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Nicknames given by siblings that have "stuck" ...

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Tillyscoutsmum · 22/08/2011 10:20

DH is nearly 40 and is still called Luli (loo-lee) by his parents and siblings. His slightly older brother couldn't pronounce Ewen as a small child and his mispronunciation has stuck.

DS is just starting to talk and calls DD "Titty". I'm hoping its a temporary thing !

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Eglu · 22/08/2011 10:23

My DB used to call me Anya when he was little as he couldn't pronounce my similar but longer name. It never stuck though, although I have always liked that name.

OTheHugeRaveningWolef · 22/08/2011 10:26

The nicknames my brothers and I gave one another as children are unprintably rude, so while they've stuck I won't be posting them here

Xavielli · 22/08/2011 10:31

My brother still calls me snotface (drop dead Fred), charming!

All of the kids in my family called DD (Eliana) 'Ellie-narna' which somehow became 'Nellie-banana' and now we all (teachers etc included) call her Nellie!

Iggly · 22/08/2011 10:32

Yep everyone in my family calls me by the name my brother used as he couldn't say my full name

TobyLeWolef · 22/08/2011 10:39

Everyone outside of work calls me 'Kiki', which is not my name, and neither is it really all that close to my name. It was given to me by my nephew, because he couldn't say my actual name.

My daughter is known by everyone as 'Beast'
She was named this by my son, who was 18 months old at the time, and thought it would be funny to call her 'Ez-beast', rather than 'Esme'. She loves it, and signs notes and emails to family 'Beast'.

pinkgirlythoughts · 22/08/2011 11:54

My 18 year old sister is often called Daisy within the family, as we used to sing 'Faye-sy Daisy' to the tune of Daisy Daisy at her when she was a baby.

theworldspins · 22/08/2011 11:56

Not really a nn - but my big sis did name me (why my parents allowed her to give me the name I don't know - it's horrible) but it has stuck

oohlaalaa · 22/08/2011 11:57

I have a friend who's called Pip by almost everyone. Her actual name is not Phillippa. and sounds nothing like Pip. I think her brother started calling her Pip for some random reason and it stuck.

Also, got a friend called Dougy. I have been told what his name is, and its not Douglas. I can't even remember what it is, as its never used. I was told that Dougy came from a toy he had as a child.

I have another friend who is called George by everybody, and again his names entirely different. Apparently nn George is from the childrens TV show Rainbow.

vicarlady · 22/08/2011 12:09

Somewhere back in the mists of time my youngest child - DD2 - was nicknamed Wizz by her older siblings. It stuck and she is now known as Auntie Wizz by the next generation, so I don't think it will change now! I still like the name chosen for her but it is now only used by her GPs, I think!

TobyLeWolef · 22/08/2011 12:12

One of my sisters is only ever known by her nickname. Her real name is Lucie, although I have friends I've known for 20 years who have only ever known her as [nickname, which is nothing like Lucie] and have never known what her actual name is.

PuppyMonkey · 22/08/2011 12:16

Pip is standard nn for Philip and philipa afaik. what larks Pip. Great Expectations. DD2 for some reason started calling DD1 Baboo before she could talk properly and that has stuck. DD1 real name is Maddie.

RoseC · 22/08/2011 12:17

Dad used to call me 'Tiny' until I was two and an old lady asked me what my name was. Mum put her foot down after that

Tortoise · 22/08/2011 12:20

DS2 gets called flea. His name is Zachary but DDs couldn't say it and called him zachablea which became zachaflea. Now he is just flea!

WuzzAndBuddy · 22/08/2011 12:47

When my brother was born he looked like a little Gremlin so from the day he was born my Mum, Dad, Sister and I have all called him Gizmo, as he got older it was shortened to Giz, he's even in all our phones as Giz!

DS is Fizz, Fizzy or Fizzbomb, not really sure why... just stuck!

BikeRunSki · 22/08/2011 12:54

My 37 yo sister is still known by a very tenuous corruption of her first name, that developed when she was a toddler. She finds it very annoying! when she was 18 she moved abroad, so at least she has some people who know her by her reaal name.

helendigestives · 22/08/2011 14:57

I'm still occasionally called 'cakey' because my brother couldn't pronounce my name properly.

pissedrightoff · 22/08/2011 15:04

DD (2) has called DS 'mole' since the day he was born, When he managed to get his wee hands out of the swaddling DH commented that he looked like a little mole.

He is 16 weeks now and pretty much everyone calls him mole. Poor wee boy.

(May I just add, He is beautiful and in no way resembles a mole)

HollyPockett · 23/08/2011 13:50

My niece is a Daisy. My Mum calls her Daisy Bell which I got Tinker Bell from and now call her Tink. Thinking about it she's such a tomboy it doesn't suit her at all, but it's stuck. If I call her Daisy, she thinks she's in trouble :)

And my nephew is Louis, pronounced the French way. I call him Pooey Louis, or sometimes just Pooey. He's 22 and has never complained

Tuschinski · 23/08/2011 14:37

I am called Lily by some people as it's what I called myself when I couldn't say Shirley.
Friend called herself Freddie, real name Yvonne, and is known by that by everyone.
Friends called Quack by some relatives, no idea why.
Can't wait to see what DS says for DD when he can talk, her name is Isabella and I'm in search of inspiration for a good NN.

MrsY · 23/08/2011 15:22

We sister and I both call each other by our (maiden) surname, which can be slightly confusing!

HattiFattner · 23/08/2011 15:33

my DD is known as loola. First it was baba (from DS1 who couldnt say Amber, not me!) and from there it became baba-loola (from the song) and from there just loola.

AngryFeet · 23/08/2011 15:36

My brother is called Neil but I started calling him Nelly Mangel (Nelly for short) when we were very young (probably around the time of Neighbours ). Weirdly a good friend and ex boyfriend also has a brother called Neil and has the same nickname for him!

Georgimama · 23/08/2011 15:38

My brothers still call me Mels which is short for Helen Melon which has been my nickname since I was a few weeks old.

insanityscatching · 23/08/2011 15:42

Dd is called Foofy by all which was a name ds gave her as a baby even though he could pronounce her name. She calls ds m'boy because she used to call him boy and when we corrected her with his name she'd say " no my boy!" and it evolved to m'boy. He only answers to that though from her.

blushingm · 24/08/2011 14:46

dd couldn't say Ewan either op - she called ds Wee Wee which we still call him sometimes - he hates it now but didn't mind when dd called him that

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