People your DCs have renamed

[BarbaraVineFan]

My DD, almost 4, met a little boy today at holiday club named 'Feelings'.
She chatted about him all the way home - what she played with Feelings, what Feelings said, etc.
After some confusion I worked out that her new friend's name was in fact FELIX.
Has anyone else had a child rename a friend like this?!

Jellybean was Geneveive!

Dd1 had a boy arrive from Spain into her class called Juan Carlo. She abbreviated to Juan-co…. Which would have been fine without the pronunciation of the J sound as W. Eventually we suggested she just called him Juan.

Fizzy was actually Felicity

One of my cousins called his brother Diamond. It was actually Simon.

My younger son (,when in y1) came home telling me there was a new started in foundation class called Dude.

It was Jude!

My kids had Mrs Cinnamon as their reception teacher (Miss Zimmerman).

Often they tell me they’ve made a really good friend at holiday club but when I ask their name they don’t know. It doesn’t occur to them to ask!

I actually did know a Felicity that went by Fizzy.

I spent many a summer playing at the beach with my friend Corner. And no, I absolutely would not accept, no matter how many times my mum told me, that his name was in fact… Connor.

DS1 new friend was Indigo - didn't seem that out there as his siblings were Scarlett and Olive.

however, transpired that the parents weren't building a rainbow, his name was actually Inigo.

My friend who was a TA had a Ukrainian surname which none of the kids could pronounce. They all called her Mrs Handkerchief.

Mouse = Miles. Still call him Mouse though.

My son went to nursery with a child he thought was called Raisin. He was called Fraser.

My daughter called our friends Katie and Sam “Titty and Ham” for ages. I was so disappointed when she learned to say their names properly!

My friend's child told her that there was a boy called Meetoo in her nursery. Turned out that on the first day, one boy said "I'm x" and this boy then said "me too!" and all the other kids thought that was then his name

I also had a reception teacher called Mrs Hovercraft (in reality Mrs Havercroft).

Dd had a friend she called pizza his name was Peter.

My dd made a new friend at her drama club, all I heard for weeks was about her new friend Felber. Turns out the little girl was named Phillipa.

My sons best friend at preschool was called gruffalo…. Even now he still calls him gruffalo! Real name is Rafael lol

When I was about 6 I made friends with a new girl who had moved in to our street. Her name was Helen O. My mum went through 0'Malley, O'Sullivan, 0'Brien etc while I insisted it was Just Helen O and not another name. She was called Eleanor
My son's class has a Veggie and Vitamin, Reggie and Vincent

Poor Auntie Vicky became Auntie Titty

JudasPriest our neighbour named her beagle dog Bagel

My dgs first friend in Reception was Kneehole, luckily I overhead the class teacher say Good Morning to Nihal.
There are two boys with the same first name and they are distinguished on the Christmas card list by surname initial which are L and R but according to my dgs one of the surnames is Permorgan as he always calls him by his whole (wrong) name - no clue as to the child's actual name yet and they start year 2 next month. We thought another of his friends was a girl called Eliza but was a boy called Elisha. Two other boys with the same name were designated 'silly' and 'sensible' but which one was which changed daily!
The other dgs just couldn't remember names. In Reception he still couldn't name all the children on his table by October half term holiday - they were just "my friend" or "my other friend".

DS told me all about his new friend Lyra. Upon meeting Lyra's mom, I asked if she'd gotten her name from 'His Dark Materials'. She told me she'd never read it and then introduced me to her daughter, Lila 😁

Not a name, but one year ds23, who was 2 at the time had pj’s with wizards on, he says ‘i see wizards at Bristol Zoo’. He meant lizards

My dgs first friend in Reception was Kneehole, luckily I overhead the class teacher say Good Morning to Nihal.

At university there was a chap from I think it was Singapore, whose name was (not sure on the spelling) Ni Han. One of my friends told me seriously that his name was Knee High. Tbf he did get introduced in a very noisy bar but I was very glad I was told the correct name before I met him!