Names and Syllables

why is it that when someone's name has just one syllable, i always want to make it longer. like i had a friend Gabe, and I had to call him Gabriel. 


then when someone's name has more than one syllable, I have to shorten it. I even called a girlfriend i had, who's name was Jacqueline (pronounced Jackleen), i had to call her Jaq (Jack). 


don't know why i do it. pretty much every time