you dislike (e.g. you love Alexandria but are worried she'll become Alex)?
It would bother me, but you can't really stop it, I would just give my child rare alternative nns. In the case of Alexandria "Andy" and "Andria"
5. What do you think of nickname names as full names, e.g. Alfie, Sam, Joey, Jake, Jack, Billie, Janie, Katie, Kate? Does it depend on the name e.g. Kate is ok on its own, so is Jack but Katie and Joey are too cutesy?
I'm not a fan, but Kate, Jack and anything not cutesy is fine with me.
I usually call people by whatever they want to be called but sometimes I can't help but call them something different. Every Rebecca I know is called Becca by me, and we've searched for years to find a nn for my friend Elizabeth, recently settling on Zab. I don't like nns in general, but I guess I look at them as a sign of friendship so I use them with my friends.
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