My mom name was Mary and growing up she told me she was born in 1929, it was not until I was 30 year old that I found out that she was actually born in 1924--my mom had a very quirky sense of humor.
My dad name was William born in 1918 (dad would roll his eyes when my mom would state the 1929 year of birth, but I never picked up on it). Dad had the nick name of Bear. He used to love reading stories to my younger sister, who loved Winnie the Pooh. One day my Dad said that my sister was his little Pooh, and she replied that if she was Pooh, he must be Bear as together they were Pooh Bear. That nick name stayed with him lovingly until he passed, and on his tombstone his name is listed as William "Bear".