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

[spikes-sexkitty.livejournal.com]

well, as to the first, i think that unless the name you really prefer just sounds odd as a first name, but better as a middle, then just name your child the name you like right off the bat.

And as for the second, that's ridiculous i think. i knew a girl whose mother loved the name "Maggie", so that's what she named her. Why name your child Margaret if you really want her to be a Maggie?

I know I peronally had this happen to me - the nickname bit. My father was a HUGE history person, and he decided to name me Alexandria after the ancient capital, but my nickname was and has always been 'Alix' - after the last Russian Czarina. It's what I go by, and I asked him why he didn't just name me Alix if that was the name he wanted to give me - why name me a longer version w/ a different spelling. He had no answer other than it was 'two birds with one stone'. i'm even considering just changing my name legally to Alix.