https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Fri, 17 Apr 2026 21:26:56 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/nicknames-1#post-469760 Sat, 29 Dec 2012 10:14:42 +0000 SAHM0811 469760@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>It's fine. DH and I both have nicknames our family calls us, and different names we went by when school started... It's not an issue. We were both named after one of our parents too, incidentally. Don't listen to those who want to sway you from what you prefer! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/nicknames-1#post-469752 Sat, 29 Dec 2012 10:11:05 +0000 oliviaoblivia 469752@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We used to call my little sister Maria "Maria Baria" (not her real name) and on her first day of kindergarten she thought Baria was her last name.<br /> I think if you have family and friends call him Eddie or Ed or whatever that he'll know that Junior is what you call him and everyone else calls him by his real name. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/nicknames-1#post-469751 Sat, 29 Dec 2012 10:11:01 +0000 everbee 469751@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>*giggle* this reminds me of in freshman year of college when all of the girls in my dorm hall were meeting for the first time. the RA has us go around and introduce ourselves and any nicknames we preferred. this one girl said, "hi my name is ___, i go by pumpkin'" lololol....needless to say, none of us called her pumpkin' </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/nicknames-1#post-469742 Sat, 29 Dec 2012 10:03:26 +0000 sorrycharlie 469742@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>my LO has a ton of nicknames too. but I doubt when she's going off to school we'll be calling her peanut or 'punkin pie,' LOL so I'm not worried. </p> <p>FWIW, my brother and dad have the same name - they were always Big Ed/Little Ed at home (following your example) but at school was Ed, Eddie etc, whatever he liked. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/nicknames-1#post-469730 Sat, 29 Dec 2012 09:55:49 +0000 autumnlove 469730@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>LO has a ton of silly nicknsmes! We will probably tone it down when she gets a little older! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/nicknames-1#post-469727 Sat, 29 Dec 2012 09:53:06 +0000 lomom 469727@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Our son is going to be a Jr., with a first name like Edward, with tons of possible nicknames. My husband goes by the long version, Edward (not really his name but I'm just using it for an example). So everyone knows him as Edward, rarely does anyone call him Ed or Eddie. He never uses Ted, the family member he was named after used Ted, so it was easy to differentiate. When he was younger, he used Eddie, and in high school, Ed, before deciding that Edward was preferable. </p> <p>We call our unborn son Junior. My husband loves that our son will be named after him and giggles every time he says Junior. We've called him Junior for quite awhile now. </p> <p>A couple of family members have said that we can't call him Junior, that he needs to use Eddie or he will get confused when he goes to school. My husband and I have talked about it and agree that once he goes to school, Eddie is probably a better nickname choice. But for us, Junior is such an affectionate nickname and we don't really want to change but we do worry he will be confused. </p> <p>Does your LO have multiple nicknames? Do you worry about them getting confused when they go to school? </p>