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Patrial name

A partial name is when someone only uses part of their name instead of their full name. It’s like if your name was Elizabeth, but you wanted people to call you Liz instead. Or if your name was John, but you wanted people to call you Johnny instead. Some people choose to only use part of their name because they like it better, or it’s easier to say, or it sounds cooler. So instead of using their full name, they use a partial name.
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