@MojoRobo
I have a character in my story, named Galatea, who I'm trying to think of a nickname for. How do you guys usually go about thinking of in-universe nicknames for your characters who have them?
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How do you think of nicknames for your characters?
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@Lenered
I just think of their name and then choose the thing that comes after it, Kameo=Chameleon. Of course, I also choose what makes sense and is easy to say, Tae-Min=Tay. I also just shorten their names, Mariko=Mari.
@Masterkey
I am also all pro for no nicknames at all, hehe. Sometimes I feel like it's overdone. But yeah, either shorten their name or give them an inside joke name based on something funny they do or a time they totally embarrassed themselves. :P Or just something that is constantly with them. A boy who is tiny could be called Peanut. A girl with the last name Chubbs could be called Chubbs cuz her friends think it's funny. A man who always wears a bandaid at any point in time could be referred to as Bandaid Boy.
@TheMusicalVampire
Something that a characteristic of them. I have a red headed character and all of his friends call him Lucifer becuase of the red head joke. (Red heads don't have souls and for every freckle is a stolen soul.) Since his names is Lucas which is sort of simular to Lucifer then, boda bing boda boom you got a nickname.
@lafaithreine group
Yea, for my nicknames I usually just shorten their names like Kylie to Kyle, Ky, Lee, or watever, and most of my characters have like seven nicknames so yea.
@calellory
Most of mine are just shortened versions of their names but I have this one character named Gianna Georgianna Gabriella Grace and her (in universe) nickname USED to be Gia but then there was an incident with a goose and now everyone calls her Goose. And there's another character named Richmond who is mostly just shortened to Rich but there's this one guy on the team who has a rivalry with who calls him Dick bc,,, you know,,,, Richmond, Richard. Same difference.
MinniKitti
I take the letters of the name and mix them up to make a much shorter version of the name, if it's long. If it's not long, then you can use objects or animals for the name that best suits that character.
