He got " Ike " when he was a child. Ei from Eisenhower made the sound of Ike said his father.
There was much anti-German sentiment during WW I in America, and his family name was originally spelled "Eisenhauer". He changed it to "Americanize" it a bit more.i se you
It was a nickname
Ike is short for eisenhower
Ike was a nickname, short for Eisenhower. Dwight Eisenhower's parents called him "Ike". The name just stuck.
Dwight David Eisenhower was Ike.
President Dwight D. Eisenhower's nickname was Ike.
His real nickname was IKE when he was little:)
"Ike" is a derivative of "Eisenhower". He and all his brothers were called "Ike" from time to time from boyhood on.
"Ike" is a derivative of "Eisenhower". He and all his brothers were called "Ike" from time to time from boyhood on.
Dwight D. Eisenhower's nickname was Ike.
Dwight D. Eisenhower .
Ike
Ike. "I like Ike" was his slogan
The president with the nickname " Ike " wasDwight D. Eisenhower
His nickname was always 'Ike'.