Long name or short name?

I have a 7 letter name that is (well, was) quite unique - old fashioned until one of the royal family named her second daughter this... It is hard to pronounce but I love it. I think at one time I had over 20 nicknames... now it is down to 2! When people say, don't you have a nickname? I always say no and that they are not to worry if they can't pronounce my name correctly, I am happy to repeat it until they get it right.

When I was younger I hated my name because of all the jokes, not just my first name but first, middle, and last Faith (are your sisters Hope and Charity, keep the faith, have faith, hey I know a church named after you), Alice (hey Alice in Wonderland), and Wright (are you right or are you wrong, hey left)... When I was old enough I was going to change my name but except for marriage changing my last name I haven't been able to think of any name that fit me better or that I felt comfortable with. Now I'm divorced I'm seriously thinking about going back to my maiden name and becoming Faith Alice Wright again.... 3 short names but they are me.

i would like to choose long name.. like ashtakamaldalpadamprakashbhai.. hehe.. so that people will remember by my name only.. ;)

I have an 8 letter name. It's an ok length but there isn't a nice shorter version to use which I'd prefer. If I could rename myself I'd probably choose something with 6 letters or less and options for a nickname. My two girls have 5 and 6 letter names respectively and both have a shorten version. Of my boys, three have 4 letter names, 2 of which can be shortened further and my youngest boy has a 8 letter name with 3 different shorter possibilities. I think that all works out quite nicely.

I am satisfied with the length of my name - it has an ideal number of syllables that do not tire anyone out for having to pronounce it, hehe. I am not usually called a nick name.