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You seem to have a pretty narrow view of names, like that thread where the teacher thought an Isabella should always be called Isabella even if the kid went by Bella. I haven't come across any extreme examples like you mention, and since you admit it's a made up one it's hard to judge what's going on, but a name has to do a lot over a person's lifetime, so it makes sense to me why parents might want a name that provides options over time. [b]Little Timmy can decide to be Elizabeth or any of the other nicknames later if she wants, but if her parents had actually named her "Timmy" she'd be SOL[/b]. As for Jordan and Danny, it seems to me to be a nice solution in the event that the parents actually like BOTH names and don't want to decide.  My DH and I went with a name theme that we realize our kids may grow to hate, so we purposely chose names that have nicknames outside the theme so our kids have options later. [/quote]

If her parents had actually named her Timmy, she could still go by Elizabeth or whatever. Like this:

Person #1: Hi, Timmy!
Person #2: Actually, I go by Elizabeth.

But yes, the

Person #1: Hi, Isabella!
Bella: Actually, I go by Bella.
Person #1: No, I refuse to call you Bella! It says Isabella on your birth certificate, and so I must call you Isabella, you selfish entitled whiner!

thread was a real DCUM classic.[/quote]

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