Ever had a nickname?

[solemnwar]

My name is Ashley.

My friends call me Ash.

My friends have sucky imaginations.

Probably better than them implying (or directly stating, I suppose) that you're a girly man. The downsides to unisex names that get used more for one gender than the other...
[sub]Which you're obviously not. All hail our Lord Daystar, the sexiest man alive.[/sub]


OT: I've been called "Catlyn" (because I like cats) and "Bookworm" because I read books. It was incredibly irritating -_-

 

[Daystar Clarion]

My name is Ashley.

My friends call me Ash.

My friends have sucky imaginations.

Probably better than them implying (or directly stating, I suppose) that you're a girly man. The downsides to unisex names that get used more for one gender than the other...
[sub]Which you're obviously not. All hail our Lord Daystar, the sexiest man alive.[/sub]


OT: I've been called "Catlyn" (because I like cats) and "Bookworm" because I read books. It was incredibly irritating -_-

Actually, in the UK, it's used more by guys than women, while the opposite seems to be true in NA.

 

[Splyth]

When I started work for the first time; my coworkers decided to co opt an old name plate for me to use. But since they had never met me. They didn't know what name to put on it. One of them suggested Todd. and thus Todd I became.

then they noticed my user name was smackensen. so now my full name to everyone at work is Todd Smack-ensen

 

[thisismyonlypost]

My name is Roderick but for as long as I can remember my family and friends have called me Roddy. I remember wondering once when I was in the 1st grade or something, "will I still have this silly nickname when I'm in (then inconceivable) high school?" Here I am almost done with college and it seems to have stuck. I supposed I'll check back in when I have my first kid.

 

[Cavira]

Let's see, in secondary school my Gym teacher used to call me JC because those are my initials and the man was a fount of imagination.
They tried a number of nicknames when I started working 4 years ago. Eventually BJ stuck, most assume it simply stands for Big John, but the manager that came up with it claims it from a show about a trucker with a chimpanzee.

 

[DJ_DEnM]

Hmm...

I was called Muffin through middle school cause, get this, people saw me buy a muffin! (*GASP*)

Half of High School was Doros, like Doritos, because of a printed error of my last name.

Now I'm Dan Brony because my friends have terrible ideas for names >_>

 

[Coldster]

At summer camp one of the councilors took an interest in my skin. He inquired as to why I was so pale, I answered because I have a condition where my body doesn't use the iron properly to make my skin a normal colour. So he started calling me "Casper", one of my friends at the camp heard it, and it just sort of stuck. I don't mind it. It has grown on me.

EDIT: In case you don't get it, Casper is a ghost from a movie and cartoon series.

 

[BernardoOne]

My name is Bernard. People call me Ben. Really original, i know.

 

[Blindswordmaster]

My name is Josh. My nickname is Church. Not because of religion, but because I remind them of Church from Red vs. Blue.

 

[Vamantha]

Name is Samantha and I hate when people call me that (unless it's my SO) and would rather be called Sam. Somehow I got the nickname "Sammich" and by far it's the best nickname ever. :3

 

[DBLT4P]

Im called Ned by everyone even though its not my actual first name, Last name is Mobus.

I've never been totally clear on the origins of any of these, friends just come up with them...
Ned-zepplin
Sick Ned
The Mobusmobile
The Mobius-strip

 

[Boggelz]

My name is Kevin and people call me Kevin Bacon or just Bacon.
I don't even think its really because of the actor, someone just called me Kevin Bacon one time and next thing I know it stuck.

 

[Lambi]

Take a look at my username. There you have it.

I got it because I have curly hair.

 

[Texas Joker 52]

My name is Christopher, people call me Chris. For real life interactions, thats fine.

But on Xbox Live, and here, I go by Texas Joker. People usually just call me Joker.

NOT ONCE HAS ANYONE CALLED ME TEX GODDAMNIT.

But a guy can dream.

 

[AetherWolf]

"Boo" by my mother when I was very young, for some reason.. "Randi" in elementary school (supposed shortened form of my name, Miranda). There aren't many derivatives of Miranda, I suppose.

 

[neoontime]

I don't have nicknames, just bad pronunciations of my name.

 

[Patrick Buck]

"Sandy Swedish Barbarian".

Don't ask. Please.

I'm asking.
I'm putting it out there. I'm breaking the rules.
Why is your nickname "Sandy Swedish Barbarian"?

(I'm sorry.)

I am Swedish.
People in Sweden are uncivilized barbarians.
Sweden is also full of sand.
We invented the sand-mower.

Well that was a lot less dramatic than I was expecting. I was hoping for at least one, dark truth, and possible tears at horrible memorys. You disappoint me. >_<

 

[Fat Hippo]

Sure, I'm Chlöisu. Well, often it's said more like "Chlööööiiiiiissuuuuu!" It's alright if you can't pronounce it, and yeah, it's a little hard to explain.

 

[MrFalconfly]

My friends call me 'Brøddrengen' (The Breadboy in english).

It was a name that stuck after a funny incident at the introduction to our school.