At least a first name if family name is too much administrative hassle.

  • koper@feddit.nl
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    15 days ago

    Fun fact, you can use whatever names you want. All names are made up. Your “legal name” is just what the government calls you, but you can ask other people to call you something else entirely. The same goes with pronouns.

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      14 days ago

      My colleague has the same name as my boss.
      His nickname (translates to “Shorty”) is based on his last name.
      And that’s so weird to say as someone being younger and smaller than your colleague to call him “Shorty”.
      Reason is my dad calls me “Großer” (literal translation: Bigger -> As in “The great”) and I jokingly call him that back. But the same thing can be said with calling him “Kurzer” if he’s smaller.