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My brother in-law is Joshua who was only Joshua until he was in his 20s and decided he was fine with Josh. (I still call him Joshua, I've known him since he was a kid and I can't get into the Josh thing!) All you have to do is correct people if you don't want your kid/self to be called Josh. In my experience people will either call a kid what they're introduced as or ask if you use a nickname if you give them a formal one with a common nickname.