On our last trip I bought GOH badges for my 3 DS's and my DNiece.
We had no problems having them engraved with Johnny & Annie on them (even though their "real" names are John & Ann).
I guess that these are considered variations not nicknames.
I'm sure that it would have been different if we had asked to have them engraved to say Patch, J-Monster, Banana, and Bug instead of the more conventional Patrick, Johnny, annie and Shane
LOL
Bottom Line, though, the kids all loved the personal attention they got when CMs and characters called them by name.
It's well worth the $.
We had no problems having them engraved with Johnny & Annie on them (even though their "real" names are John & Ann).
I guess that these are considered variations not nicknames.
I'm sure that it would have been different if we had asked to have them engraved to say Patch, J-Monster, Banana, and Bug instead of the more conventional Patrick, Johnny, annie and Shane


Bottom Line, though, the kids all loved the personal attention they got when CMs and characters called them by name.
It's well worth the $.