Ever gave a friend a new name?

I never call my friends names of my own liking. It's because my friends might get offended, because i get offended too when somebody calls me by a name , other than my name.

lol a good question we actually have a name fr everyone f my friends lol. we never use our real names and even if we did, we bend it a bit and use it lol. it's just a way to shouw our love i guess hahahah anyway there are many names I wish i could tell on here but it's a lot so i'll just tell one. I have a friend who has huge cheeks and we call her burger hahhahaha

I've never really been one to give nicknames to my friends and I've also never been the person that has had nicknames that were given to me by my friends. However, when my husband was younger, he was in a group that had a lot of nicknames. This past weekend we spent some time with a friend of his from college and it was funny to hear them talking about people that they used to know because everyone was referred to by a nickname of some sort.

I would never give nicknames to friends of mine nor i would allow them to give me one, unless they are very close friends and family members. Giving me a nickname which i don't normally like is an intrusion of my privacy. That intrusion is only allowed by my bf and family members. Besides, not everybody likes nicknames. Whatever sounds true and fun, might not sit well with the actual person, supposedly to own it.

i you know i like to give names to my friends in india we do have big names for ex one of my friends name is pandurang i call him paddy now everybody calls him paddy...same with anand and santosh(anand-andy,,santosh-sandy)there are some funny names as well my friend muddassar now we call him muddu.....and padmnabhan is puddu.....hahahhaa even my name is shorten my real name is ritesh but they call me ritz........

Hie friend, I just like to call my friend not by his real name but by a pet name that I have awarded to him.............hey, you can call you friend "Frying Pan".............isn't this good?

Ha ha,this is an interesting question.Well,in my numerous friends,a few special,I gave them appropriate nickname.For example,a very like funny,I call him "admire la son";A I love dressing up,I call her "flower".

I dont think calling people names, even the closest friends - sounds proper. They are not cats or dogs that you found in some abandoned lot without a name. They already have one. And even if they are ok with it, have you asked if they liked the name you have chosen for them? Arent you worried you may offend them which is almost likely will happen? Just because they dont complain when you start to call them a strange name, doesnt mean they are not offended. Oftentimes they just tolerate it for the sake of your friendship, but deep within they have resentment.

hi freymind, you have a creative mind for your friend:) i like your idea:) but personally, i never gave any of my friend a unique nickname other than their original-name-generated nickname. for example: Dave for David, Chris for Christian, Cathy for Catherine, etc. maybe my bad past experience with bad labeling has prevented me from giving other friends unique nicknames. i used to get some labels which were very not nice to hear that i even want to forget them. so, i never want to do similar things for other friends, although by giving them nice nickname like Fly Plywood. but i really like your cool idea about giving friends cool unique nicknames. as long as it is a nice and positive nickname, i will agree:)

yeah i usually give my closed friend a new name, just for fun it's make me feel more closer with them. A funny name will give, ussally base on their carracter or habbit.