Well, Damir in slovakian means "to give peace". In Arab means "conscience". Take your pick. I think both are related in meaning 'cos if your conscience is not peaceful, you must have been doing something that it did not give you peace.

Interesting thread, and very funny !

Well, in my case, Giba is one of the nicknames frequently associated with my real name (that is Gilberto), in the Portuguese language used in Brazil, and maybe in Portugal and others Portuguese speakers countries too.

The others nicks are called Gil and Beto, both very populars, and due it becames real names commonly used to registered some new born men (mainly sons of fathers called Gilberto !).

Since my childhood all of my family, friends, and coleagues, ever refer to me as Giba ! And obviously I adopted it !

Additionally, despite Giba be the less frequent form to call Gilberto, is considered the most polite, educated and kindness.

A curiosity about it is that with the pass of time, after many years working for IBM and HP, and with the advent of internet and mobile communications, and its neologisms usages, I adopted the form Gib@ to sign some kind of informal contacts, like personal e-mails, short message and chats.

In fact, my first nickname in WCG was Gib@, changed few time after to the actual Giba. I have these two accounts registered here ! And for years now my signature here is Gib@...

So, nowadays I have two nicks: Giba and Gib@

Up to you call me using anyone !

My nickname is easy as well: Sander is my name and 1974 is my year of birth.

I thought maybe it had something to do with the Tastee Bakery in St. Paul

Sgt. Joe: Nomenclature from past supervisory position.
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