Nicknames

[crzydimond.livejournal.com]

I was just thinking about nicknames...because it seems an issue with a lot of people what their child might be nicknamed if they give him/her a particular name.

So - what is your nickname? Is it derived from your first name, or your middle name? Or maybe your last name?
Or is it unrelated?
Do you like it? Did you choose it, or did your parents, or your friends?


Since my name is Claire, I've never had a nickname. To me a nickname really ought to be a shorter name that is just quicker, easier and less formal used among friends. And my name can't really be shortened....

My parents called me Flossy when I was growing up though, no idea where that originated!

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[samaside.livejournal.com]

My name is Samantha.

I never had a family nickname and my parents don't actually call me anything but Samantha. When I started sports as a little kid, though, I became 'Sam.' I didn't play sports for more than a few years but it's stuck with me.

It's what I introduce myself as, write on papers and sign my name as and everything. Everyone knows me as Sam and I'm fine with that. I'm in a very small school at my university and for a while I was the only Samantha so I was just 'Sam.' Every other Samantha that we've gotten so far has been Samantha instead of Sam. It's how my professors distinguish between me and the others, lol.

I was never Sammy though I have been Sparkles and Wiremess to a couple groups of people.