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I'm not sure if I'm honest, because I think that while the child is still young, people should respect what the parent/s want their child to be known as.

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My cousin's son is called Nicolas, and she doesn't want his name shortened to Nick/Nicky etc, so I only ever call him Nicolas. When people have shortened his name to Nick/Nicky, my cousin is quick to correct them and say, "we only call him Nicolas." If he wants to go by a short form when he's older, then that's his choice, but my cousin and her DH prefer to call him Nicolas so that's what we're calling him at the moment.

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I would never be so rude as to continue to shorten a child's name, if the parent had told me they didn't want the name shortened. I would hope others do the same.