Read this post second.
Nonetheless, let the record show that I've never liked my name very much. I always thought it was inconveniently long and wanted a nickname but my mom wouldn't let anyone shorten my name. Now that I'm old enough that my mom's opinion doesn't matter (especially since she lives in another state now) no one would be able to get used to calling me anything else and no shortenings of Elizabeth really fit anyway.
But I respond very well to GG, even in person (though I don't like the name Gigi.) I also respond to Angelbeth, Lizzzy, 'Lizabeth, Yelizavetushka, James, ShmiG, Sherlock, and to a favored few, Liesel and Babette. Plus a lot of other names I can't think of right now.
You got me on one of those topics that I can monologue about quite a bit, as you can tell.
But I remain,
GG