Why do people hate nicknames? But then give their kid a long or weird name?

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My parents named me Alexandria. It's not a bad name and is quite beautiful. But I very much hate being called Alexandria. My family (except my parents) calls me Alex and my friends call me Lexi. But my parents hate that I prefer my nicknames. Yet they gave me a name that can have literally a million variations of nicknames??
My husband has a 2 letter name and hates it and wants to give our kids long names that have lots of nickname options and I agree with him. 
So why give your kids a name that has an obvious nickname if you don't want them to be called by that nickname? I see so many people like: 
"How do I stop people from calling my baby Sophie instead of her real name Sophia??"
"My baby's name is Allison but I don't want people calling her Aly or Allie!" 
"I hate it when people call my son Sam or Sammy when his name is Samuel!" 
Like... Why is that a problem? Your kid is most likely going to want to be called by a nickname anyway, especially if the name is unusual or uncommon or just plain too long. (Gwenneth/Gwen, Geniveve/Jen/Jenny, Makenzie/Kenzie etc...) 
Why give yourself the trouble? What if your kid doesn't end up liking their name? What if it's hard to pronounce? I totally understand loving unusual names and that's okay, but if you're just going to get upset at people for it then why even bother? It kind of comes with the territory. 
We love some VERY.... out there... names lol and we've accepted the fact that our kids may not like them or they'll prefer nicknames or people will pronounce them incorrectly. And that's not really a problem. (We like Ariadne, Arrowyn, Archimedes and Rohan lmfao)

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My parents were the opposite! They named me Samantha with the intention of only calling me Sam or Sammy.
I HATE Sammy and only am okay with my grandma calling me that.
I prefer Samantha, but no one calls me that except my husband! Lol
I don’t get it either.

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This is exactly why me and DH crossed a lot of names off our lists. If we didn’t like the possible nicknames it came with we marked it off.. we decided on Iris.. not much you can shorten or change that too! Lol

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Rohan is a normal name! Depends on your culture 😉 I like Arrowyn too!
Personally I can't answer why people do that. I plan on giving my children secret nicknames or middle names/alternate names that are not on their documents... this is a very common practice in many cultures! 
In Africa most people have a "home name" that people within their family and close friends call them. For example a girl I knew named Mahider was called Tutu by her family. 
I met a guy here in the states whose name is Salvador, but his friends randomly called him Kerpal one day and now even his own mom calls him that! 
Parents think a lot about the names they will give their children, maybe they take it personally when they want to change it or use a different one? But people should be respected for whatever name they want to use, it is their own identity to shape. We don't birth children to control them, we birth them to give them the chance to live their own lives!

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Parents/grandparents usually prefer to call their kids/grandkids by their formal name. My family calls me by my nickname, but mostly my formal name, which I actually prefer.

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I think it’s stupid when parents think they have any control over their kids not being called a nickname of the name they picked. That’s just something you have to thoroughly think through before giving someone a name they’ll have for the rest of their life. If you don’t like the nickname, you don’t like the name. You can never guarantee their friends won’t call them that or they themselves won’t prefer that.

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Ohhhhhmyyygod I’ve been saying for years that I really like the name Archimedes 😂😂😂 literally never heard anyone else agree 🙌🏼

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Everyone has different opinions about names.  Just name your kid what you want!  My parents named me Jennifer but I have always gone by Jenny, and growing up as a very shy kid I hated the first day of school every year.  The teacher would call roll and when it got to me I'd say "I go by Jenny" and everyone would look at me.  I can still remember my heart pounding as roll was called.  I always said it because I didn't want to be called Jennifer all year, which I've never really considered my name, but it was nerve wracking.  As a result, my daughter's name doesn't really have nicknames.  But you never know what your kid will prefer.  I've learned to face my anxiety as a result 🤷🏼‍♀️ but I still hated it!

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My sister named her son Archimedes and we call him Archie.

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I have an Addison, we call her every possible nick name under the sun lol. Addi, Addi bug, bugs. And with our second we both agreed on the name Carly. Not many nick names can come from that. 
My name is Caitlynn, people call me Caity my dad is the only one who calls me Cait

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We had a Scarlett and call her Letty all the time and people give us crap about it. We don’t care. She’s our Letty bug and they can kick rocks.

Why do people hate nicknames? But then give their kid a long or weird name?

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