Shortcake.” “Stop calling me Shortcake.” “Watching you…

When I was trying to come up with a stage name, I thought 'Lord' was super rad, but really masculine - ever since I…

— Lorde

“Names I am most commonly called by telemarketers: Simone, Slain, Siobhan, Flo, Stacey, Susan, Slater, Leanne, and Slow (Yes, my parents named me "Slow".…

— Sloane Crosley

One night in a club in Boston, I tried the name Roger Duck. No laughs. The next night, I tried Orson Bean, putting together…

— Orson Bean

When Andrew [Ridgeley] first met my family, he heard my mom calling me "Yorgos." He just abbreviated it to Yog, and unfortunately it stuck.…

— George Michael

“I’m Briana Fallon. Do you have a conventional first name, too, or did your parents anticipate your future academic achievements when they picked your…

— Marko Kloos

I think you can tell a great deal from a name. For me, there are certain names that I hear, and I think, 'Urgh.'…

— Katie Hopkins

When someone gives you a nickname, it means your special to that person. -Reader's Digest

— YANIE-MyPrecious

A coach I had in Spain, Scott Roth, he used to call me Zinger. He would yell at me all the time, 'Zinger!' It's…

— Kristaps Porzingis

But the fascinating and unbelievable-but-true thing about Dr. Jefferson Jeffersonis that he was not a doctor of any kind. He was just an orange…

— John Green

“My last name comes after my first name, but it came before my first name, and it’ll be around after my first name dies…

— Jarod Kintz

I am a chilled-out person. But if people call me by my name, I hope they pronounce it right. I get called Baron, sometimes…

— Barun Sobti

“And that. Why don’t you call me Étienne anymore?”

— Stephanie Perkins

“Mums answer is so unexpected and I am a litte stunned, actually. I wonder whether, had I known the reason for my name as…

— Rosamund Lupton

CJ is my nickname. It stands for Cameron, and my middle name is John.

— CJ Adams

I would introduce myself if it were not useless. The name I had last night will not be the same as the name I…

— Norman Mailer