My parents' siblings were: sissy (ramona), dolly (florence), pinky (roland), sheriff (raymond), bo-bo (barbara), henry (charles edward), & george (robert arthur). They went by those names in the world. I am called, nini (roberta). My siblings: idda (mark), geendi - short for geendi-gondus (catherine), and bug (elizabeth). Our nicknames are used only within the family.
oh, and, we're from San Francisco. lol...