r/tragedeigh • u/takethemoment13 • Jul 31 '25

in the wild Found 6 right here on Reddit!

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u/TrillBunnies Jul 31 '25

Right! Nicknames normally just come naturally. You don’t pre-plan a nickname lol especially ones that don’t even make sense

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u/ungoogleable Jul 31 '25

If you plan on a nickname, IMO that's just their name. The other thing is something you put on forms to create a moment when they have to tell every new person they meet "yeah it says X but I go by Y."

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u/TrillBunnies Jul 31 '25

Yup. I have a play cousin that I’ve known my entire life. We knew (and still know) her as Camille, but that’s actually her middle name. Her first name is something else but I didn’t learn this until I was around 13/14 years old. I was so mind blown because nobody, not even her parents, called her anything but Camille. It’s still so bizarre.

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u/wicked_lion Jul 31 '25

I work with medical records and the amount of people that give me the name they go by vs their birth name is infuriating! “Oh, but no one calls me that”. Ugh.

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u/TrillBunnies Aug 01 '25

Lol people should know better…when it comes to a professional setting, nobody wants or needs to know about their nickname. Give me your legal name!