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Pilot's nicknames / unofficial callsigns often are as well, some kind of back handed reference to a fuck-up or troublesome character trait.
Knew a pilot who's nickname was über. Last name? Guay.
I remember watching a show about Canadian fighter pilots as a kid, one of them got the call sign “Blow” because his last name was Jobin.
There was a question on Reddit many moons ago asking fighter pilots what their callsigns were and how they got them. Not a single one was something to be proud of. The only one i remember off the top of my head was 'Squishy' and they got the name doing CAP over Iraq and had to use the bathroom in the cockpit...
The exception to that is one I read about a few years back about a carrier based pilot. Callsign was S T A B which stood for shit twice and bailed
I like that one, haha.
Had to 'stabilize' his bowels, rofl.
Off topic but it reminds me.
Astronaut Chris Hadfeild wrote a fun little thriller I quite enjoyed. The Apollo Murders. If the words "Soviet space pistol" stir your blood, you might want to check it out.
https://bookshop.org/p/books/the-apollo-murders-chris-hadfield/17339849?ean=9780316264631&next=t&next=t