https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Wed, 22 Apr 2026 15:07:22 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-have-a-nickname#post-1780943 Fri, 25 Jul 2014 08:53:40 +0000 Crystal 1780943@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>DH does the standard ones (honey, babe, etc.)</p> <p>My name has a shortened version of it (Chris), but no one ever calls me that. I think my name more lends itself to extending it (crystal ball, crystal clear, etc.) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-have-a-nickname#post-1780916 Fri, 25 Jul 2014 08:49:16 +0000 loveisstrange 1780916@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>DH calls me Honey Bunny (because of Pulp Fiction....) and as a kid it was Zippy. My camp name when I was a counselor was Serendipity. haha </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-have-a-nickname#post-1780884 Fri, 25 Jul 2014 08:43:15 +0000 LuLu Mom 1780884@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My name is already considered a nickname, so some very few people will shorten it even further, which annoys me. Only a few people get away with calling me that shortened version. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-have-a-nickname#post-1780576 Fri, 25 Jul 2014 06:42:12 +0000 looch 1780576@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yep, one of them is my screen name! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-have-a-nickname#post-1780574 Fri, 25 Jul 2014 06:41:43 +0000 Mamaof2 1780574@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yes, I go by my nickname - not fond of my formal name </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-have-a-nickname#post-1780201 Thu, 24 Jul 2014 20:33:50 +0000 .twist. 1780201@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@lovehoneybee: hahaha That is a first and that is better than what other people have thought up! Have at 'er! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-have-a-nickname#post-1779982 Thu, 24 Jul 2014 19:23:05 +0000 birdofafeather 1779982@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>i use my first and middle given name for my business, but 99% of the time, people call me by my nickname. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-have-a-nickname#post-1779980 Thu, 24 Jul 2014 19:21:10 +0000 Mrs. Pickle 1779980@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>No. My name is short though. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-have-a-nickname#post-1779973 Thu, 24 Jul 2014 19:19:35 +0000 simplyfelicity 1779973@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I primarily go by my nickname and not my full name. My full name is much prettier and feminine sounding but I have gone by my nickname so long that I feel weird introducing myself by my given name. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-have-a-nickname#post-1779968 Thu, 24 Jul 2014 19:18:11 +0000 Mrs. Coral 1779968@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My dad and a few select others shorten my first name. My parents call me Miss Muffet because apparently I used to sit in a little chair and eat Cheerios and reminded them of little miss Muffet sitting on her tuffet. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-have-a-nickname#post-1779961 Thu, 24 Jul 2014 19:15:20 +0000 Mrs. Lemon-Lime 1779961@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>People shorten my name all the time and I love it even though i don't feel comfortable introducing myself that way or closing out email that way.</p> <p>I've had various pet names given by different people and said only by the specific person, but not a universal nickname. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-have-a-nickname#post-1779948 Thu, 24 Jul 2014 19:10:26 +0000 Mrs. High Heels 1779948@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My nickname is just a shortened version of my name. Even people I meet for the first time start calling me by the shortened version because that's what everyone else calls me. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-have-a-nickname#post-1779910 Thu, 24 Jul 2014 18:56:00 +0000 charmed 1779910@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>No nickname - my name doesn't really have one! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-have-a-nickname#post-1779847 Thu, 24 Jul 2014 18:36:15 +0000 Smurfette 1779847@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Some people shorten my name </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-have-a-nickname#post-1779745 Thu, 24 Jul 2014 18:02:59 +0000 Ra 1779745@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My DH and most of my friends call me Rah. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-have-a-nickname#post-1779742 Thu, 24 Jul 2014 18:01:45 +0000 MrsH 1779742@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My name doesn't shorten but DH has a nickname for me. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-have-a-nickname#post-1779711 Thu, 24 Jul 2014 17:47:45 +0000 Sapphiresun 1779711@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My close family sometimes shortens my name to Leesh, no idea how it's even spelled, since nobody would ever write, just say it. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-have-a-nickname#post-1779695 Thu, 24 Jul 2014 17:42:15 +0000 Aria 1779695@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I've always gone by the shortened version of my name. I always find it weird when someone calls me by my full name. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-have-a-nickname#post-1779693 Thu, 24 Jul 2014 17:41:50 +0000 TheReelDeal 1779693@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>No nickname. My name doesn't really shorten well. People try to but it sounds unauthentic. I love my full name, but I'm glad LO will have a name that gives her a chance to have a nickname. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-have-a-nickname#post-1779688 Thu, 24 Jul 2014 17:40:43 +0000 Mrs.Panda 1779688@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Panda Bear. Or just Panda/Pandy between friends. lol jk. Kind of.</p> <p>DH came up with that NN for me but he has a whole bag of others for me and they are absolutely insane. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-have-a-nickname#post-1779687 Thu, 24 Jul 2014 17:39:49 +0000 Mrs. Oatmeal 1779687@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My parents and sister shorten my name to Eesh. But they're the only ones. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-have-a-nickname#post-1779681 Thu, 24 Jul 2014 17:36:43 +0000 lovehoneybee 1779681@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@.twist.: Can I call you Shazam? It was the first thing that popped into my head when I said your name! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-have-a-nickname#post-1779658 Thu, 24 Jul 2014 17:19:13 +0000 mrs bunchy 1779658@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>DH calls me Bunchy. ;) my dad had always called me Kiki and now my nieces call me auntie Kiki. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-have-a-nickname#post-1779654 Thu, 24 Jul 2014 17:17:56 +0000 .twist. 1779654@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My name doesn't have a nickname. People try to shorten it and it actually is annoying, because (to me) it sounds stupid. </p> <p>I have a few people IRL who call me twist. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-have-a-nickname#post-1774881 Thu, 24 Jul 2014 17:15:00 +0000 lovehoneybee 1774881@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>D calls me Honeybee, but other than that my name doesn't have a nickname :) </p>