Nickname?

[Belinda Barfield]

The "Alias" thread got me wondering about nicknames. Do you have one (or more)? Interesting or funny story behind it?

Until I started school I was Susie or Suz. I really liked Susie and think I would have turned out differently had I stuck with that one. I seem to be a magnet for nicknames. I'm Doodlebug, or just Bug, to my daddy (don't anyone dare!). High school boyfriend's dad called me Half Pint. Everyone in the famliy was over 6'. Others on the list - B-baby, Baby Blues, Blender, Lindy, Belin, Little Bit, and Strut. I have a couple of others I won't mention here.

[Judy Kingery]

Ha Belinda,

This sounds like a fun thread! Aside from Hey Jude (with the accompanying tune half the time), let's see: Judilee, Prude, Prudence McGee, (because I and a couple other girls I hung out with were considered 'wild' in college, HA, NOT. It's very easy to be considered 'wild' when you go to a Christian college, simply by laughing, dancing, without being 'wild' really at all, just fun.) Have a 30 year college reunion coming up this Fall and it is totally funny what people say at 50 they'd keel over anyone knowing at 20, hence, they found out I was far less wild than they ever thought, I suppose comparatively speaking as folks tell all kinds of apparently true tales of their past adventures in school.

Childhood nick names included Judd for the Defence and Bird-Legs. Ha, Bird-Legs would still apply. Jude-ster because I like sports cars and driving fast. But Jude's fine with me. I don't think I had any nicknames I couldn't share come to think of it.

Be fun to see what people share!

Jude

[Belinda Barfield]

Childhood nick names included Judd for the Defence and Bird-Legs.
Jude

LOL. Jude, you reminded me of another one. I dated a guy in high school who called me Pond Scoggin (that's a bird) because I had these long skinny legs. Thankfully the rest of me finally caught up with my legs.

Polly Purebred, given to me by a really mean kid in the 7th grade.

Hotlips because I was a huge fan of M*A*S*H.

Ya Ya name Princess Sue Bee Honey

[Mitchell Andrus]

Chooch!

Self named because I couldn't pronounce Mitchell when I was little. My mom still calls me this.

[Belinda Barfield]

Chooch!

Self named because I couldn't pronounce Mitchell when I was little. My mom still calls me this.

Mitchell that is absolutele TOO CUTE!

[glenn bradley]

Glenn doesn't lend itself to nicknames. Of course, I had nicknames in highschool that can't be mentioned here. The crowd I ran with tried for the most insulting and inappropriate nicknames; variations of which stuck to some on into college.

[Judy Kingery]

Glenn,

Funny you should mention that, my husband, being Glen, had one nickname in college that I can't mention here, albeit funny! His other nickname I still call him from time to time; Glenjamins or Glenjamin Franklin Pierce. That just made me laugh you said that about college names for Glen(n) that can't really be mentioned, ha!

Have a good one!

Jude

[Nate Carey]

...some 40 years ago my fraternity brothers called me Harpo...

[Ken Fitzgerald]

Well...for me it's the obvious "Fitz"....


and then I'll own up to the fact I come from a long line of hillbillies. My Dad's name was Paul......my middle name is Paul.......all of my Dad's relatives still call me "Kenny Paul"........

Please don't!

[Jamie Delker]

Jamie is my nickname, my given name is James. After two boys, my mom wanted a girl, so she split the difference and called me Jamie, since they had already decided to name me after my uncle if I was a boy. I think if my mom hadn't really wanted a girl so badly, they'd probably be calling me my uncle's nickname, Bud. Not sure if I'd like that or not.

My siblings call me Herman, and some friends call me Roger, if you had been present at certain times in my life you'd know why.

[Matt Ellis]

depending on what day it is, my wife likes to call me the mean so-and-so that ruined her life! that count?

-matt

[Phyllis Meyer]

Diller! My Father's name was Phil so I was named after him, but my Brothers decided that Diller was fitting for my name.

Fun post Belinda!

Phyllis

[Chris Padilla]

Well, Chris is obviously short for Christopher so nothing exciting there.

My younger brother was called "Gringo" by my father but he was the only one who used that name.

My daughter, Francesca, goes by "Frankie". I purposely planned this one as I like masculine nicknames for girls.

[Mike Henderson]

I have an initial for a first name. A looong time ago, back in the dark ages, they used to fill out your driver's license by hand. So, since I have only an initial for a first name, my driver's license was written as

P(only) Michael Henderson

So I get stopped by a cop for speeding. Since the driver's license is handwritten, and not that legible, the cop writes the ticket out to

Ponly M. Henderson

For a while after that, I was known to my friends as Ponly.

Mike

[Jamie Delker]

I have an initial for a first name. A looong time ago, back in the dark ages, they used to fill out your driver's license by hand. So, since I have only an initial for a first name, my driver's license was written as

P(only) Michael Henderson

So I get stopped by a cop for speeding. Since the driver's license is handwritten, and not that legible, the cop writes the ticket out to

Ponly M. Henderson

For a while after that, I was known to my friends as Ponly.

Mike

That's interesting, as I know a guy whose first name is 'J'.