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what do you think about naming your child something that is commonly known/accepted/used as a nickname?

for example, names such as:
Sam
Tom
Rick/Ricky
Elle
Emmy
Alex

any others...

i went to school with a Rickey, that was his full name. his siblings were: Rachael, Rhianna, Raymond & Robert (lol one of those families with their alliteration). which i just found funny that they would name their other sons with names like Robert & Raymond, but he was just Rickey.

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I really don't like the idea of using JUST nicknames. I know that if I were an employer, looking at a resume and the person had put their name as Rickey, I might wonder why they didn't know enough to put their full name. It makes the kid look like they're too stupid to know that you should put your full name, because people automatically assume that it's short for Richard, or Samuel, or Thomas.

Besides, you might name your kid Ted because YOU like it better, but he might prefer that his full name is Thedore so that he could also go by his full name, or by Theo. It's just easier on the kid in the long run if you give him the full name. Most people nickname names without even thinking about it, so it's not like little Daniel will have a lot of traumatic experiences in his life trying to get people to call him Dan.