This question goes out to all you [name_m]Roberts[/name_m] who were called [name_m]Bud[/name_m] or [name_f]Mary[/name_f] Elizabeths who went by [name_f]Liz[/name_f]. Did you mind being called something other than the first name on your birth certificate, or did you find yourself wishing your parents had just called you the preferred name to begin with?
Please weigh in with the good, the bad, and the ugly.
My name is [name_f]Charlotte[/name_f]-[name_f]Alice[/name_f], but I favour [name_f]Lottie[/name_f] or [name_f]Alice[/name_f] because nobody actually bothers with my full name. I hate people just calling me [name_f]Charlotte[/name_f]… if you’re going to commit to my ‘full’ name, actually finish it imo.
[name_u]Charlie[/name_u] is also acceptable but only one person calls me that, and I can’t abide [name_f]Char[/name_f] and I will ignore anyone who calls me that.
My name is [name_f]Lilian[/name_f] and I went by [name_f]Elsie[/name_f] (for my initials LC) until middle school. I loved it! I also loved the ability to revert to [name_f]Lilian[/name_f] when it suited me. I wound up going to a middle school in a different district from my childhood friends, so they still called me [name_f]Elsie[/name_f], but my grown-up persona of 6th grade plus got to be my refreshing and sophisticated full name.
My name is [name_u]Lindsey[/name_u] and I’ve gotten [name_u]Lindsey[/name_u] [name_u]Lou[/name_u], Linds, or [name_u]Lou[/name_u]-[name_u]Lou[/name_u],that I love and I kind of like the fact that there are more nickname options for my name but I really don’t like it when people call me [name_u]Lindsay[/name_u] Lohan. I dont really like being called someone who is known for being a coked out sociallite who can’t get her sh*t together. Any ways for the [name_u]Lindsey[/name_u]'s there is a silent war between the ey or ay lol The ey is better lol
My name is [name_f]Vasilia[/name_f] but I’ve always been called [name_f]Celia[/name_f]
Honestly, I really dont mind, and get upset when teachers call me by my full name because, while I strongly dislike both names, I think [name_f]Celia[/name_f] is much better
My name is [name_f]Elisabeth[/name_f], which I’ve always hated for myself, but I like that there are so many nickname options to choose from…
In my early childhood, I went by [name_f]Beth[/name_f], and from when I was 10 up until just recently, I went by [name_u]Lisa[/name_u]…and now I go by [name_f]Eliza[/name_f]…whenever I feel like I’ve grown out of a name, for whatever reason, I change to a different nickname and nobody bats an eyelid, because at the end of the day it’s still ‘just a nickname for [name_f]Elisabeth[/name_f].’
I love the possibilities my name gives me
Thank you for all your answers! Fullabeans ([name_f]Eliza[/name_f]), you probably always have to tell people what you want to be called. Does that get old or annoying, or does the flexibility make up for it?
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I love that! I knew a girl back in grade school named Selene but her initials spelled SAM so her friends would call her that. I thought it was super cool lol I had initial envy.
I dont like being called anything other than my proper name. I used to detest Kris because I thought it sounded to unisex/masculine as a kid and I didn’t think Krissy was elegant enough. Now a lot of my friends have stuck with kris when typing though and I still make a face at it
I’m [name_f]Margaret[/name_f] but I went by [name_f]Maggie[/name_f] from age 0-8, at which point my mother wrote down ‘[name_f]Margaret[/name_f]’ on a ballet class admission form and I was so impressed I had such a ‘grown up’ name that I asked to be [name_f]Margaret[/name_f]. So I was [name_f]Margaret[/name_f] for the next decade, until I changed schools at 17 and at that point was thrilled to be able to start fresh with [name_f]Maggie[/name_f], which just felt right.
I’ve been [name_f]Maggie[/name_f] ever since and all through my adult life. I quite like having a formal name, and going by the shortened version. It feels kind of nice, to have the name everyone calls me and that fits me, and to have the legal, longer name (after my grandmother) for the very formal things. It’s also the same thing that the grandmother I’m named after did - she was [name_f]Margaret[/name_f], but went by [name_f]Peggy[/name_f]. [name_f]Every[/name_f] once in a while when I first meet someone they’ll ask if [name_f]Maggie[/name_f] is short for [name_f]Margaret[/name_f] and I’ll say yes. And I’ve always found it very easy to say I go by [name_f]Maggie[/name_f] or that my preferred name is [name_f]Maggie[/name_f] on forms and the like where [name_f]Margaret[/name_f] might be the first thing someone sees.
[name_f]Hope[/name_f] that’s helpful! 
I’m [name_f]Margaret[/name_f] but go by [name_f]Maggie[/name_f], and have done almost my whole life. I love [name_f]Maggie[/name_f] and definitely prefer it, but I also quite like having a formal name that’s maybe not used much except for legal documents or the like. It feels kind of nice, a way to have two names to choose from if I wanted, as well as a more private ‘full name’, and it’s also the same thing that the grandmother I’m named after did - she was [name_f]Margaret[/name_f], but went by [name_f]Peggy[/name_f].
[name_f]Every[/name_f] once in a while when I first meet someone they’ll ask if [name_f]Maggie[/name_f] is short for [name_f]Margaret[/name_f] and I’ll say yes. But it doesn’t come up often at all. And I’ve always found it very easy to say I go by [name_f]Maggie[/name_f] or that my preferred name is [name_f]Maggie[/name_f] when meeting someone in a setting where they have my full name to begin with. Also, Australians love to shorten everything, so even though I’m [name_f]Maggie[/name_f], most of my closest friends call me [name_f]Mags[/name_f].
[name_f]Hope[/name_f] that’s helpful!
All of this is helpful! Thank you!
(I also, as a [name_f]Leah[/name_f] [name_f]Christine[/name_f], went by LC sometimes! Small world.)
I have a double first name (Corinnetta [name_f]Zoe[/name_f], pretentious as hell), but I’ve always gone by [name_f]Zoe[/name_f] at school. Some of my closest friends call me [name_f]Nettie[/name_f], which is the nickname by parents intended me to use, and online I go by [name_u]Korin[/name_u]. None of my classmates at school know that I have two first names, as I always email all my teachers before school starts to tell them what I go by. I really, really don’t like my full first name (especially with my middle names, [name_f]Charlotte[/name_f] [name_f]Thana[/name_f]) and I’m thinking of having it changed to just plain [name_u]Korin[/name_u] or [name_f]Zoe[/name_f] once I’m old enough, since those are what people call me anyway.
I was named [name_f]Amelia[/name_f] but around age four when my younger brother started to speak and couldn’t pronounce it properly, I became [name_f]Mimi[/name_f]. [name_f]Mimi[/name_f] was ultimately shortened to [name_f]Mim[/name_f] and that’s the only name I have ever identified myself with. I truly hated that my name was technically something else (definitely don’t hate the name though) and legally changed it at age 16.
My situation is a bit different as my parents had no intention of calling me anything other than [name_f]Amelia[/name_f]. If you plan on calling your child something other than their legal name most of the time, I’d just name them that. It saves the frustration of having teachers at school constantly address you by a name you did not recognize. Can’t count the times my ‘name’ was called and I totally ignored it because I had forgotten I actually wasn’t ‘just [name_f]Mim[/name_f].’
I’m another with a gazillion nicknames!
I’m an [name_f]Elizabeth[/name_f], grew up through school as [name_f]Betty[/name_f], will always be called [name_f]Beth[/name_f] by my family and [name_f]Lizzie[/name_f] to friends and work colleagues.
I’ve never really thought about having two names, Beth & Lizzie for different groups of people…it just happened. If I could I’d change the name I introduce myself as to new friends and colleagues, as Eliza. I prefer it to Lizzie! I might start doing that actually…
My Nans also an [name_f]Elizabeth[/name_f], but prefers [name_f]Liz[/name_f]. I however hate [name_f]Liz[/name_f] and it’s usually the go to nickname when people first meet me - I have to tell them I hate it.
The only person I let call me [name_f]Liz[/name_f] is my partners grandpa, I don’t know why, it’s different when he says it