Did you or anyone in your family have a nickname?

DH family all go in for nicknames and have done for generations. Mine not so much as DM thought nicknames very silly. Our DC have pet names for each other which is quite endearing.
DGC are given nicknames by their parents which I never use but I accept.
A niece couldn't pronounce Siobhan so she calls her auntie phone - which turns out to be rather appropriate.

My GS 2 is known by most people including his teachers as Chip.
He is so like his Father (my S) that he was referred to as “ a chip off the old block) and it stuck.
I think he probably has friends who don’t know his real name.
He is 18 and lovely.

My DH calls my DD ‘Smudge’ . I have no idea why

My nickname was kitty!!

Most of my dad's family were known by nicknames, which even they found confusing sometimes!

Whoops jomarie

My Dad who was Stanley Thomas was called Boydie by everyone I never did find out the origins.

Oh just remembered my grandad always called me either tuppeny hapenny or shrimp but that was when I was little never had one at school or outside the family

My nickname as a child was "podge" - no explanation needed!!!

No I only have a shortened form of my name None of my kids had nicknames only one had a shortened form and 7 grandkids and not one with a nickname, boring or what

I actually though "Amy" as a name couldn't be shortened or changed - how wrong was I - "Ames - Amould - Amo" or as her Aunty called her "petal" - don't ask

My daughter, Helen, used to get called Hells Bells and then it was reduced to Bell.