I learned quickly that fewer syllables != ease of pronounciation, and I spent just as much time spelling out a shorter name.

Yeah, my last name is 5 letters, it does have a Z, which means spelling out my last name takes longer beause I have to throw in "z as in zebra" and still seeing v in stead of a z. Just like there's no "pebra" (I think Hil complained about this recently) there's no vebra.

If Americans just said Zed instead of zee my life would be easier.

I've been Frankie a few times in my life and always hated it. The only way I could put up with it was by hearing it as "Frank E" (E being my middle initial).

When I was little, my next oldest sister used to just call me "The Kid", and a couple of the older ones called me "Pumpkin" on account of the orange-red hair I had.

The only nicknames among friends that stuck were "Funky" in grade school and "Satan" in college (long story). Oh, and one friend of mine used to annoy the ever-loving fuck out of me (on purpose) by pronouncing my name as two syllables in a sing-songy way - as in Frah-ank.

The Indian naming system is much more rigid. When you are born, you have a first name and a last name. Your middle name is your father's name. If you are a man, your full name never changes. If you are a woman, you take your husband's name as your middle name as well as his last name, leaving your first name to be the only remnant of yourself.

My name is dumb and has no nicknames.

My name is dumb and has no nicknames.

Oh, Hil - much belated -ma to you and yours. Just saw your post.

I took Pete's last name. My family last name is perfectly fine, i just decided I wanted to change it. (Plus that way my initials are JVV, which I find amusing for some reason.)

Aimee, in Joe's group of friends with the nicknames, was "Raven"'s name Jeff? Guys who call themselves "Raven" are almost always Jeffs.

I (obviously) don't mind the diminutive name of Jilli. I also don't mind being called Jillian (it's what I use at work). I'm not keen on Jill, tho'.

I have a name that doesn't nick very easy. A few people are allowed to call me "Lease" (mostly male friends for some reason) and my drummer calls me "Lulu" but it would be weird if anyone else did that. My maternal grandfather called me "Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm" and my paternal grandfather called me "Sugarbutton." Nobody can nickname like a granddad!

And I went to my full first name my senior year of high school - before that, I was "Juli". Which just looks fucking odd to me now, and the only people who get to call me that are family. No one but no one gets to call me "Jules".

My best friend with your same name but with an added 'n' went by "Julie" in h.s. but college and on friends (like me) call her "Jules." Except her husband mostly uses her full name.

Eunice

That's my mom's name!

Sorry. Random.

And also really random is the fact that an ex from many, MANY years ago just sent me an email out of the blue wanting to "know more" about whatever info he was able to glean from googling me. Huh.

I've always detested both Suzie and Sue. One of my earliest memories is being three years old or so and going to see a doctor who called me Suzie. I informed him, indignantly, that my NAME was SUSAN. I don't think anyone has tried to call me Suzie since sometime circa 1980, but I run into people all the time who assume all Susans are Sues. They'll just say Sue, or I'll hear them tell someone that Sue W is the person who can sort out problem X. I smile, politely but tightly, and say "Susan." Usually that's enough, but I did give in and allow a college friend's family to call me Sue upon realizing they called family members Linda and Lori, Lin and Lore.

I suppose I'm lucky that my name isn't readily nickable. Though sometimes people call me "H"

Most of my friends are nicked. Linz, Mel, Cyn, 'Talia, G-dog, Aims, but never by adding an ie or y.

For some reason there's a small group of people who call Mr. Jane "Jonny" which bugs me, but he doesn't seem to mind.

I've been thinking of changing to or at least adding my maiden name. Mostly because that side of my family keeps dying.