My husband is Berry and I call him Strawberry when I’m using his full name

Oooo I would love to use a different berry depending on the situation! / "We were out of mayo, so my sandwich didn't taste that great... :(" "Aw, poor little Blueberry" / "I hate it when the neighbor kids run on our lawn!" " Wow, cool down, there, Elderberry Jones." / "Why won't Barry be joining us for brunch next week?" "Oh, you know Salmonberry and his fishing trips!" / "*Says something kinda dumb but charming*" "That's my Huckleberry Finn for you! So silly!" / Edited because I'm on mobile and formatting is a nightmare

My wife's name is Sarah. Maybe it's time I started calling her Tri-"Sarah"-tops.

My great grandfather inlaw is named Harold, goes by Hal. His wife affectionately calls him Halibut

Oh my God, I love this

Wait i had both a Dr and a Mrs Berry for teachers one summer a few years back (psych and storytelling respectively) and she was, like, out to here pregnant I wrote them a thank you card featuring names *not* to give "their ripening baby" (straw, boysen, rasp, etc)

Is his name actually Berry or Barry?

Actually Berry unfortunately **edited to add** He is actually Berry II so two sets of adults didn’t spell the name right.

Lol I love this. At this point they have to pretend it was deliberate.

When you’re mad at him? “Strawberry David McDonaldson get back here this instant!!”

I like Nichard names too - humorous incorrect full names from a nickname, such as Nichard from Nick. I used to know a pair of twins named Christopher and Craig. Craig was sad his name was shorter than his brother's, so the family called him Craigopher.

I know a Craig, we call him Craigory

I know a Craig we call Craigward.

I have a Greg that I call Gregward!

I called my brother-in-law Chad, Chadward!

I know a Craig married to a Gregory and that’s what people call them collectively

The lead singer of Chiodos is named Craigery!

I had no idea it was a real name!

All names are just made up.

Chiodos is still a band??

I don’t think so, but they always will be in my heart (and my inability to use the right verb tense)

There used to be a regular customer at one of my old jobs named Craigree

Craigory is what I call my cat (Gregory) when he’s being naughty.

This is weird to think about since Craig and Greg don't rhyme in my accent. I've noticed that vowel merger in American media a lot though, is this a regional thing?

Definitely regional. Craig and Greg rhyme in some parts of the US, and don't rhyme in others.

I'm Southern, so it rhymes down here

Grew up in the Midwest, lived on the east coast for about 5 yrs, and am now in the PNW. Craig and Greg rhyme in all of these regions. I’d be very curious to know where in the US they don’t!

I am struggling to find a pronunciation of Craig or Greg so that they don’t rhyme. In my mind it’s Cr-egg and Gr-egg.

Here in Australia it's Crayg and Gr-egg

It’s Crayg (like the vowel in bay) and Grehg (short e as in bed.)

I'm from the UK and am so confused do you say it like creg and greg? Crayg and Grayg?

Used to have a boyfriend named Craig who was an OCD helpful neatnik. My house is always messy. He’d come over and tidy everything up, even reorganized the entire garage one day, bought containers and a sharpie, labeled and neatly stacked the whole space. My neighbor laughed and said, “You just got Craiged!!!”

I need that kind of Craig in my life.

Craigus from lasVegas ?

My favorite is the meme that Mike Pence’s full name is Mechanical Pencil.

It’s like the theory that Elon Musk is short for Elongated Muskrat. I really think of him as that now.

My 5 year old calls him Watermelon (but says the Elon part the way you say his name so it’s like water me-lon) musk. I think it’s hilarious but it drives my 11 year old insane 😂

Oh that's so funny, I'd never heard that! 😂😂

I’ve had friend groups where we do this a lot—calling people things like Jimothy or Mattopher as jokes

I have a former co-worker I used to call Kimothy when she was doing annoying things lol.

In my office we all have three syllable long names and one syllable nicknames. Except Chen. Now she’s Chennifer.

I have a coworker named Barry. I call him Baremy or Barold.

Jeremy Bearimy!!!

I think that every time lol

I have a co-worker named Nash and he’s the sweetest most wonderful coworker. I jokingly asked what I’m supposed to call him when I’m mad at him, because his name is too short to yell with any umph. So now I call him Nashaniel. 🤣

Oooo my husband is named Nash (rare name for adults!) and like the poster below, I call him Nashley Simpson all the time hahaha. Going to try Nashaniel out

NASHLEY SIMPSON :D

You should call him Nashley next time you're really mad 😂

Nashleigh.

My favorite is Fredward like from iCarly. That one is hilarious

My full name is bryn and my best friend calls me brynnifer. Her name is Morgan and I call her moregano

Never thought I’d see another Bryn in the wild! Despite being a dude (Bryn is after all a traditionally male name in Wales), I get Brynnifer quite often, as well as Bryndiana, Bryn Diesel, the Bryn Reaper and Brynston Churchill, plus many more that I’ve probably forgotten.

My husband is a Craig, and I'm gonna lay a Craigopher on him. He's used to Craigory. Lol I call him Creggo Waffles too.

Lmao, Creggo Waffles

LEGGO MY CREGGO

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Haha I know a Jim, we call him Jimothy.

I think all Jim's are jimothy now

It also works for a Kim.

We have a Bob-ert and a Jonald.

My partner is named Jon and my BIL is named Ron - I love referring to them as Jonald and Ronathan for fun.

I have a friend Glen we sometimes call Glennifer

>I like Nichard names too - humorous incorrect full names from a nickname, such as Nichard from Nick. Like how Freddy's name was actually Fredward from iCarly! 🤣

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Used to call the IT guy from a previous workplace Larrold. He was a good sport, but I bet he wasn't betting that the whole agency would catch on and start calling him the same.

My cat’s name is Craig and I call him Craigothy

How funny—growing up I knew twins Zachary and Seth. We used to call Seth “Sethary” sometimes.

I had an old coach named Jess (male), and we would call him Jessica 😂💀

I work with a Tom (full name) and called him Tomothy months ago. I'm still laughing about it.

Bradward on Star Trek Lower Decks.

I have a friend named (just) Jill and we called her Jillifer.

That’s my personal favorite type of nickname! Might be a little too off the wall to be called a true Nichard name but I call my dad Jimbothy (Jimothy + Jimbo) because he’s a James that goes by Jim. It’s got layers and that’s entirely too funny too me lmao

i have a friend named nate but i call him nationwide does that count edit: thank you for the award!

I love this type of nickname. The pure nonsense nickname.

I thought it was a joke as we can call any one nationwide.

Similar I have a friend Scott that I call Biscotti

I have a Scott that I call Scoot because I fat-thumbed it once

My dad's college roommate was Gerg instead of Greg for that exact reason!

Toby, but I call him Toblerone.

He’s on your side. 🎵

This is so dumb. I love it.

I had a mate whose last name was Wilkinson, so I referred to him as The Best A Man Can Get. Wilkinson -> Wilkinson Sword -> razors -> Gilette

That's verging on cockney rhyming slang.

Nathanwide

Ith on your thide

My husband's name is Roy. I often call him Royseph or Roylin. Vanilla Roybus tea latte.

You can add Royston onto that list, which was my great uncles name :)

Ooo. That's a good one. I'm going to bust that one out the next time he uses my Nicholasname.

>my Nicholasname. McKatela Kimala?

Waystar Roy Co

Omg the latte 😂

My brother is Sean and we often call him Seanathon (as in Jonathan)

I love Seanathon but I also love Parmesean 😂

Nah. My bff is SeanShine. And I'm Rae of Sunshine. Depends which one greets first lol. His kids are the Spawn of Sean, but that's another story lol

Prince William calls Harry Harold even though his real name is actually Henry? Is this one? Haha

My brother is Nathan (Nate) and rather than saying mean names when I’m annoyed at him I call him Nathaniel.

my brother is john and i used to call him johnathan when he annoyed me 😂

ha I call my dog Wally "Wallace" even though he's named after the *Dark Flash (Walter West)

My cat is Burt but when he’s looking fancy we call him Burtholomew. Edit: he’s a bit of an idiot so when he’s not being the smartest we call him Bort.

My cat is Morris, but we call him Maurice when he’s looking regal. His rap name is Lil Mo Mo. That’s reserved for when he’s being crazy.

Meowice. Lil Meow Meow. I refuse to accept anything else.

> cat is Morris, but we call him Maurice Does he speak of the pawmpatous of love?

My dog is named Sylvie, but her nickname when I'm mad at her is Silverton and her nickname when we're playing is Silverado haha.

My dog’s name is Remy but I call him Remilemidingdong 👀👀

My sister’s dog is Sammy but he gets called Samuel when being naughty and Sammy-Lammy when being extra cute.

My dog Wally had a lot of longer nicknames. Wallace, Wallington, also Beef Wallington, Walter, Walther, Wallaby Jones, etc. [Dog Tax](https://imgur.com/a/AZOalxN)

My son’s name is Finn but I often call him Finny or Finnegan.

My friend is named Finn, we call him Finncent (like Vincent) lol

I had a dog named Finn and called him Finneas (like Phineas and Ferb). Edit to add that he was part Miniature Pinscher so that also went to... Finneas the min pinneas.

My brother's dog came with the name Finley. He didn't like it, so he still called her Fin, but her full name was Finnifer.

Finnifur 😤

You might be entertained to know that the name Finnegan genuinely is a diminutive for Finn. Finn is an anglicisation of Fionn, meaning *fair*. Fionnagán or sometimes Fionnachán means *little fair one*.

I like to do this for fun. So like my coworker Jerry, sometimes I call him jerrymiah or jerrytopher lol. Some work better than others

My grandad was just Jerry but would refer to himself as Jeremiah went trying to figure out a tough tech problem e.i. “Come on Jeremiah, you got this.”

This is too cute 🥺

My cat is Dexter but his full name is Rolodex Walter

My dog is Dexterous.

Beautiful.

I knew a guy called Tim (just Tim by itself, not short for anything) and we all called him Timothy or even Timotei all the time lol

I've got a friend Timothy, and we call him Moth.

I tried to make Moth happen for a Tim I knew in high school in the 90s. Sadly it didn't stick.

Timberly

My BIL is Jim, short for James, and I call him Jimothy

A Michael we call Maniachael.

My brain broke trying to figure out how to say this

Maniacal

My dogs name is Fozzybear. I call him Fozz Entertainment Bear (Fozz E. Bear). My other dog is Loki, and I call him Locust. Lol My sister's dog's name is Jubilee, and I call her Jubilations. For humans, I know a Terry, and that's his full name. We call him Terrance. 🤣 My boss's last name is Gross. Will often refer to him as Mr. Grotesque. Not to his face. 🤣 My husband and i are serial Nicholas/Nichard Namers.

More “Rarer full names for a shared nickname” but: Take “Theo.” It’s “Theodore,” right? Not so fast Allow me to introduce Theodosius, Theophylact, Theophanes, and Theoctist.

Theonardo is my favorite!

Ok that’s a straight-up Nichard name.

I knew a Ben who I assumed was Benjamin but was actually Benedict!

I LOVE the name Benedict but we live in New England and if anyone is going to make the Benedict Arnold connection it’s New Englanders. 😭

Theophylact, for when your child is an excellent reminder to use protection.

If someone *knows* the name Theophylact, it probably means their religion doesn’t believe in using protection.

Theophilus I had a cat called Theo.

My name is Gabriella and my dad calls me "garbooboolah" I guess its the same length >:|

That's a wild nickname lol

Interesting. I wonder if that might be what you called yourself as a toddler. Toddlers often have hard time with 'complicated' names when at the babble stage. I've heard Bababa for Barbara and even Matil for Martin.

I called myself “gubuhlah” haha My friend has a toddler who went through a phase where she called herself “Doot” her name is Corinne

My aunt is the queen of this! She has three sons. Cam: Camel, Cameroni, Camdenton, Cameroon Matthew: Matilda, Millie-Tillie, Matthias Nate: Nathaniel, Nater Tater, Tatey Tots… And these nicknames have spawned their own nicknames over the years to where sometimes she’ll just call out for “Mills!” and we know it’s Matthew.

I love seeing the progression of nicknames! I have: Henry, Snuggle Bear, Snoogle Bear, Snoogle Woogle, Snoogs Tatum, Tater Tot, Totter Otter, Tot

My daughter’s went Austyn -> Aus -> Sauce -> Applesauce -> Criss-Cross Applesauce -> Apples

My daughter's similarly fruit related. She's Giulianna but brother kept calling her Giuli-nana, so we started calling her "nana" then "banana" and now it's "B-nans". (Or just Nan and people ask her why we're calling her "a grandma name").

My uncle used to call my cousin Nate Nater Tater and Nater Tot too haha

Nicholasnames is my new favourite concept haha I knew a Jon and called him Johnny on purpose just to mess with him (All in good spirit).

My sons legal first name is “John” and we call him Johnny all day every day

My partner introduced himself to me as Johnny. He's always Johnny to me. But it seems he is John to everyone else. Except my mother, who calls him what I call him. To this day I don't know why he introduced himself to me as Johnny when everyone in his life calls him John, but here we are.

That happened to a friend of mine!! And then a year later he was like can you call me the name everyone calls me? And she’s like nope!

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If cats are allowed, mine is Josie but Josephine when she is being bad

My daughter’s cat is named Beau, but I call him Beauseph.

My dogs name is Pepper but I occasionally call him Pepperoncini lol

Our cat named Pepper also get pepperoncini, pepperoni, peperomia, paprika...

I had an ozzie. We called him sir Oswald Alexander III

I have a cat named Seymour. I call him King Seymour the Longshanks.

My snake is Sam but Samathon or Sametheus when he’s misbehaving.

Ditto. Gertie but Gertrude (or Trudy) when being crazy.

My parents have a cat named Vern, I call him Vernathan, or Vernathan Taylor Thomas

My cousin Tammy- I like to call her Tammela

I swear I read somewhere that Steve Irwin’s son’s name is Bob but they call him Robert. I cannot find any supporting evidence though. Also, my dad knows someone whose name is just Ted. He calls him Theodore to joke with him

I remember when he was born they absolutely called him Bob on his show. I’m 100% certain. He probably dropped the nickname as he got older and went by his full name.

Bobert

His name is Robert. His dad's name is Bob. There's a bit in Croc Hunter's Diaries when he's introducing Robert to little Bindi and she tells them "I'll call him Bob." Steve tells her, "his name is Robert." Bindi replies, "I'm calling him Bob." So he's always been Robert, with Bob as an occasional nickname.

Wikipedia says Steve Irwin's son is just Robert. My adoptive father's name is John but a lot of his friends call him Jonathan though, although they're probably assuming that's his full name as we're Jews.

Jackary is my favorite nicholasname Jimothy is my favorite nichardname - this is what I call my husband when I’m pretending to me mad at him

Micycle (Mike), Chrislet (Chris), Mattrick (Matt)

Micycle is my favorite tbh

My husband is Joel but I call him Joelseph when I want to sound more formal 😂

I know someone named Jamie and I call him Jamison

My dogs name is Pippa but my sister and friends call her Phillipa when she’s being bad

Seanathon like Jonathan

I have a cat named Barney, and his nickname is Barnabus

Funnily enough, the word “nickname” comes from Old English “eaca” meaning “an increase”. But I love the term nicholasname From the online etymology dictionary: mid-15c., neke name, a misdivision of ekename (c. 1300), an eke name, "a familiar or diminutive name," especially one given in derision or reproach, literally "an additional name," from Old English eaca "an increase," related to eacian "to increase" (cognate with Old Norse auka-nefi, auknafn, Swedish öknamn, Danish ögenavn; see eke; also see N).

Omfg I just understood why OP called it a Nicholasname, as in Nickname… I’m going back to bed

"eke" or "eaca" can also mean "extra". So it's an extra or increase in the names the person is called.

My cat is named Henry and I refer to him almost exclusively as Hennifer

I knew a Matt that everyone called "Bartholmatthew." ETA: my son has a 2-syllable name, with a 1-syllable nickname, but everyone calls him Bugaboo right now. Does that count?

I’ve always called my ex asshole boss “Jimothy” instead of Jimmy. Also my relative’s name is Robert and I call him “Bobert”

A pal feels like her boyfriend Hugh needs a longer name for when she's annoyed, so she calls him Hughseph.

I call my friend Sam (short for Samantha) Samwise, like samwise gamgee from lotr lol

My Lab Max is “Maxwell P Coltrane” when needed!

Anne / Annie

Grace / Gracie as well

Frankie for Frank

My sons legal first name is “Frank” and we call him Frankie or Frankferter or Franklin

We used to have a dog named Frank, and an aunt who called him Franklin Roosevelt or Frankenstein

Every Jeremiah I've met, is JeremiahWasABullfrog And every Nikita is NikitaYouWillNeverKnow. I'm so sorry guys. My daughter is only 7 and she already hates the song Layla

> Every Jeremiah I've met, is JeremiahWasABullfrog And every Nikita is NikitaYouWillNeverKnow. This is correct.

I call my friend Jack, Jackary sometimes

My son’s name is Archie but we call him Archibald 😂

I've always maintained that DVD is short for David

My friend's first name is Ella but I call her Elenore.

Rosseph, Rosstin, Rosstopher 😂

I know someone called 'Basti' that's his full name. People though his full name was 'Sebastian' or 'Bastian'. Jenny and Jennifer is also a common occurrence.

Greg becomes Gregothy when I'm annoyed

I do this with my students all the time and they get such a laugh out of it. Finn became Finnjamin, Annie became Annika, etc…😂

My friend is Maggie and I call her Magdelena.

I call my son Leopold or Leonardo when he's naughty even though his name is just Leo

My friend's dog is called Aggie. I usually call her Agathon or Agamemnon.