Guy calling you different names?

[Anonymous]

If you are hanging out with a guy and he calls you different variations of your name, what does it mean? For example: if you name was Kimberly and during an evening he called you Kim, Kimberly, and K.

[bersaba]

Probably nothing. I think it might be a 'guy' think. My mates (males) all do that with pretty much everyone. For example, my mate's wife is Kimberly, and she gets called Kimberly, Kim, Kimberry, Kimmy (she really hates that one) and 'hey, you'.

The names often have different usages by their reactions. For instance if we're mocking her because she's done something silly (say, locked herself out of the house) we'll say "Oh did Kimmy make a mistake" because we know it'll get a rise out of her.

If she's telling us that we should have mopped the floor instead of playing AVP all day, we'll say "yes mum" or "I'll just do that now Kimberry".

Where as, if she's mad as a cut snake, it'll be "Hey bud, time for me to go home" and he'll be saying mostly "Yes Kim, sorry Kim, here's some chocolate Kim."

[Asker]

But do they do this over the span of an hour? Like every time they say her name they call her a variation of it?

[bersaba]

Not normally. It's really contextual based. So if she changes her attitude over the course of an hour, maybe.

[EvanNassau]

Hey,

If a guy calls you by multiple names, he may be flirting with you. He's being playful and by calling you different names, he's creating a sense of comraderie with you (or at least trying to, of course some women don't like this - they like their name the way it "is")

Similarly, there are "techniques" out there guys use of giving a girl a nickname to be playful and develop a rapport.

Personally, I shorten everyone's name - so you'd be Kim to me. That's just my own idiosyncrasy though.

Best

- Evan

Do Men Care Less if a Woman Forgets His Name? -> link

[Cigam]

Well once people are a couple usually they will come up with or have a name that they like being called. Then it is kind of a special name that means a lot when it is said. A lot of the time it is simple things not related to your name like: bunny, baby doll, etc... But until then people will just rearrange the name if they can, to find out if it is cuter or 'more romantic' in some cases.

Or could just be that if its a long name, there are times when people don't want to say it all, so they shorten it for them to be able to talk in a quick smooth sentence. I don't know which it is in this case, but it could be either or both.

[Asker]

What if you aren't dating?

[Cigam]

For not dating, could just be trying to have a shorter version to say quicker, but otherwise I am not sure. That's what's so hard with names that have a lot of nicknames, people will call you different things. Just tell him what you want to be called and see if he calls you by just that. I knew girls who had a lot of nicknames and told me what to call them, and I called them just by that.