What are your views on having nicknames? They are rampant and almost required in my family - some of them are BoBo, Ticky, LuLu, Scooby.
My boys all somehow got nicknames - Oopie, binky and dookie (they are actually much longer and go with their own personalized song like GrumGrum DookieDookie grum shah to music etc etc.
Some of my boys teachers think I’m a nut I think cause when they started school, they didnt know the ACTUAL names of their brothers. My youngest started a new pre-k school at the middle guy’s school in January and on the first day, he was crying and saying he wants “binky”. So they kind of sternly asked us to send him the next time with his precious “nook”. I said no!! Binky isnt a nook, its his BROTHER!!!
Nick names are good if they are given on the basis of love, but it should have it's limitations, i.e. it should not replace the real name to such an extent that some people are not even aware of the real name of the person.
So long as they are terms of endearment or then abbreviated versions of the actual name I see no harm in giving children nicknames. If they turn derogatory or are created to mock then thats a no-no, and its not always outsiders who bestow derogatory nicknames. Nicknames like mota, moti, kaloo, chotoo, lamboo, etc are often used by family members to ridicule. I also think that real names shouldn’t be given up along the way so that an individual is only called by his/her nickname.
I had this cousin, still have him actually, and his nickname was pappu Everyone in the family called him that till he was an adult. I would still call him pappu since thats all I ever knew him as but if anyone does that now his family pretty much takes offense. I have another cousin who thinks that anyone calling her by her nickname is insulting her whereas she was referred to by her nickname for…ummmm… for ever I think. In my family all my siblings have nicknames except me Its only one of my brothers who’s nickname was dropped when he was still a child but the rest of them are still addressed by their nicknames, even my sisters’ husbands call them by their nicknames But nicknames aren;t really a requirement as such in my family. My sisters have shortened versions of their names as their nicks, but brothers were given nicknames that have nothing to do with their actual names. With my nieces they have a ton of nicknames all used at times of extreme laadpyaar otherwise they are all addressed with their names.
p.s. maybe some day u can put up the whole song that goes with each nick, hehe.
Nicknames can be confusing for people if that's all they hear because then they might not know their real names. But I think they're sweet. I have lots of nicknames for my baby but I use the proper name alot too.
i think a nickname its nice but also think thatt you shoul use youre own namee cuzz you dont want ,, that almosstt all the people start calling you by youre nick rightt ???
My nicknames are just shortened versions of my name... but it feels weird now when anyone in my family ever calls me Sabriya... but i'm ok with it, no big deal
My dads side of the family are confusing as hell, i guess this wouldn't go in the same group as nick names, but most of the people have double name, like for example one of my cousins i always heard everyone calling her Sara and i thought that her name was Sara, but then i remeber reading her wedding invitation and the name on it was Shareen. So her legal name is Shareen, but everyone calls her Sara...weird
Everyone in the family called him that till he was an adult. I would still call him pappu since thats all I ever knew him as but if anyone does that now his family pretty much takes offense. I have another cousin who thinks that anyone calling her by her nickname is insulting her whereas she was referred to by her nickname for…ummmm… for ever I think. In my family all my siblings have nicknames except me 
Its only one of my brothers who’s nickname was dropped when he was still a child but the rest of them are still addressed by their nicknames, even my sisters’ husbands call them by their nicknames 
But nicknames aren;t really a requirement as such in my family. My sisters have shortened versions of their names as their nicks, but brothers were given nicknames that have nothing to do with their actual names. With my nieces they have a ton of nicknames all used at times of extreme laadpyaar otherwise they are all addressed with their names.