You can call me 'Zoli' if you'd like.

[Zoli]

Which type of quotation marks should I use for the phrase: You can call me "Zoli"?

Here's the text:

You can call me 'Zoli' if you'd like. It's the shortened name for Zoltan that everyone close to me uses.

In this context, for American English, should I use single quotes or double quotes to enclose the name? 'Zoli' or "Zoli"?

 

[Rover_KE]

There are no hard and fast rules. American publishing houses typically use double quotes and many British publishers favour single quotes.

Having said that, I have two library books here – both published in the UK – one uses singles and the other one uses doubles..

I always use single quotes because there's one on my keyboard (it's the same as an apostrophe) and to make double quotes I have to use the shift key and 2. (Don't judge me—If you ever reach 85 you'll be glad to save time and effort by avoiding every extra keystroke you can. )

In your own writing, just be consistent. Nobody will care and they won't even notice unless you're inconsistent.

If you ever get a book or magazine article published, the publisher will decide which to use.

 

[BobK]

... and there's a tendency nowadays to omit the quotes entirely, especially in contexts like this. I haven't checked, but I should think the Paul Simon song is

If I call you Betty you can call me Al​