Emphasis Preaching Journal

We use nicknames for many reasons.

Most simply, a nickname can be a shortcut to a long or difficult name.
A nickname can provide personal information, telling people what your interests are or where you are from.

We give nicknames to people as a way of showing our connection to them. We rename them and make them ours.

People adopt nicknames as a way of renaming themselves, a way of influencing what people think about them.