Get our free mobile appCanva CanvaAs we raked leaves early one crisp, fall morning, I asked him how he got the nickname "Frog." Here in North Louisiana, nicknames mean a lot. Of course, you can't have any conversation about nicknames without mentioning all the nicknames that Lynn Beaty has handed out to friends and family all over the South. But Chris was ultimately replaced with the nickname, Flea. But "Flea" wasn't the first nickname Lynn hung on his kids.