Elegant girls name with a short nickname?

[RavenclawWriter]

I hope this is ok to ask here. This is for a novel I'm writing. I'm looking for a name for my character.

She is a lesbian who is artistic and quite punky. She comes from an upper middle class white background (goes to boarding school) and will have been given an elegant girly name, possibly something from a literary or artistic influence. But it needs to have a short, possibly unisex nickname that she will use with her friends. Born in about 2002 and is British.

Any suggestions?

Ooh, I like Allegra too!

I love Cassandra/ Cass

Isabelle/ Iz

Geraldine/ Jez

Jemimah/ Mim

If you like Florence, you could use the nn (W)Ren?

Florence flo

Oh I love Cass for either gender.

My current favourite name is Frances - can be frank frankie fran

Or just Kim

Yeah 2002 I'd go with Jasmine/Jazz

Olivia - Liv
Amelia - Meels/Mills

Desmerelda - Des

I know a girl just like you're describing, her name is Angharad and she goes by Harry

There is a character in 'The Jane Austen Bookclub' who is very similar to your character (arty, punky, lesbian) and is called Allegra so I'd maybe avoid that.

Evangeline - Evan, Ange, Eva, Evie, Lina, Li/Lee

Leonora - Leo

Wilhelmina - Will

Carlotta - Carl

Madeleine - Lenny

Louisa - Lou

Alicia - Ali

Ashleigh - Ash

Vivian

Sylvia - Sylv(ain)

Calliope - Poppy

Evangeline - Eva or Eve

Katherine - Kit
Charlotte - Lottie
Harriet - Harry

Stephanie - Stevie

Matilda - Matt

Jocelyn - Joss

Winifred - Freddy

Alannah - Al

Christina - Chris/Kit

Olive - Olly

Benjamina or Benedicta - Ben

Reece

Perdita. Not sure about NN, maybe Red?

I think I'm going to go with Allegra (she's not that similar to the character in The Jane Austen Bookclub).

Not sure how I should spell her nickname though.

Options are:

Al/Ali

Alle/Allie

Obviously the second one is more consistent with the spelling of the full name and more feminine but I don't want it to look 'made up' or like I've added extra letters.

I'd go for Al or Allie - I think Alle may not come off the page quite so clearly and both are true to the spelling of the name.

I'd go with Ali.

Jemima Jem

Relieved you're not going for Jasmine as I don't think it's right.

Als is another possibility but again a bit hard to read. Ali is quite unisex.

Could she just go by her surname?

Alexis (Lex).

Thank you everyone for the help!

I might come back if I need help naming other characters as there's quite a cast!

Elizabeth Zabby Beth
Florence. Florrie
Juliette Jules Etta
Harriet Hattie Harri
Persephone Persey Seffie
Georgianna Georgie
Charlotte Lottie
Roberta Berti Robbi Bobbi
Catherine Kate