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

[unitedwedont.livejournal.com]

I definately think that if you want your child to be called something you should just name them that. It's not difficult to no have you kid have a nickname. My name is Kristin and I have never been called Kris, Kristy or anything of the sort because my mother insisted that I be called by my full name. Most people really don't have the audacity to call someone by a name they are not introduced to them as. As for wanting a child to be called a certain nickname I think just name them that unless it's overly cutesy but usually if someone has been called something their whole life they will retain the name even when they get older. My grandma still calls my Dad billy when he probably should be a Bill by now the same with my cousin who is 19 and everyone still refers to him as billy. I think people will call people whatever they are introduced as and what they are used to calling them even when they have grown out of the name. So if you really like the name Maddy or Alie i see no problem just naming a child that name.