Some questions...

[moosforyous.livejournal.com]

I have a quick question...or two I'm not sure if this has been posted about before, so I'm sorry if it has been. But what do you all think about giving a child a first name and a middle name, but preferring the child to be called by their middle name? I have met several people in the past few weeks, including a girl named "Tochi Crystal" who is called "Crystal," and "Salvatore Tad," who is referred to as "Tad". What do you think of this?

Also, what do you think about naming a child specifically so you can call them by a specific nickname? For example, my friend is one of three, and her parents picked out each child's nickname first, and then matched the nickname with a first name. For example, they decided on the nicknames "Mandy, Tori, and Erick" before they decided on the first names, and now they only want their kids to be called by their nicknames. Personally, I find this to be strange, if you want your child to be referred to by a specific name, why don't you make it their first name? But I wanted to see what you all think! Maybe you have done the same thing, and can give me some insight into this practice...

Thanks!

Comments

[glitterberrys.livejournal.com]

I understand the nickname thing to a degree. If your favorite name is, say, Cindy (my 7th grade best friend's nickname, her mother's favorite name), you might not want to name your daughter that because it sounds less "professional" or "adult" than Cynthia (the name she ended up giving her daughter), and your child won't ALWAYS be a cute little kid.

The middle name thing I don't get, though, although I know my mother thought about naming me Irene after her mother and giving me a middle name she actually liked so she could call me that.

And though I prefer "Victoria" to "Tory," if I ever have a little girl I'll name her Victoria and call her Tory just so people won't call her "Vicky," which I despise.