Nicknames in college!

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<p>I have a really common name (Michelle) and I'm tired of being one of a 5 or 6 different Michelles. I really like my name and I don't want to stray too far from it, but it's wearing on my nerves always being Michelle L. or the redheaded Michelle or the tall Michelle or whatever else. So when I go to college, I want to fill in the little box that says "Prefer to be called" with a less common nickname that I can start going by. Has anybody ever done this before, and with what kind of results? </p>

<p>Also, please help me pick my nickname! I've already thought of Mimi, Mia, Maya, Mischa, and Elle. Which one do like best? Any other suggestions?</p>

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<p>We called my friend named michelle, mushy, but that only works if you're an attractive person, otherwise the nickname sort of backfires!</p>

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<p>Haha, well I'm certainly not "mushy", I'm about 5'6", 110lbs. Some of my friends call me "Mish" but I wouldn't want to be putting that (or Mushy) at the top of my senior thesis. :)</p>

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<p>The nickname we use for one of my friends with your same name is 'Mish' (or at least pronounced that way, I've never verified the correct spelling).</p>

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<p>I like Michy</p>

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<p>or Chelle is nice.. i call my friend that</p>

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<p>How about "flounder?"</p>

<p>"Uh, what's my Delta Tau Chi name? ...Dorfman, I've given this a lot of thought. From now on, your name is Flounder." (Animal House)</p>

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<p>hahahaha, I love that movie. Unfortunately I think I'd like it to be a little more feminine and pretty than that, though...</p>

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<p>knoxxxville, you totally remind me of me!! my name's lauren and there are a bunch of other laurens at my school and i was thinking about going by my middle name (which is michelle, ha!) or a nickname in college but i haven't figured out the perfect one yet. I like "Chelle", personally...</p>

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<p>i only know one michelle and people call her shelly.</p>

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<p>swasesuww - don't go by Michelle! I only know 1 Lauren but I know 5 Michelles! You should go by Lo, it's a cute and pretty nickname for Lauren and plus it's the name of a pretty girl on 'Laguna Beach' :)</p>

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<p>um i like Misha but then i get the thinkin of misha barton of the OC. u could be shelly though........</p>

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<p>Chelle is so pretty!</p>

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<p>How about Chevelle? Or Shell? Or Shell Oil? How about just Oil? That's what your nickname should be is "Oil"</p>

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<p>"How did you get that interesting name, Oil?"</p>

<p>"Well, I was trying to think up a nickname for college, and somebody suggested that I go by Chevelle, and then he thought of Shell, like Shell Oil, and then we just shortened it to Oil."</p>

<p>"...Oh."</p>

<p>hahaha.</p>

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<p>We call ours Miche, pronounced like Mischa but without the -a on the end (or like Michelle pronounced the french way (like in the Beatles song!) but without the -elle).</p>

<p>Calling someone Chelle just seems kinda odd to me. Like a seashell, or oil, or... I don't know.</p>

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<p>Futher nicknames: Mitch, M Dizzle, Mika, or Ellehcim. (Pronounced "Ella-cim")</p>

<p>There was a R&B singer who just added an apostrophe in the last syllable to make it "Michel'le" pronounced Me-shel-lay. </p>

<p>You could always just go by "Em"</p>

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<p>Haha, I kind of like Mika. :/ Em is actually really cute but everyone would think my name was Emily. And I'm laughing about that R&B singer.</p>

<p>I'm not a big fan of Chelle or Shelly, they seem sort of childish almost, and they're too obviously a nickname.</p>

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<p>Mika is a cute name!!</p>

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<p>I think I'm kind of leaning towards Mia...I do like Mischa too, but I think of Mischa Barton and I think everyone will.</p>