My sister in law is Rebecca Nicole, but goes by Nikki. When she got married it was difficult for her to decide if she wanted to drop her 1st name or maiden name. First name is after her mom so it was special. It also caused confusion with insurance and such because she and her mom were both Rebecca with the same last name. My FIL goes by his middle name. I think the real clincher for me is my dad. Both his parents have multiple kids with multiple people. Neither of them can remember if my dad is Henry Timothy or Timothy Henry and didn't bother to keep his birth certificate. He goes by Tim. It makes me sad.
@SouthernMama15 Oh my goodness. Yeah I get why you'd feel that way. I especially love your sister in law who goes by the middle name but turned it into a nickname!
My my sister in law is from the south and feels this way. Is there a connection or just coincidence?
@Vamason89 I have no idea. Most people think I'm nuts for being this way. I think I get it from my grandpa, he hates it, too. My mom is named Sandra and she said he would get so mad if people called her Sandy.
My brother is John Luther **** III (the third). He goes by "Luke". LOL! I always laugh, because Luke has nothing to do with his first OR middle name.
Turns out, my parents heard my great grandfather's friends call him "Luke", so they decided to call my brother that. After he was born, they were told that my great-grandfather's friends were calling him "Lute" shortened from Luther. So, Luke was actually just a mistake that stuck. I love the name Luke, though.
I just realized my dad's name is John Wainwright (his mother named him John Wayne but he got teased as a child and changed his name legally later). He goes by Wayne. Which is actually neither of his names and not even spelled the same as in Wainwright which he changed on his own accord from Wayne lol. My mother's name is Andrea Lynn and she goes by Lynn. She did drop Andrea once she remarried and made Lynn her legal first name. How confusing though! I hope my children don't hate their names and choose to change them or be called something else. Lol
I've been called by my middle name "Sherell" my entire life by family because my grandmother couldn't say my first name. All friends that are close to me know to call me that name or they call me Shan which is a shortened version of my first name. My in laws call me Shelly. So everyone gives me a different name. But growing up I never corrected anyone if they called me by my first name which was only mostly happening with teachers. Then they'd here a classmate call me Sherell and be like "who's that?" I always laughed. I love nicknames.
My dad's name is George William, but goes by Bill. Whereas my husband's name is Thomas and gets upset if someone tries to shorten it to "Tom" because he says it's not his name
@SouthernMama15 wow. I see where the dislike of nicknames come from. DH, and for the most part, I, agree with you - call your kid by the name you want them to be called, and dont add on names that are never going to be used.
However, all that being said (and no, this is not a contradiction!) I had the privilege of growing up with my great grandmother, who passed away at 95 when i was 19, so i have wonderful memories of her. She was a very special lady who went through a lot in her life and I wanted to honour her memory by naming dd after her. Since she had a very 'old lady' name for a newborn, we used it, but Dd is known as Pippy. When she starts school we want her to be known by her full name. Im proud of the fact that she has someone so special to emulate. Im sure family will still call her Pippy and we're fine with that:)
Gosh sorry all for the read! In my head it wasn't such a long explanation
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My my sister in law is from the south and feels this way. Is there a connection or just coincidence?
Turns out, my parents heard my great grandfather's friends call him "Luke", so they decided to call my brother that. After he was born, they were told that my great-grandfather's friends were calling him "Lute" shortened from Luther. So, Luke was actually just a mistake that stuck. I love the name Luke, though.
However, all that being said (and no, this is not a contradiction!) I had the privilege of growing up with my great grandmother, who passed away at 95 when i was 19, so i have wonderful memories of her. She was a very special lady who went through a lot in her life and I wanted to honour her memory by naming dd after her. Since she had a very 'old lady' name for a newborn, we used it, but Dd is known as Pippy. When she starts school we want her to be known by her full name. Im proud of the fact that she has someone so special to emulate. Im sure family will still call her Pippy and we're fine with that:)
Gosh sorry all for the read! In my head it wasn't such a long explanation