Traditional names which have nice NN (boys) please

[MrsHBaby3]

We like 'sensible' names (i.e. not made up/ chavvy) such as

James (Jamie),
Alexander (Alex),
Oliver (Olly),
Samuel (Sam),
Tobias (Toby),
Jacob (Jake/ Jack)
possibly Lucas (Luke),
William (Billy), etc

as they can all be shortened into nice NN but hubby doesn't like these particular ones or family/friends have them

.. any other ideas please?

We are soo stuck for boys names!

Edward (Eddie) is a particular favourite of mine - any good?

I LOVE Nicholas (Nick)

Edward/Ned is nice
Benjamin or Benedict/ Ben

Richard - Rich, Richie, not Dick obvs
Michael - Mikey, Mick
Edward - Ted, Eddie

Maximilian - Max
Alexander - Xander
Xavier - Xavi
Raphael - Raphy

Christopher/Cristian - Chris
Robert - Rob/Robbie
Peter - Pete
Stephen/Steven - Steven
Nicholas - Nick
Jonathan - Jon/Jonny
Matthew - Matt/Matty
Martin - Marty

Theres an Edward, Richard, Max, Michael and Ben in the friends/ family group too I'm afraid (honestly!) but I do love your suggestions so far!
I don't think Raphael would go with my other DCs names, which I guess are quite British
sounding?

Timothy (Tim/Timmy)
Samuel (Sam)
Jacob (Jake)

Sorry - got confused above. I meant Jonathon/Jonny - I see you've already listed Jacob. It is lovely though.

I love Nicky for Nicholas. Maybe I've read too much Mog! DH (who works in The City says its very posh though so wasn't keen for baby DS.

Yes I also like jonny/johnny. I know 2, both lovely. One is jonothan and the other is john.

Douglas - Dougie
Angus - Gus

William/will/billy
Donald/don
Christopher/chris
Dominic/Dom
Angus/gus

Joseph (Joe)

Some of these are fab thanks. Half the problem is there are too many males in our family.. I have 10 uncles and 3 brothers..!

I like Isaac (Ike) and Josiah (Jed) (West Wing addict!)

Daniel (Dan/Danny)
Charles (Charlie)

Maximilian - Max
Quentin - Quin
Sebastian - Seb

But imo nicknames evolve naturally and are often not linked to the actual name at all!

Daniel
David
Robert
Mark (I know that's short already!)
Andrew
Peter
Nicholas
Christopher
Jacob
Joshua
Benjamin
Samuel

Edward (Teddy)

Hmmm, I may have missed it but I'm surprised nobody has mentioned Thomas on this thread so far.
I also like pip as a nn for Philip.

Edward (Teddy/ Little Ted) cant stand Eddie tbh or Ed

Thomas. Tom.

Edward
Edmund
Edwin

all NN down to Ted/Teddy/Eddy/Ed

Also I like Win as a NN for Edwin.

And Daniel is a fabulous name.

Ronald (Ronnie)
Vincent (Vinny)
William (Liam)
Robert (Robbie/Bobby)
David (Davy)
Francis (Frankie)