Not wanting to stel or add to the “Our” thread although something similar my Dad’s eldest sister 2nd eldest of 15 was called “Cis” to me Aunt Cis never questioned it. Until doing family history I discovered her name was Dorothy I asked my Dad who was still Alve then and he said but she is the eldset Sister - hence Sis. I then subsequently discovered my Nan (Mom’s Mom) was also called Cis by all her brothers and sisters her name was Rose
My Aunt Cis was born 1907 and my Nan 1900.
But got to say lots of people in families back then were not apparently known by their given name
Had a friend at work whose given name was/is John no one called him that but called him Pete I asked
him why once and he said his Dad’s younger brother was John as was his Grandad’s younger brother and he was called after them I said “Ahh to avoid confusion” he said “No both died before they were 20 before I was born, so its unlucky but it’s a family name” Go figure.
My mum was a twin , she was christened Olive and her twin brother Nicholas, neither were ever called by there birth names , mum was known as Betty and her brother was Tony
It seems to be more common than I thought.
My BH’s mother’s name is Petronella but she is called Pia.Her father is known as Pete but his real name is David.(He looks a Pete) And she spells her name differently to that on her birth certificate.It can be interesting when identification is needed on documents.
We are all called by our names, but when we were growing up we called our aunt’s and uncles by that name.
My sister in law married to my brother, she let her son call her by her name Kate and not mom, i was surprised about that never known it before.
When i asked her about it she said, that’s my name.
I was named David. But, I have been called many different names throughout my life, most of which I cannot repeat for fear of breaking forum rules. Suffice to say, many of these names rather hurtful and underserved. (IMO) One or two, perhaps very apt. (Blush)
At school it was Besoeker, just the surname. At degree level it was a bit more polite - Mr Besoeker. There were exceptions. My Physics tutor called me “Ginge”. I wonder why…