Making up a new nickname for myself?

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Hi, my name is Patrick. I've been thinking of introducing myself as Pax the last few months, however it is not a common nickname for Patrick where I'm from (Ireland). Has anyone ever encountered a Patrick ever going by Pax or not? I'm just not fond of the other shortenings of Patrick. Thanks.

Trick

Ricky?

My nephew is a Patrick and he uses the letter P and J and puts them together to make peejay or Peej

Pat-a-cake?

I wouldn't mind going by P.J but there is no J in my names unfortunately.

You could shorten it to Prick.

Pax is ok

Patricia?

I really like Pat and Paddy but obviously you don't. I don't like Pax, it sounds a bit unnatural as an extension of Patrick. If you like it then give it a whirl. Are you starting a new job or new club or something where you'll get the chance to try it out on new people?

IME nicknames tend to come best from others. I went by my full name until I changed schools as a teen and then everyone decided I was shortened version and that has stuck for my whole life except for with family. So like Katherine became Kathy (not my name) and now that's my professional name as well as everything else. Although really close friends tend to call me Kathy Kath Kath or Kathy waffy...

I think Pax is fine. If someone introduced themselves as Pax I wouldn't find it weird.

I think Pax is ok. I work with a Patrick who is around your age (a little older) but if he announced on Monday he wanted to go by Pax I don't really think anyone would be too bother by it and we would do it.

Although I think Patch would raise a few eyebrows!

Michael J Fox doesn't actually have a middle name, he just added it, I think? So you could be PJ if you wanted, although it makes me think of Byker Grove (showing my age there )

I always used to go by my full name, then used going to university to use a shortened version full time. My friends from home managed the switch (another one had done the same) and only my parents and older relatives call me by my full name now.

@tiramisualwaystiramisu

here it is.

Patrick, did you see that tweet by someone Irish who once wore a red beret in public and was ever after called Super Mario? And the thousands of responses reminiscing about similar?

We're in that territory with 'Pax', unless you're actually emigrating from rural Cavan to somewhere edgier, and even then you'd probably run into someone you were at school with who'd say 'PAX??? What happened to 'Pa'?'

All the Patricks I know under the age of 50 go by Patrick.

What's

Pads?
Pax is um.....
Patrick is lovely tho

Is Pa actually a common nickname for Patrick in Ireland? It sounds sort of..incomplete. Or like a synonym for “Dad”.

@ZingDramaQueenOfSheeba - I was half right then. I had a vague memory of J not being his actual middle initial

I never took any notice so was curious because you mentioned it

I know a Patrick who is known as 'Patch'.

I immediately thought Pax as persons on board ( aviation abbreviation )
Pax is ok , it is trying to be edgy but isn't
Patrick is lovely

Use whatever name you want. Pax is fine if that’s what you like and want to be called. If you have a middle name you could also consider going by that?

I also know a Patch whose full name is Patrick. He's in his late 30s.

I'm part Irish, so know a lot of Patricks. Their nicknames are:

Padge/Podge
Pag
Tricky

Maybe one of those would work. Or Rick?

Another vote for Trick

I knew someone called Triky. We weren't close so I don't know if it's from Patrick.

If my name was Patrick, I would not mind others calling me Pax, Its others who give you a nickname, and others might like Pax. and people get used to these names.

I know three Patrick's and they all get called Paddy, which is quite common isn't it. A man in my local pub has a friend called Patrick, and he calls him Patty, which sounds a bit iffy, but just a play on his name I suppose.

What about Rick? As in PatRICK.