Abbreviating your name

[DanaC]

There are a couple of shortened forms of mine. One I use here: Dana. Mostly at home my family call me Dani (pronounced Daynee). Amongst mates I prefer Dani (pronounced Dannee).

I have an abundance of names if I wanted to use any of them. Danielle, Sara, and Eleana.

I honestly don't mind what people call me. They can call me Danielle, Dana, Dani (either version) Dan. It doesn't bother me in the slightest. I find it depends on context as to what people use. I have a mild preference for Dani (Dannee). But if my surname is also used, then I prefer Danielle, as Dani sounds odd with my surname.

As a kid I hated my name: Danielle. It sounded clumsy and too rounded/big. That first syllable especially sounded round and clumsy. Maybe it's to do with the accent that was saying it, surrounded as I was by people with broad Lancashire accents (it basically came out as Dan|yell). But when my family used it, it didn't sound as rounded and clumsy (Daneeyel). Possibly because my family have quite slight accents, and on Dad's side a very correctly pronounced, but slightly exotic anglo-Indian swish. Gran for instance sounded almost like Deniel.