To not like nicknames as full names?

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Some (secondary school aged) children in my family have nicknames as full names and as they grow older I feel the names suiting them less and less.

Some of the names,

Melly
Stevie
Bobby
Ali
Ricky

AIBU to think that naming children nicknames doesn't age well and that full names on the birth certificates are more fitting?

Harry's actual name is 'Henry'.

There's no issue eitb any of these names being taken seriously for a job.

Are people on here living in the 1950s?

Are people on here living in the 1950s?

You'd think so, wouldn't you.

I have a 17 year old Alexander known as Alex ,it's just my preference but i agree Alex is a name in its own right interestingly he was diagnosed with Diabetes. Last year and whenever I pick his prescription up they ask if it's for Alexandra.

I know! That’s why I said it.

Some people are unaware what the male and female versions of a name are, or that some names are unisex.

What rarified circles you must move in, are you equally taken aback by people who aren't even Christened? 😁

Yes, I am.

Some of them may not just be Teddy, my son is called that by everyone but it isn't his actual name.

If I’d put Ted, I would have prevented him from the possibility of exploring Ed, Eddie, Edwardo and any number of other monikers.

I used the expanded variant so there were more options for him, not because I was being snotty. He has a reasonably flexible middle name for similar reasons. Solid in its own right, but plenty of scope for shortening and altering if he ever chooses to.

My eldest is named for a random Greek goddess who most people have never heard of; if I wanted to avoid people judging my naming choices I would have called her Olivia or Amelia. :) She’s probably never going to be prime minister, but mostly because she suspects there are rules about being rude to fellow politicians. :o