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

[krosp.livejournal.com]

I don't get the middle name thing either, although I know people who do. Mostly it only seems to make sense if you're named after a living relative and using the same first name as them would be confusing.

I can kind of understand that you might like a nickname but pick the full name as the official name, though. However, I think you should only do this if
- You actually like the full name (no use hating Amanda but using it so she can be called Mandy)
- You don't INSIST on the child going by the nickname only (if you called her Amanda she should be allowed to be called Amanda dammit!)

Personally I like the idea of having a more formal name and a nickname as two options, as long as you actually like both of them.