Lee wrote:
did you mean to use Nicolas, Steven (Stephen) or Robert? i
certainly hope so, because actually naming the poor child with
a diminuative is unkind. it's hard enough to get along in the
adult world without being saddled with a 'baby nickname' as
your given name.

Mary laughs: WAAAAAAY true. In high school, my boyfriend sent a way to
get a copy of his birth certificate - and was flat out horrified his
parents had actually registered his name as "Ricky" instead of
Richard.
Probably seemed cute when he was a rolly polly bundle of joy, but not
so cute when he was grown up.