This is what I generally get called. At my last job, I usually got called by my full name, Adrian. At school, most of my friends called me Groundhog, after the whizzy new Dunlop performance car tyre, and because of my fondness for fast cars; one of my ex-girlfriends still uses it, thirty-odd years later! Bless her 😀
Personally, I’m of the opinion that you can call me anything you want, just don’t call me late for lunch…
To be a bit more serious for a mo’, I think some parents can be just a bit too precious about kids names, it’s the child’s name, it just happens that it was given by the parents, but to refuse to recognise that once away from the home and mixing with others, the name can and will undergo change is just stupid. I know plenty of people who have names used by friends and colleagues that are different to their original, full name as given by their parents – it’s generally acknowledged that they’re on their mum’s shitlist when they’re called by their full name…
I know two Charlottes, one is universally known as Lottie, the other I asked what she prefers when I asked her name, and she said Charlotte, nothing else, so Charlotte she is.
Another close friend is known to all her friends as Coo, she even has it as part of her car registration, but her actual name is Caron: Coo is the first part of her surname.
Yet another friend, who I’ve known for many years as Ann, surprised me when I eventually discovered her first name was Mary, which she really didn’t like, so used her middle name instead. I think she was Mary or Mary Ann when out of sorts with mum!