Is your child more known by their nickname than their proper name?

[duchesse]

I have three children who've all had nicknames since birth or shortly thereafter (one has had 4 since she was about 18 months). It had never struck me as odd until just now that it may be fairly unusual for a child to be better known by a nickname than their first name (to the extent that the children's cousin did not know what his cousin's real name was when they were both 9!), and for it to be widely used by friends and family alike. I think my children would kill me if I revealed their nicknames on here, but was just wondering if anybody else's had them...

Ds2 is invariably called by one of his 2 nicknames (hardly ever use his real name).

Ds1 was given the longer version of his name on his birth certificate, but was only ever going to be known by the shortened version. However, in practice, he's more often than not known by the full length version. Doesn't really have a nickname though (apart from the silly things his cousins call him).

Both mine are known by their shortened name and I think the only person who refers to me by my full name is DH.