To not want my daughter being given an ugly nickname?

[mynotsoperfectlife]

The (lovely) nursery staff have chopped my daughters name in half, resulting in a nickname that is a sound rather than a name.

I know they are using it affectionately and they really are lovely people but I just don't like the nickname and I don't really want it sticking.

Would it be unreasonable to ask them to call her by her name, and how can I do it nicely?

Meredith will he not just get called Lee..?

It's not like they are cutting off any of her limbs

Anything less than this is fine then?

I don't have high standards but fuck me that's a low bar.

naked, I kind of have the same problem. My parents decided to give me a Welsh name which most English people can't reliably pronounce, but also has a shortened form that's also a bog-standard English name (think Gwenhwyfar -> Gwen). I'm happy enough being called by either, but I get incredibly annoyed when people "lengthen" my name to the wrong form (e.g. "Gwendoline", extending the example above)

You can't avoid nicknames. My son Jack goes by J (Jay?) and I've heard people call him Jacky, Jax, JT and other nicknames.

The child is only 2 so perfectly reasonable to ask the nursery to use her full name rather than a nickname picked by the nursery. If they've shortened her name because there's another girl with the same name tell the nursery to call her full name plus surname or full name plus first name of surname instead.

None of mine are known by nicknames 3 of them have names that can easily be shortened but they do not like it so dont respond.

When they were babies and toddlers I stated I didn't want nicknames used please use their proper name. I got told them " they will change people will do so they will want it" None of mine does and no one uses a NN..

gleam We're a couple of years off GCSEs but we will have to put our feet down about her name then, yes.

BTW can I call you Glee?

Ratatouille Order around by requesting that they use your child's actual name ?!

Ewan of course you can ask politely if they can use another name. That's not what I was disagreeing with. I disagreed with your statement that nursery staff are the parents' staff. They aren't.

my son is known as Harrison which is an extension of his surname, no rhyme or reason for what people get called