How did Nickname field in Address Book get filled in?

I went to send an email to myself (I send to-do lists to myself because I forget everything ) from my imac and when I typed in my name, I noticed that in front of all of my email addresses, the label "Princess" was showing up. I had NEVER seen this before and this is NOT a nickname that I use for myself EVER. I started to get kind of nervous that anybody who sends me an email or gets an email from me is seeing this (corny) nickname. I could not understand where it came from. I send emails to myself quite often and this was the first time I had seen this.
I went into my Address Book and sure enough under my name, there was a field I had never even known existed, "Nickname". It somehow filled in with "Princess". How the heck did this happen? The only other person with access to my imac is my husband and he is not imac savvy, he definitely didn't do it. I started to get nervous that something was hacked, I just really don't know how something like that could happen.
Has this happened to anyone else?
Thanks,
Kate
(definitely not a princess)

That is weird...someone had to have put it there; either that, or Apple knows something about you and automatically populated that field.
If you are worried someone has unauthorized access to your account, though, you can just change the password and security questions. I try to change my password and questions at least once a year even if I don't suspect any unauthorized access.
You can also remove the nickname field entirely under Contacts' preferences.

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