I’ve noticed people referring to childhood nicknames and was wondering if this was a thing for a lot of people. [name_f]Do[/name_f] you think nicknames usually stick for life or are they a thing you shed after childhood?
In my experience my nicknames have been forever. I still introduce myself as [name_u]Juli[/name_u] which is short for my full name, my sister still goes by Jord or Jords. I’m 26 and my family still refers to me as [name_u]Boo[/name_u]. To clarify they don’t talk to strangers referring to me as [name_u]Boo[/name_u] but amongst the family I’m [name_u]Boo[/name_u].
I didn’t really have one, my Dad calls me [name_f]Bee[/name_f] sometimes and that’s about it.
Went by [name_f]Bess[/name_f] for a while, because there were kids in family who couldn’t say [name_f]Beth[/name_f], but it didn’t stick
My parents stopped calling me Pumpkin and Rosebud when I was in 4th grade & told them I no longer liked it 
(but I also kinda miss it, soo…)
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My husband is from Mexico, and whatever nickname they are given as a child they are basically stuck with for life. At least among family and friends. His one brother used to cry a lot so they called him “Chillón” (cry baby). He is about 27 now and still called that more than his actual name within his family. It’s the same with all his other brothers. [name_f]My[/name_f] husband is called one nickname among family and another one at work.
I’m still called [name_f]Jenni[/name_f] with family and friends, but [name_f]Jenn[/name_f] or [name_f]Jennifer[/name_f] at work.
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My name is [name_f]Brynn[/name_f], and when I was little my parents and oldest sister called me Brynnie [name_m]Bear[/name_m], which evolved into just [name_m]Bear[/name_m]. They still me it from time to time, but it was never something they used outside the house
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My twins are called [name_m]Gee[/name_m]/Ghee and Squee. I doubt that will stick with them through life. If it does they might be a little upset.
I was called [name_f]Steffi[/name_f] as a kid and my family still calls me that.
Interestingly, within my circle, all planned nicknames did not stick.
I have a friend with a baby Alëxandër. She wanted to call him Zänder. It didn’t stick and now he goes by Alëx.
I have a relative named Ariëlle. Mom wanted to call her Arïa (are-ee-uh). It didn’t stick and now she goes by Arï (air-ee).
I think childhood nicknames growing into adulthood nicknames completely depends on the person and whether they feel like the nickname is a match with their identity or not. Some may feel like the name is juvenile and want to feel more adult-like, so they drop it. Others may not feel this way.
Amongst family, I think the nns stay! With friends, maybe not so much.
I have a vague memory of being like 6 and my mom saying that someday I wouldn’t want to be called [name_u]Boo[/name_u] anymore and I was very confused and told her that would never happen. So that might be why it stuck around haha
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I’m still occasionally called by Smurfette by my aunts 
Definitely not by anyone else though!
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I definitely think they evolve [name_u]Boo[/name_u] came from juli-boolie when I was a baby. It eventually turned to Ju-[name_u]Boo[/name_u], [name_u]Boo[/name_u]-[name_u]Boo[/name_u], The [name_u]Boo[/name_u] and finally [name_u]Boo[/name_u].
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My twin brother and I still call each other by our childhood nicknames, he calls me Sosi. To be honest I can’t even really remember where it comes from, he claims it’s a mixture of my first and middle name combined with the Icelandic word for sister. He’s the only person who calls me that.
When I was a child practically everyone else called me Rósi (or [name_f]Rosie[/name_f] if you’d like). I’m not sure if it was a childhood thing or rather an Icelandic thing, you can’t live in Iceland and not get called a nickname 
When I was 12 we moved away from Iceland and only my dad calls me Rósi now.
Haha I can see that, I have a little cousin who is 10 now and would probably be mortified to find out she was briefly [name_f]Ava[/name_f]-T Smooshypants to the whole family
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When I was a baby I was called Super Chubs bc I was a chubby baby. But I mainly get called [name_f]Em[/name_f]. [name_f]My[/name_f] sister’s childhood nickname was banshee but we call her [name_u]Jess[/name_u] now, my brother nickname was Buba, now it’s Kj. And my other brother was nicknames yo-yo, and now he has none.
My brother used to go by Cozzie just within the family when he was little (his name is so unique I don’t feel comfortable sharing it online, but the nickname contains some of the same sounds), and he doesn’t use a nickname at all anymore, although he’s considered going by a different name/his middle name professionally because his actual name is difficult to deal with.
I still go by some of my family pet names as an adult, though. In general, I think women might be more likely to continue using their nicknames and men might be more likely to “graduate” to a more formal form. I also know a lot of men who go from a more cute childhood nickname to a one-syllable “adult” nickname but still don’t go by their full name, like my uncle [name_m]Robert[/name_m] used to be [name_u]Bobby[/name_u] but is now [name_m]Bob[/name_m], my dad [name_m]Stephen[/name_m] used to be [name_u]Stevie[/name_u] but is now [name_m]Steve[/name_m] + [name_m]Stephen[/name_m] interchangeably, my uncle [name_m]Samuel[/name_m] used to be [name_u]Sammy[/name_u] and is now [name_u]Sam[/name_u], etc.
One of my childhood nicknames is [name_f]May[/name_f], which ended up sticking around. I was also called names like [name_f]May[/name_f]-[name_f]May[/name_f], [name_m]Mayo[/name_m], and Mayonnaise. [name_f]My[/name_f] dad used to call me Monkey, and my parents would call me Silly Goose as well.
I think family nicknames do often stick around. I still get called by mine
I think family nicknames are different.
Nicknames from friends at school are different.
Had I not known my husband growing up I would not go by the same nickname. But old habits are hard to break so if ANY one meets me and spends time around my husband they call me by my nickname. People only connected to me call me by my full name.
My nickname as a child was [name_u]Mandy[/name_u]. Some family and some old teachers still call me [name_u]Mandy[/name_u] to this day, but I think it may be more out of habit than anything else. It was my name up until the 6th grade and the only name I went by, so it makes sense that it ‘stuck’ even when I opted to change my nickname to AJ. So, yeah, I think nicknames can definitely be for life, but the person themselves may associate it as a ‘childhood nickname’ if they grew out of it or changed their nickname at some point. I consider [name_u]Mandy[/name_u] my childhood nickname, but like I said, I still get called [name_u]Mandy[/name_u] from time to time depending on who I’m talking to! In the same vein, my aunts still call me [name_f]Manda[/name_f] and [name_f]Manda[/name_f] Panda, which were not nicknames used outside of my family like [name_u]Mandy[/name_u] was.