Danestress Posted September 20, 2011 Share Posted September 20, 2011 I think that is standard usage. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alphabetika Posted September 20, 2011 Share Posted September 20, 2011 I have a friend who calls her (adult) son Michael "Ike." He's in his 20s, so I don't think it has to do with Eisenhower, and I don't know the origin of the nickname. I guess "Ichabod" is probably not a contender.:tongue_smilie: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sunriseiz Posted September 20, 2011 Share Posted September 20, 2011 Isaac? :iagree: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jodi-FL Posted September 20, 2011 Share Posted September 20, 2011 whose name is Ike. just Ike. not short for anything. my parents (and his) are of direct Dutch descent. I always thought it was cultural. (and then there was the Eisenhower thing, which I always though was weird). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Parrothead Posted September 20, 2011 Share Posted September 20, 2011 Okay jumped through the thread…I can kinda see it for Isaac but how in the world do you guys get Ike from "Dwight"? It doesn't even sound like it! I looked it up. Seems all the boys in that family were nicknamed Ike - Big Ike, Little Ike and so forth. The story goes that our former prez was stuck with Ugly Ike, and that he was the only one to carry Ike into adulthood. I've not heard it used as a nickname for anyone but our former prez. I thought it was something specific to him. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gaillardia Posted September 20, 2011 Share Posted September 20, 2011 :lol: at myself--the only one I could come up with wasIcabod. I was pretty sure you hadn't picked that. Ichabod is what I was thinking too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Calendula Posted September 20, 2011 Share Posted September 20, 2011 I know an Isaac who is called Ike. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vonfirmath Posted September 20, 2011 Share Posted September 20, 2011 We ran across this in trying to figure out names for this little one if DD had been a DS It is the nickname for: Isaac Isaiah Dwight Eisenhower Ezekiel among others. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Desert Rat Posted September 20, 2011 Share Posted September 20, 2011 Isaac. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Perry Posted September 20, 2011 Share Posted September 20, 2011 Isaac. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kipling Posted September 20, 2011 Share Posted September 20, 2011 The only Ike I've known is my grandmother. Everyone calls her Ike; even her nieces and nephews call her "Aunt Ike.". Her name is Iris - so, not what I would have guessed for your son. :lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miss Marple Posted September 20, 2011 Share Posted September 20, 2011 We have a son that we've called Ike from day one. It's the name I liked and wanted, but since it sounds like a nickname we gave him a more formal name and just call him Ike. The formal name is what I'd always believed Ike was a nickname for. But since his birth 5+ years ago, I've come to realize that just maybe I was wrong about this. The latest was when our priest asked me if there was a St. Ike, or which saint is his patron saint (his formal name is a common Orthodox name, so I realized that he didn't think of Ike as a nickname for this formal name). I wonder if he's been calling him Ike at the eucharistic chalice. So I'd be interested in hearing what you think Ike is a nickname for (don't Google it -- I want to know what YOU think based on your past information/experience). Both sets of grandparents have called my son Ike. His given name is Isaac. Younger people don't seem to go there with the Ike nickname. It seems to be mostly the over 60 group. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A.J. at J.A. Posted September 20, 2011 Share Posted September 20, 2011 :lol: at myself--the only one I could come up with wasIcabod. I was pretty sure you hadn't picked that. That's what came to my mind too! Glad I'm not alone! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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