There really is no name immune from being turned into a nickname, is there?

[chipmonkey]

Ds2 told me today that there is a girl in his class called Olivia who gets called Oblivion.

I heard of an Amber being called Amberger.

Is no name safe?

Oddly, nobody ever shortens my name, Michelle, despite the that that it has so many potential nicknames.

I've never expressed a preference either way.

Maybe I just don't seem like a nicknamy kinda person.

Siân is very difficult to shorten. It tends to get lengthed to Siâny

(although at work it's "Shazzer" and my uncle calls me Stanley)

I'll shut up I think.

I've never had a nn and always wanted one! My name is Sarah

Anybody shortens my name of Tanya to Tan and they get thumped.

But then everybody calls me T.

Except the select few who call me TT but I can't tell you with that is

My cousin is John.

He gets called Boggy

Ha my friend is called Tanya or T never ever Tan, maybe its YOU!

fimbow I am panicing now!

Just looked at your profile - you're safe!! It is funny though as my friend has 3 kids and is ever so slightly bonkers too!

Sarah is seldom shortened.
ditto paul.

Er, I beg to differ I'm a Sarah and I get Sare, Sares, Sally, Sally Ann and Sal. DH has only ever called me Sare, don't remember him ever using my full name and my brother always always calls me Sal. In fact my parents are the only ones to use Sarah.

My sister is called Sarah and we call her Sares, and my mom calls her Saresibabe.

My niece is called Mae and my sister calls her Mabel, or Mabelina, or even Maybe she's born with it!

All names have a nn.

my sister is Cordelia, and that never got nicknamed until she started work. I'm a Flora and was occasionally called Flora margarine until I injured someone quite badly for calling me that . then at one place of work I was wee Flo.

Jane doesn't get shortened much

I knew a Routh at school.
She was known as Roof, or Roofless.

Kay.

i had a friend called Kay. never shortnened.

Custardo, did she never get called 'O'?

no but good thinking

My mum called me Marmaduke. She doesn't know why.

Nickname does not really have to start with same letter as real name, although it's a good place to start.

My friends DD is an Olivia which my DD can't quite manage so she calls her Bia.... It has now spread, my Mother called me the other day to tell my she was knitting a cardie for Bia....

lancelottie is your cousin The Boggy, of radio 2 fame? He's called John isn't he?

We called ours Phoebe and Lucy, thinking there would be very few shortenings, but just get Phoebs, The Phoeb, Phoebster, Fifi (I really like that!), Phoebaroo... and Lu, Luce, Lu-pot, Lubi, Lubiloo, Luce-moose...

I'm a Tracey and have only ever been called Tracey or Trace - but I wouldn't name your child Tracey - I've never liked the name!

Ruth - I know a Ruth who's father's called her Rhubarb since she was a child.

I also know a Paul who has been universally know as Teddy (now Ted) for 40 years, since the teacher put a picture of a bear he'd painted on the wall, with his name underneath, so even though his parents picked quite well on the no nickname front, it seems unavoidable

My son's name is Leo. Not sure you can shorten that

I went to school with a Jom, not much you can do with that, yet he was always known as Noj (Nodge).

My brother is Jonathan and made it to his mid 30's before his name was shortened, and my Dad's name is Arthur, he's been called Bill for most of his life!

Jon, not Jom.

a friend of mine's DP wanted to call their son J