| I have no middle name (NMN), hence no middle initial (NMI). I started using computers back when many middle name fields were marked required, and to put something there, I usually chose “X.” Also not having a middle name, my brother and I took each other’s names for confirmation names. |
I don’t know why, but at almost every job I had, people addressed me by my full name — as in, “Hi, John Martin,” not just “Hi, John.” If you’re someone who did that, maybe you can tell me why now. I don’t care what you call me, just call me. |
“I’ve never had a nickname. I was never “Johnny” or “Jack,” for example. My dad, whose name was Manuel Martin, was called “Manny” or “Marty,” depending on from where, or how, people knew him. His Portuguese family often pronounced it “Man-well.” I’m not sad about never having had a nickname. |
