People who chose to go by their full first name rather than a shortened name...

[nicname]

or nickname.


Usually weirdos and/ or creepy.

Example Steven > Steve, Matthew > Matt, etc.  these people are weird.

[Pete]

I am not one of those people, but what if they didn't get to decide?  Their folks just always called them that, and it went from their

[Stevesie60]

Oh GTFOOH. If someone calls me Jacob instead of Jake, I lose it. I don't even look like a Jacob. I look like a Jake.

[steve dave]

First name initial middle name users are far weirder. 90% of attorneys do this.

[Tobias]

my parents went an alternative route, leading me to a life where i completely bypass my first name and go by a shortened version of my middle name.  first days of class were always fun

(i think)

[LickNeckey]

If being called by my first name I prefer the long version. 

This is rarely an issue as most address me using the last name

[nicname]

If being called by my first name I prefer the long version. 

This is rarely an issue as most address me using the last name

There are exceptions to every rule.  You're one friend. You're one!

[EuroCat]

First name initial middle name users are far weirder. 90% of attorneys do this.

Guilty

[nicname]

First name initial middle name users are far weirder. 90% of attorneys do this.

Guilty

Not the same though.  What goes on your business card isn't the same as what people call you in conversation. 

[FP TC etc.]

I know a guy who was called "Matt" for all his life. Then in HS decided he liked "Matthew" better and forced everyone to call him the longer name.

[EuroCat]

First name initial middle name users are far weirder. 90% of attorneys do this.

Guilty

Not the same though.  What goes on your business card isn't the same as what people call you in conversation.

I actually went by my middle name, which my parents decided since it's a kind of sick tradition. I have since said GTFOMF with that junk and now go by my legal first name.

[Dugout DickStone]

First name initial middle name users are far weirder. 90% of attorneys do this.

B. Shot Attorneycat, Esq.

[nicname]

I know a guy who was called "Matt" for all his life. Then in HS decided he liked "Matthew" better and forced everyone to call him the longer name.

I bet he was really weird.

[Frankenklein]

   How about older adults that still use the kid version of their name, like Joseph and they go by Joey or William and they go by Billy

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[Pete]

Coaches seem to like going by child-like versions of first names.  Billy, Tommy, Brucey, etc...

[highway61]

   How about older adults that still use the kid version of their name, like Joseph and they go by Joey or William and they go by Billy

The examples you mentioned all make perfect sense, the correct choice would be to go with Joe, and Will or Bill.  What about Andrews though.  Andy is the only sensible nickname (GTFOMF Drew), but it's kind of a kids name.  Can I get a ruling on that one?

[j-von]

I go by Josh instead of Joshua (obv right?) but we just named our son Anthony and unless he's some big tough guy I full expect him to be called Anthony and not Tony.  Correct me if I'm wrong but I think that's one of those names where using the full name is acceptable and not weirdo-like.

[SwiftCat]

Best of both worlds j-von. If he's tiny you can just call him Ant.

My best friends call me Jake, but everyone else calls me Jacob. I will not correct either. I like them both.

[Dr Rick Daris]

i named my kids names that couldn't be shortened or changed. get out of my face with having your first name not be what people actual call you. or naming a kid something but then calling him something else. like "yeah, his name is samuel but everyone calls him sam".

it's like "hey dipshits. if you wanted people to call him sam and you were planning on calling his sam then wtf didn't you just name him sam"? i mean someone explain that one to me because you can't.

[kitten_mittons]

i named my kids names that couldn't be shortened or changed. get out of my face with having your first name not be what people actual call you. or naming a kid something but then calling him something else. like "yeah, his name is samuel but everyone calls him sam".

it's like "hey dipshits. if you wanted people to call him sam and you were planning on calling his same then wtf didn't you just name him sam"? i mean someone explain that one to me because you can't.

Yep, or people say, "his name is ____, but we'll call him by his middle name." Why don't they just make his middle name his first name?

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[jmlynch1]

   How about older adults that still use the kid version of their name, like Joseph and they go by Joey or William and they go by Billy

[Dr Rick Daris]

i named my kids names that couldn't be shortened or changed. get out of my face with having your first name not be what people actual call you. or naming a kid something but then calling him something else. like "yeah, his name is samuel but everyone calls him sam".

it's like "hey dipshits. if you wanted people to call him sam and you were planning on calling his same then wtf didn't you just name him sam"? i mean someone explain that one to me because you can't.

Yep, or people say, "his name is ____, but we'll call him by his middle name." Why don't they just make his middle name his first name?

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 that's exactly what i'm saying mittons.

also, i do call some friends (like mittons) by their last names which is completely and totally 100% not what we are talking about here, so don't anyone go there you guys. 

[hemmy]

I go by Josh instead of Joshua (obv right?) but we just named our son Anthony and unless he's some big tough guy I full expect him to be called Anthony and not Tony.  Correct me if I'm wrong but I think that's one of those names where using the full name is acceptable and not weirdo-like.

I have a brother named Joshua, and all of us in the immediate family call him that where as everyone else on planet earth calls him Josh. It can get awkward at times.

[Dr Rick Daris]

I go by Josh instead of Joshua (obv right?) but we just named our son Anthony and unless he's some big tough guy I full expect him to be called Anthony and not Tony.  Correct me if I'm wrong but I think that's one of those names where using the full name is acceptable and not weirdo-like.

I have a brother named Joshua, and all of us in the immediate family call him that where as everyone else on planet earth calls him Josh. It can get awkward at times.

yeah, i agree that it was a pretty stupid call on your parents part to name him something and then call him that thing when it was incredibly obvious that everyone else was going to shorten it and call him something different.