Nimmest Name

I've been asked where the nickname "Nimmy" came from. It's one of those things that has evolved until finally it stuck. My parents and grandparents used to call me "Aim the Dame" when I was little. I have sisters with names straight from Germanic influence. So why was I named just Amy? I used to ask my parents where my name came from. They must have said that it was French, because from then on I would say my name is "from French." So the nick name "Aim the Dame" seemed fitting. As I grew up my nick name was shortened to just Aim. It came in very handy when I ran for student officer. Slogans like "Aim High," "She'll Aim to please," and (the one I actually won with) "Campaigning is lame, just vote for Aim" were very catchy. At about this same time I used to bake desserts most Sundays with my sisters and mom. It usually would turn into a time of joking, talking, eating dough, and singing. My sister Heidi (aka Heed) was making up a song with my name in it: "Nimmest N'Aim, Nimmest N'Aim, doesn't like to be called that name. She goes around on a big brown train. Nimmest N'Aim." So after that day I was called Nimmest, Nimertha, Nimmerton, Nim, and Nimmy. Nimmy stuck and is who I am known as in my immediate family, except for those who still choose to call me "Lame". . .

Other nicknames that I've had: Maimie, AimerHeid, Schmame, Halvie, Lame, Lamy, Mon Ami, and the most recent Nm (thanks to Mn).