nicknames
By 41Combedale
@41CombedaleRoad (5954)
Greece
October 2, 2012 5:13am CST
I have never had a nickname, so when my Greek husband gave me one I was quite flattered. It didn't mean anything to me but it sounded so cute the way he said it. Eventually the day came when he learned to translate it into English. He was calling me 'his little dung beetle.' He explained that it was my business that reminded him of this particular beetle, but I ceased to appreciate my nickname after that. Have you ever been given a nickname, and did you like it?
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12 responses
@sylvia13 (1850)
• Nelson Bay, Australia
8 Oct 12
Yes, a good friend of mine thought of Silvana Pampanini when she heard my name, so she nicknamed me La Pampa! Soon everybody kept calling me Pampa but most thought that it had something to do with the Pampas in Argentina, just because I came from a South American country! It was a strange name, but I always liked it!
@winterose (39887)
• Canada
4 Oct 12
yes I was called princess by my father, and then more recently catlady because I used to have so many cats. I didn't mind either nickname.
@angelwithkids (1256)
• United States
3 Oct 12
i have had several. in high school i had one name (that i'm thankful everyone forgot). now i'm my hubby's ANGEL. his cousin gave me a nickname (another reason why i'm glad we left ar!) then i've given all my nieces the nickname of babygirl. my grandmother used to call all of her granddaughters suzy q.
@marguicha (223783)
• Chile
3 Oct 12
I am more comfortable with my nickname than with my real name. It is just half of my real name, but everyone I love calls me like that. I don`t know about the way your nickname sounds in Greek, but I would center my thoughts in the posesive
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@adnileb (5276)
• Philippines
3 Oct 12
Yes, I they have given me nicknames too. Most of them are close to my name. Some given by my Korean manager before. There is one I made myself and I think it's an Spanish word for naughty. Lol.
I think your nickname is cute. Would you mind giving the Greek translation?
@KOSTAS499 (1624)
• Greece
2 Oct 12
Does it count if I thought of it myself? I was using it as an online nickname and as it is funny, it stuck. Some friends call me by this.
@berting600 (3453)
• Philippines
2 Oct 12
A nickname should sound similar to your real name,yet it is very simple and easily pronounced
so that people in the house does not find a hard time calling you with a longer real name.It is a practice by many they are asking the meaning of their names,that is why a book was published just to enlightened people the meaning of their own name.
@GardenGerty (160949)
• United States
2 Oct 12
My given name is Heather and it has been the source of a few nicknames, of course this reminds me of unflattering ones. I guess one funny one is the fact that my grandfather raised beef cattle, and my cousin could not say Heather, but called me Hefver which sounds so much like heifer.
@shibham (16977)
• India
2 Oct 12
Yes dear friend...
I have many nicknames.
. Here my username is also my nick name. My paternal families used to call me by another nick name and maternal families with another one. Again, my villagers called me with another name and friends with another one. Thus i have gained more than 7 nicknames.
have a nice time.
. Here my username is also my nick name. My paternal families used to call me by another nick name and maternal families with another one. Again, my villagers called me with another name and friends with another one. Thus i have gained more than 7 nicknames.
have a nice time.
@riyauro (6421)
• India
2 Oct 12
Yeah I have many nicknames Combedale. at home people call me with about four names and here my hubby calls me with 4-5 names. people get a shock when he says in the public..lol they don't know he is calling me but i know it 
.. Now his friends are getting it and calling me with the same. Thanks for sharing and have a wonderful day ahead 
.. Now his friends are getting it and calling me with the same. Thanks for sharing and have a wonderful day ahead 
@chentunacao (309)
• Philippines
2 Oct 12
When I was in High School my friends and classmates call me "chenut". Taken from my name Gretchen and from a male classmate's family name whom we always make fun of. I like to be called by that name though i find it funny and cute. And until now those High School friends still call me with that nickname.
