[name_f]My[/name_f] uncle calls my four year old cousin, [name_u]Auden[/name_u], Bug for some reason. I don’t really know the story behind her nickname because they live across the country from us. Either way it’s adorable. He has nicknames for both of my cousins. [name_f]My[/name_f] other cousin who is two, [name_f]Cora[/name_f], is called [name_f]Cora[/name_f]-[name_f]Bora[/name_f], [name_f]Bora[/name_f] [name_f]Bora[/name_f], or sometimes just [name_f]Bora[/name_f].
[name_f]My[/name_f] little sister is named [name_f]Ellie[/name_f], and when she was younger she had an obsession with [name_f]Cinderella[/name_f] so we called her “Cinder-[name_f]Ellie[/name_f]” (like the mice do!). She’s always trying to establish new nicknames for herself (she’s seven). Last [name_u]December[/name_u] when Frozen came out, she wanted to change her name to [name_f]Elsa[/name_f] and when that didn’t work, she tried to change it to [name_f]Anna[/name_f]. Her name is [name_f]Eliana[/name_f], so [name_f]Anna[/name_f] wouldn’t be too far off for a nickname, but neither stuck. Now she just wants to have three kids named [name_f]Elsa[/name_f], [name_f]Anna[/name_f], and [name_m]Kristoff[/name_m]. [name_f]Ellie[/name_f] is pushing for the nickname Maleficent after watching the new movie. She wants to be Maleficent for Halloween.
[name_f]My[/name_f] other sister, [name_f]Leah[/name_f], is called Lii Mii (not sure how to spell it, but that’s how we spell it on the Wii. [name_f]My[/name_f] dad made everyone’s name have “ii” in it like Wii. I’m Abbii, he’s Daddii, mom is Mommii, and [name_f]Ellie[/name_f] is Ellii). That has to do with her name, but even at eleven she is called that.
Another story with [name_f]Leah[/name_f], when she was a baby she couldn’t say “[name_f]Nana[/name_f] and Grandpa” which is what we called my mom’s parents. So, she called them “[name_f]Nina[/name_f] and B’pa”. [name_f]Nina[/name_f] has been long gone, she is [name_f]Nana[/name_f] again but B’pa has stuck to this day. I think he really likes B’pa because my mom and aunt called his father G’pa.
When I first moved to Kansas, everyone at dance called me Michigan (because that’s where I used to live) but now they say I’m not Michigan anymore because I’ve lived in Kansas for too long. The girls at dance all have nicknames: [name_f]Briana[/name_f] is Anairb or Wranoskasaurus (her name spelled backwards and her as a dinosaur), [name_u]Sydney[/name_u] is Squid or [name_u]Syd[/name_u]-Squid, [name_u]Ashley[/name_u] is Ashy-bo-bo or Spaghetti, [name_f]Cami[/name_f] (full name [name_u]Camryn[/name_u]) is [name_f]Carmelita[/name_f] (don’t even ask) and [name_u]Bailey[/name_u] is simply [name_u]Bay[/name_u]. [name_f]My[/name_f] hip hop teacher, Mr. Lukky or Mr. [name_m]Manuel[/name_m] (depending on the student. His nickname is Lukky) is called Mrs. Mer mer mer because of something a girl called him in class.
Another dance team nickname, is Murredith. This girl named [name_f]Michaela[/name_f] joined our team this year and at the beginning of the year, Mrs. [name_u]Allison[/name_u] called her [name_u]Meredith[/name_u] because she insisted that [name_f]Michaela[/name_f] looked like a [name_u]Meredith[/name_u]. [name_f]Michaela[/name_f] embraced her nickname (now even her mom calls her Murredith and it’s written on all her costumes!). The Murredith spelling comes from Mrs. [name_u]Allison[/name_u] trying to correct herself but failing. She also is called Murrrrrrrrrr-kayla.
Lastly, my jazz teacher and competition team instructor had a baby boy this year in [name_u]June[/name_u]. Her name is [name_u]Allison[/name_u], her husband is [name_m]Aaron[/name_m], and her daughter is [name_u]Avery[/name_u] so we told her that she needed to give her baby another A name. She wanted a boy, so she would have a son and a daughter, so we looked for A boy names and [name_m]Abraham[/name_m] came up. We told her she needed to name him [name_m]Abraham[/name_m] [name_m]Lincoln[/name_m] (last name) and then make him run for president. She named him [name_m]Cooper[/name_m], but at recital Mrs. [name_u]Allison[/name_u] gave my jazz team (the five girls who’s nicknames were listed above and me) permission to call him [name_m]Abraham[/name_m] [name_m]Lincoln[/name_m]. Lol.
[name_f]My[/name_f] friend [name_f]Lauren[/name_f] calls me [name_u]Abby[/name_u]-by, but that’s understandable. Maybe I’m just hard to nickname, lol.