https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Fri, 26 Jun 2026 14:20:59 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/learning-how-to-spell-nickname-vs-name#post-2877101 Mon, 18 Mar 2019 12:23:25 +0000 mdf106 2877101@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My kindergartner has almost exclusively gone by his nickname at school. He did have name tags and labels with his full name at the very beginning of the school year, but the teacher updated them quickly. He signs all of his papers by the nickname. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/learning-how-to-spell-nickname-vs-name#post-2877067 Mon, 18 Mar 2019 10:00:14 +0000 pinkb 2877067@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@meadow: I don’t think it is all that uncommon anymore. Some nicknames are pretty far off from given names. They can’t pick and choose who can and can’t use nicknames and end up with all kinds of complaints. So you go by your birth certificate here, copy has to be given when u sign up (or similar legal doc) They do lax it a bit the more into the year and will use her nn in talking to her. But all her assignments and such are her full name. I would think all the testing they will be doing in the years to come also play a role that it all has to be under your full name.<br /> And my nephews went thru this almost 10 hrs ago her in the same state. One didn’t even know his legal name because he was the third and went by a nn his whole life. So it was a real shock in school to have to go by a completely different name. Definitely has made me think twice about what I have names our kids lol. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/learning-how-to-spell-nickname-vs-name#post-2877063 Mon, 18 Mar 2019 09:47:47 +0000 josina 2877063@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I fully expect DD, Emmalyn to use her full name in school since there will probably be multiple Emma's. But it's easy enough to learn both.</p> <p>I have never used my full name, always a shortened version. I remember in 5th grade trying to switch the y to an i, at the end, and my teacher told me I better pick one. :silly: </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/learning-how-to-spell-nickname-vs-name#post-2877048 Mon, 18 Mar 2019 08:41:33 +0000 Adira 2877048@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We taught Xander how to spell his nickname, but Pre-School and Pre-K just taught him how to spell his fullname, Alexander. He didn't seem to realize that Xander was within Alexander though, haha. he just memorized how to spell both! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/learning-how-to-spell-nickname-vs-name#post-2877009 Sun, 17 Mar 2019 17:46:49 +0000 PinkElephant 2877009@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@meadow: @DesertDreams88: I don't think it's all that odd of an expectation? They never insisted on calling the child by their full name, and (I think - my oldest doesn't use a nickname) they switched the name tags to nicknames later on if the student requested it, but they did make sure the child knew how to write his or her full name, probably since it's what is required for official documents. </p> <p>Disclaimer: my oldest don't have a formal nickname you would actually write; my middle switches back and forth between using her nickname (an "expected" short form of her 8-letter name) and her full name, so maybe that's why I don't feel strongly. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/learning-how-to-spell-nickname-vs-name#post-2876965 Sat, 16 Mar 2019 21:49:55 +0000 peaches1038 2876965@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>DS is 3 and has decided to go by his full name at school and his nn everywhere else. There is another kid with his nn at school, so that’s why he wants to use his full name there. Anyway, they are teaching him how to spell his full name and we are teaching him to spell his nn. He’s not confused so far </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/learning-how-to-spell-nickname-vs-name#post-2876956 Sat, 16 Mar 2019 20:18:36 +0000 lady baltimore 2876956@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My LO goes by her given name (7 letters), and my mom taught her to spell it when she was two. I think I would start with spelling the NN, because that seems more useful initially (my mom wanted LO to be able to spell her name for when people couldn't understand her pronunciation of it, and also I imagine it is what you will coach LO to scrawl in cards), and then focus on making sure that your kiddo can recognize his full name. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/learning-how-to-spell-nickname-vs-name#post-2876928 Sat, 16 Mar 2019 15:29:57 +0000 hitchhiker 2876928@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I go by a short nickname (3 letters) that is very different than my "real" name (8 letters). I know I learned my nn much earlier than my real name. So much so that for I remember having to consciously spell out my longer name in my head as I wrote it on documents. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/learning-how-to-spell-nickname-vs-name#post-2876924 Sat, 16 Mar 2019 14:06:22 +0000 DesertDreams88 2876924@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@meadow: @pinkb: Schools won't force a kid to use their full name, but all of the official paperwork will be in the full name, and if the teacher makes name plates or uses labels on cubbies, it will have the full name at 1st. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/learning-how-to-spell-nickname-vs-name#post-2876921 Sat, 16 Mar 2019 12:46:19 +0000 lilyofthewest 2876921@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My 3-year-old can write his nickname (3 characters with only two different letters) but not his name (9 characters and 6 unique letters). </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/learning-how-to-spell-nickname-vs-name#post-2876906 Sat, 16 Mar 2019 11:16:24 +0000 meadow 2876906@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@pinkb: @PinkElephant: this is bizarre to me....why do schools force kids to use their full name? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/learning-how-to-spell-nickname-vs-name#post-2876905 Sat, 16 Mar 2019 11:13:24 +0000 bees_knees 2876905@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I think I would do the full name! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/learning-how-to-spell-nickname-vs-name#post-2876889 Sat, 16 Mar 2019 10:31:49 +0000 pinkb 2876889@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Preschool taught DD her nick name. Abi vs Abigail. But once in public school here they make you use your full first name. So in K they taught her her full name. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/learning-how-to-spell-nickname-vs-name#post-2876863 Sat, 16 Mar 2019 08:27:31 +0000 katsupgirl 2876863@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I would do real name because that’s what all official correspondence will use and what school will use before they know his nickname. This is unless you plan to use his nickname when filling out any paperwork/registration forms. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/learning-how-to-spell-nickname-vs-name#post-2876852 Sat, 16 Mar 2019 07:10:35 +0000 PinkElephant 2876852@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We’ve done nickname first, but as we are nearing the end of preschool I’m working with her on her full (8 letters vs. 4 letter nickname) name. In kindergarten she’ll be expected to use her full name so I want to be prepared. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/learning-how-to-spell-nickname-vs-name#post-2876847 Sat, 16 Mar 2019 06:45:04 +0000 mamabolt 2876847@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I’ve got an Eleanor/Nora and she learned Nora first and Eleanor a few years later. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/learning-how-to-spell-nickname-vs-name#post-2876842 Sat, 16 Mar 2019 06:13:39 +0000 Pollywog 2876842@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My kid has a common nickname that seems like a distant relative of his real name (think Peggy for Margaret or Betsy for Elizabeth). He only goes by his nickname, so that's what I've taught him </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/learning-how-to-spell-nickname-vs-name#post-2876837 Sat, 16 Mar 2019 04:27:50 +0000 Mrs. Lemon-Lime 2876837@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Hmm, I don’t know what I’ll ultimately do. My son’s name and nn are the same amount of letters. Maybe start with the name he would want people to call him/ be introduced as. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/learning-how-to-spell-nickname-vs-name#post-2876832 Sat, 16 Mar 2019 00:35:59 +0000 bhbee 2876832@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We taught my daughter to spell her real name first only because it was shorter than her nn. I think I’d stick to what you’re doing (nickname) if that’s the name he thinks of himself as and the name teachers use. I think it’s certainly possible to get him to memorize both, but probably doesn’t matter for now and will come naturally as they “get” spelling more vs just memorizing. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/learning-how-to-spell-nickname-vs-name#post-2876829 Fri, 15 Mar 2019 23:23:56 +0000 DesertDreams88 2876829@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Ok, maybe a dumb question BUT if you mainly use a nickname for your kids that's a spin-off of their real name, did you teach them first how to spell their nickname or their real name? Like, my son's real name is really unique and has 7 letters, but we mostly call him his nickname, which is a CLOSE spin-off and 5 letters long. He has been learning how to spell his nickname because it's shorter. Would it confuse him too much at this age to teach him his full name too? His full name has the same 5 letters but 2 extra ones, but in different places, not just added on to the end.... </p>