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Bei Dao became the most well-known name for me because of certain criticism of my work. Bei Dao was the name under which my…

— Bei Dao

In America, people really struggle with my name, so I don't have a nickname as such. I've had Sharlito, Sheldon, Charldo, really interesting variations…

— Sharlto Copley

There was a time in my life when people called me 'Denim Dan.' I didn't like it. And fortunately for my self-esteem, it didn't…

— Dan Levy

My real name is Nils and Booboo is a childhood nickname. It's not two words or two capital B's, it's B-o-o-b-o-o.

— Booboo Stewart

My parents named me Carys but when my elder sister, Sian, tried to say 'tiny' it came out as Tanni and the nickname stuck.

— Tanni Grey-Thompson

Different people call me different things. In America, people really struggle with my name, so I don't have a nickname as such. I've had…

— Sharlto Copley

Sometimes a nickname is used instead of the real name. But a nickname may offend either the one named or the parents who gave…

— Russell M. Nelson

There is nothing in a name. My husband, Santhosh Menon, called me Navya at first, which I did not like as it was my…

— Navya Nair

I see my daft surname as a positive thing. It first dawned on me that I had a comical name when someone called me…

— Laura Haddock

I made the first Feist album in '98. So at that point, it was my nickname. It was as far as with my circle…

— Feist

My friends back in Barcelona called me by that name (Picasso). It was stranger, more resonant, than "Ruiz." And those are probably the reasons…

— Pablo Picasso

I was a 'name' in Europe because the type of picture I appeared in and the characters I played had a special appeal for…

— Van Heflin