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My first nickname was Ulle; my brother, father and friends from this time still call me Ulle. There was another girl named Ulrika in my class in elementary school, she was called Ullis. So it was easy to keep us apart, no need to use lastnames (or initials of). But in 3rd or 4th grade I started playing a sport and most of the girls on the team was from another school. They started calling me Ullis. When we got to middle school the other Ulrika and I ended up in different classes and the girls on my team also attended this school. I was called both Ulle and Ullis depending on who addressed me. It worked.
In high school and at uni I'd introduce myself as Ullis, but it still happened that people called me Ulle. No big problem, I react to both.