My name's Perry, but my parents will occasionally address me as "Wink." I've had that nickname for so long I can't remember where it comes from. Same with my brother; his name's Clay, but they sometimes call him "Beavo." Also, in high school, black people and others who hated me would address me as "P-dub," which I hated since it is formed from the slang of those damned barbaric gangsters. Incidentally, I new three guys in high school who thought they were too cool to use their given names. There were "Arnack," "Thalor," and "Armant." Oh, and there was a girl in Anime Club whose name was Michael, but she hated that name, so we all called her "Ammy" after the sun goddess Amaterasu, from the game Okami. Man, she was obsessed with that game.