there are about 20 different answers to this question.

nickname #1: bug when i was little and learning to play the piano, the first song i learned was called "snug as a bug" and i would play it over and over... so my siblings called me bug.

nickname #2: brown eyed girl after the van morrison song. one year at camp, someone requested it for 'rachel'... it was for rachel moriak, but my eyes are brown as well, and my friends thought it was for me, so ever since then, the request the song for me and sing it hah

nickname #3: ducky for one, it's a land before time reference (from the first one, i haven't seen all 5 million installments)... and my oldest niece hannah couldn't say rachel when she was little, and there was a duck that i would give her to play with whenever i gave her a bath... so she started calling me ducky... and then her younger sister grace picked up on it... and my brother-in-law joe thought it was funny, so he also calls me ducky.

nickname #4: gweneth completely thought up by sammy jo... i'm still not sure of the story behind it haha.

nickname #5: prib a variation of my last name. in high school, it was easier to just call me 'prib' 'pribs' or 'pribish' because of how many siblings i had... and 4 of them girls. instead of risking confusing me for another one of my sisters, teachers found it easier to just call me by my last name. and then alot of my friends picked up on it, because they thought it was a cool last name... and i don't mind it hah

so yeah, all the other ones are variations of my first name (rach, rakkel, rafiki, rae).. and very few people can get away with calling me "rachie" ... either you've known me for a really long time, are related to me, or are one of my best friends...

and that's about it hah