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All the women that are first born daughters in my family are named Mary, but we've all been given nicknames. I don't know how or why that started, but I'm nicknamed after my great-grandmother, who was Mamie. No one ever calls me Mary, except only if my husband is very serious about something.

— Mamie Gummer

Sentiment: NEGATIVE

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✓Similar Perspectives

Sometimes a nickname is used instead of the real name. But a nickname may offend either the one named or the parents who gave the name.

— Russell M. Nelson

When I was born, my father named me Melissa, and I am still Melissa, but I got the nickname Lizzo around the time I was in the Cornrow Clique.

— Lizzo

My mom, grandma, great-grandma - we're all named Mary, and we all play piano and sing.

— Mary Lambert

My mother still calls me Jim and that is about it. Everyone else calls me Lee. My wife calls me whatever.

— Lee Child

I sometimes think I was born to live up to my name. How could I be anything else but what I am having been named Madonna? I would either have ended up a nun or this.

— Madonna Ciccone

I was named after my mother. And I guess when I started making records, Madonna Ciccone seemed too long and complicated, and I just got stuck with Madonna.

— Madonna Ciccone

✗Opposing Perspectives

I was named after my mother's maiden name.

— Sprague Grayden

I was named for my grandmother. It's an evil-eye name, to protect you from bad things.

— Stana Katic

I was named Margaret Yvonne. 'Margaret' because my mother was very fond of one of the derivatives of the name. She was fascinated at the time by the movie star Baby Peggy, and I suppose she wanted a Baby Peggy of her own.

— Yvonne De Carlo

My mother's very proud of the name she gave me. She thought it sounded rhythmically better. It doesn't really make a difference to me what people call me, but since my mother calls me Holly Marie when she's angry, I prefer just my first name.

— Holly Marie Combs