Call me Quote by Mike Birbiglia

I didn't always spell my name Bil. My parents named me Bill, but when I started drawing cartoons on the wall, they knocked the…

— Bil Keane

When I was in first grade, everyone made fun of my name, of course. I think it's kind of a big name to hold…

— River Phoenix

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

Everybody had nicknames when I was a kid.

— Soupy Sales

The nickname is something I made up.

— Ludacris

Kids used to tease me unmercifully about that name.

— Marge Schott

I hate ridiculous names; my weird name has haunted me all my life.

— Peaches Geldof

It has not been an easy name, yet it has brought me many a laugh.

— Sister Parish

I'm actually called Bang, a quite common name in Denmark where I'm from, so it's not like me trying to come up with a…

— Claes Bang

I used to have only one name; it used to mean something.

— Lauren DeStefano

My father’s family name being Pirrip, and my Christian name Philip, my infant tongue could make of both names nothing longer or more explicit…

— Charles Dickens

Growing up with a name that rhymes with turkey - and jerky - was no great fun. But, as an adult, I tell you,…

— Clay Shirky