What was your nickname as a kid?
By NailTech
@NailTech (6874)
United States
9 responses
@celticeagle (168256)
• Boise, Idaho
12 Feb 12
My grandmother, aunt and uncle, and my cousins all called me 'Evvie'. It wasn't that interesting of a nickname but just a shortened version of my name. I used to be okay with it until i got older and then it bothered me. And as my grandmother got older she would call me by my mother's name sometimes.
@luisaR (452)
• Philippines
13 Feb 12
everyone called me "BUGA" . It's a tagalog word for puking or throwing up. they said, I was always like this when I was a toddler. They also called me "NENE". It's a common nic for young girls in the PHilippines, but when a tv series was titled the same name and it was a little sexy tv series with a young girl, the nic "Nene" was not as innocent as it used to be. When I turn 20, they stop calling me these nics, I don't like it, I ignore them whenever they call me by these hehehe.
@NailTech (6874)
• United States
13 Feb 12
You were always throwing up as a toddler? Oh my, I hope you weren't always sick like that. It takes alot out of a child to be so sick. I like the nic Nene, very cute. I can see why it might have made you unhappy to be called that as you got older. Did ignoring it work? Sometimes I wonder how to ignore some things like that.
@tessa9 (1085)
• Philippines
12 Feb 12
My real name is Theresa and my family always called me Tess. Majority of my friends call me Terry. My bestfriend call me Therese and my favorite cousin call me Tessie. But growing up, I was mostly called Tess. I was also called Princess Tess but it was sarcastic because my sister tells me that I act like a princess because I do nothing around the house and expect everything to be perfect lol.
@hannah75 (30)
• United States
12 Feb 12
My name is Mary Catherine, so people had a terrible habit of calling me Mary Kay. This often sparked the whole "Mary Kay Cosmetics" joke. But to make it worse my maiden name was Way. Imagine going through childhood with the nickname Mary Kay Way? Ughhhhh.
@xmichelletarax (370)
• United States
12 Feb 12
My family and some of my friends used to call me shelly or worse shelly belly. I hated it. Even now when I see people I grew up with they call me shelly belly and I wanna smack them lol.
@bjc66bjc (6730)
• United States
12 Feb 12
Hi NailTech, my nickname by family members/cousins was "Bean",
indicating my straight up and down shape...that was a string
bean...I was truly skinny and tall....
My grandfather called me "Teeniny" ..
My mother and grandmother called my "jennie"
Its a wonder I ever knew who I was.....LOL....LOL
@NailTech (6874)
• United States
13 Feb 12
Oh like "string bean" right? That is a typical nic for a skinny person, hehehe. Teeniny is probably meant as "tiny"? Jennie is probably a take on your real name. Well, I'm sure you knew what your rela name was, it's just human nature to give and remember names like that. I have given my cats plenty of nic names and I really don't think they all knew they had a name at all, LOL.
@boylopez (382)
• Philippines
12 Feb 12
My parents call me "boy" since my childhood. All of my friends called me also boy. When i transfer to the other cities, one of my friends called me master, because of one man with the same as my name a master of another religion. From that others call me also "master".
@xmichelletarax (370)
• United States
14 Feb 12
My fiances mom calls him boy and it drives us both crazy. Every time she talks to him it's boy this or boy that and it makes me wanna smack her.
Maybe it's because me and her just don't get along but then again even when we did it was like really? You named your son for a reason. He has other nick names but they are not boy. If you wanted to call him boy you should have named him boy or atleast something to do with boy.
Litterally like everyday she will call an be like "boy come here and do this for me" or something along those lines or she will get on his Facebook and be like "boy call me", "boy you have mail here", boy I need someone to wipe my butt for me. Ect And I just kinda bite my tounge and sit on my hands lol
Sorry I just had to give my input on this one lol
@NailTech (6874)
• United States
16 Feb 12
Oh my gosh, I wouldn't wanna be called "boy" either if I were him and yes that would really bug me too. It's just tacky and not treating him with much respect. I bet if you mention it to her she gets mad and still does it anyways. I have seen that type of person, so I know. A name is always a nice thing to call someone, I agree. Thanks for your input, it was meaningful and I appreciate your sharing with me!
@crimsonladybug (3112)
• United States
12 Feb 12
Other than Des or Desi (short for Desiree) I never really had a nickname other than one person (my cousin's aunt on the other side of her family) called me Rabbit because I have always been able to wiggle my nose like a rabbit. Recently I have discovered, however, in addition to wiggling it up high toward the bridge, if I concentrate really hard I can make just the tip of my nose wiggle...then it really DOES look like a bunny nose!
@alberello (4752)
• Italy
12 Feb 12
I remember in my childhood, in the street where I grew up, friends of the bar, called me "Provolino".
Initially I did not know to whom they refer television character, but In the course of time, I understood. It was a puppet who often appeared on talk shows and saying it honestly was not beautiful !
@ajalitus (127)
• United States
12 Feb 12
My mom and brothers called me AJ , my initials. My dad always called me "Big guy". I'm not kidding. Thinking back, it didn't really make sense because I wasn't that big at all. Maybe he had a different meaning behind the nickname. Maybe, he meant that I was confident as a kid. I might never find out.
@NailTech (6874)
• United States
12 Feb 12
Well, AJ is a common nic, many people have gone by initials. I have had a cat that I called PK which stood for Pretty Katt, which my brother named her. Well, many parents sometimes refer to their kid as "big Guy" in jest, it is a term of endearment although it might not seem like it to some, thats how I see it. I'm sure he knew you were a confident kid, all parents think great things about their children if they are proud of you.
