Never thought picking a name would be this hard!

[Tortoise22]

I am 29 weeks pregnant with our first baby (boy) and we are looking for a name that is not super common, can be shortened into a nickname and is not too unusual.

This is our shortlist so far:

Aidan (nn Adie)
Maurice (nn Moss)
Otis (nn ???)
Robin (nn Rob - but I don't love this)
Howard (nn Howie)

Any thoughts, favourites or alternative suggestions?

Christopher (Kit)
Dominic (Dom/Nic)
Stephen (Steve/Stevie)

Although, I think you're making life harder for yourself. Why do you need a name that has a nn as you're now essentially searching for two names.

Just choose a name you like. You don’t need to second guess the nickname. That should grow organically as they develop.

Nathanial nn Nate?

Why do you need two names? If you're going to call them Moss or Howie just pick Moss or Howie.

^ this.

Agree with pp
Try looking at names just because you like them not because of any nn they may or may not get called.
So if you like Otis then choose Otis, as a nn could develop such at Oti or it may not.
There are loads of lovely boys names to choose from
Isaac
Saul
Ethan
Jacob
Thomas
Timothy
Oscar
Max
Harry
Caleb
Dexter
Spencer
Nathan
Noah
James
Harvey
Adrian
Lucas

I like Robin

I like Robin. Although it isn't shorter, you could nickname him Robbie?

Tobias (Toby)
Francis (Frank, Frankie)
Laurence (Laurie)
Christopher (Kit, Chris)
Kester (Kit, Kes)
Solomon (Solly)
Theodore (Theo)
Augustus (Gus)
Abraham (Bram)

Sebastian - Seb
Macallister - Mac
Benjamin - Ben/Benji
Maxwell - Max
Samason- Sam

I meant Samson not samason

I know a gorgeous little Otis his parents call him Oti (and sometimes oatibix) I love it so much!

Love Otis

Lawrence -Ren/Lawrie
Conrad - Rad/Con

I love Patrick (Paddy), Douglas (Dougie/Duggie), Gabriel (Gabe).

I like Robin and Howard. I like Otis too - maybe Oti could work for a nickname for that name.

How about...
Harold (Harry)
Johnathan (Johnny)
Wilfred (Will/Wilf/Freddie)
William (Will/Bill/Billy)
Michael (Mike/Mikey)

How about Daniel? Classic but not too common. Can be Dan or Danny.

Love Otis!

But why are trying to pre-plan a nickname? Otis is cool as it is. Any short form (Oat, Oatie?) sounds ridiculous imo.

What is this recent obsession with names needing nicknames?

Anthony