What's in a name?

I have a few projects I'm working on, a valentine's quilt, my birthday quilt, reading a few books, but nothing ready for a blog post. So today i decided to tell the story of my blog name, Silly Billy. growing up my mom and dad called my two older brothers Becky Sue and Betty Lou. so naturally when a girl came along they had to call me a boy name, Billy Bob Buckwheat. Don't ask me why, my parents are just zany like that. So the shortened nickname became Silly Billy. I've toyed with the idea of naming a daughter Billie after myself. We'll see I guess. I've had a lot of weird nicknames now that i think of it. Friends in high school: Neesha & Neesh. My friend Adrianne: Beans& Swampy. My family: Billy Bob Buckwheat, Silly Billy, Brat, Brat in Black (after a dance we had to do in grade school) and Sis (my mom calls me that) that's all i can think of now. I can be thankful I still am called by my real name most of the time, there are families i know of that it's all nickname to the point you don't even know their real names (gasp in horror).