used to have a nickname vs had a nickname

Some examples from the web:

• Aug 27, 2021 ... 1108 likes, 16 comments - majedmahmoud on August 27, 2021‎: "The Prophet ﷺ used to have a nickname for his wife, Aisha (R.A) ✨ .
• Dec 26, 2022 ... ... and Beer too. I even thought maybe there is a Bear used to have a nickname Beer when they learned to talk. Upvote 2. Downvote Share.
• Jan 28, 2024 ... No 10 used to have a nickname for Ed Miliband. It was the early 2000s and he was a political aide in his early thirties working at the Treasury.
• Apr 3, 2024 ... I used to have a nickname on a few of my cards (think Bob instead of Robert) for years and it was never a problem. But lately it started to ...
• Aug 18, 2020 ... She used to have a nickname she hated, 'Doll', back in her Sixty Thieves days. The only reason she took it was to match her partners ...
• Aug 7, 2018 ... We used to have a nickname for the fluffy butt / leg hair on our old German Shepherd dog Maddie. We called them her " Moo - cha- cha's " not ...
• Apr 22, 2021 ... Badge designs from 2000, 2003, 2006, and 2010! #TBT Did you know that badges used to have a nickname, name, and city on them?
• Jul 9, 2019 ... I like my regular name fine enough but I used to have a nickname. I associated it with a better part of my personality. And then one day ...
• Jul 13, 2023 ... Traci: He used to have a nickname for me. Sluggo: Oh, yeah? What was it? Traci: Marcia Brady, but I don't know if it was good or bad. Sluggo ...
• Feb 24, 2013 ... Being from a small quarrying village in North Wales Most people used to have a nickname. I remember a story told years ago about a young lad ...

Some examples from the web:

• Sep 27, 2024 ... If this basement had a nickname, what would it be? ... No photo description available. ... The chokey from Matilda. That's what we call our creepy ...
• Dec 30, 2023 ... I never knew he had a nickname. r/jazzcirclejerk - I never knew he had a nickname. Upvote 100
• Aug 13, 2022 ... Question of the week: Ever had a nickname? From the Editor - They used to call me bentnose through no fault of my own.
• Dec 19, 2024 ... Stickied post. Archived post. Join. Options. Report. What if Cal had a nickname like Merrin's “Desert Ghost”. What would it be? Upvote 98
• Jul 30, 2022 ... In middle school I had a nickname: Urkel Al. It was a reference to uber-dork Steve Urkel, a recurring character on the television series ...
• Jun 14, 2023 ... My question for you this week: Do you have, or have you ever had a nickname? Can you tell us about it?
• Oct 18, 2020 ... I haven't had a nickname since I was a little girl, and I prefer to be called Angela. My three children all have nicknames that are variations ...
• Dec 29, 2023 ... If Lex Luthor had a nickname as a villain what would it be? I like The Bald Menace myself.
• Apr 10, 2020 ... This seems to work initially, but in every case Google Meet has at some point forgotten that the meet had a nickname, and so allows the meet ...