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

[daveandmonika.livejournal.com]

I seem to be in the minority, but I have no problem with either. I went by my middle name until I was 8 or so and then switched.

One of my pregnant friends is having this discussion with her husband...they both agree to call their son Kale, but she thinks that Andrew Kale Johnson flows better than Kale Andrew Johnson (I agree) and he doesn't think they should name him in that order unless they are going to call him Andrew.

I think if you like a longer name with a particular nick-name go for it and call you kid the nick-name you like...they may choose differently when they get older though, like I did with my first/middle. My son's name is Benjamin and we like Ben and Benji, but not Benny, so we usually call him Benji and people have picked that up.