Short names, long names, nicknames

[0o-faerie.livejournal.com]

I've been participating in this community for a while now, and I've been starting to notice that many people here consider short names nicknames. For example; names like 'Max', 'Chris' and 'Sam' are considered nicknames instead of real first names. Here, those names mentioned above are perfectly normal first names. I'm European, is this something American? Or is it's pure coincidence?
I find it very interesting!

Comments

[0o-faerie.livejournal.com]

More people have mentioned the 'you can choose your nickname' argument. I never thought of that, and you have a point there =)