Funny story, I was named "Steven" and yet I've been called Steve my whole life, at my preference. Recently I went through the process of changing my name legal

Funny story, I was named "Steven" and yet I've been called Steve my whole life, at my preference. Recently I went through the process of changing my name legally, because I'd fallen into a bad habit of writing "Steve" when asked for my name on some documents, but then remembering my "official" name was "Steven" on others. Having multiple IDs with different names, especially after moving to a new country, was just too much of a pain - for example my official residence permit name didn't match my passport name, which caused some fun at airports.