I'm an Ian.. never liked it at school, always thought 'Iain' was a far more glamorous spelling.. my mum wanted something that couldn't be shortened.. most people called me 'E' when I was a kid.. now I'm Bedds
We agonised over what to call our little un.. we wanted something that was going to be ok for a baby, teenager and an adult.. settled on Callum, his middle name is James and everyone calls him CJ.. if you ask him what his name is he says 'CJ'
its cool and suits him 8)
I'm a Simon. It gets shortened to Si which i prefer! Although my mother says if i was to be a girl i'd be Lyndsay!
Adrian, after Sir Adrian Bolt the conductor.
I like it too.
Have been called Saidy Ann Vandenburg (after Adrian Vandenburg the guitarist) Slim Shady (after the real slim shady)
Other than that it's Adie, Ade or Adrian.
I'm an Elliot. Haven't read the whole post, am I the first?
Usually gets abbreviated to Ell though or I'm called an abbreviation of my surname. Except by my parents & partner of course 🙂
Stewart. Continental colleagues pronounce it "steward". It's OK.