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Names where nickname starts with a different letter

53 replies

TakeMeToYourLiar · 04/06/2020 20:20

Can anyone think of any more examples. This is my current fixation for DC2

Current options are boys:
Edward (Teddy or Ned)
William (Billy)
Alexander (Sacha or Xander)

Girls
Margaret (Peggy)
Elizabeth (Beth, Bess, Lizzy)
Victoria (Tori)

Any other suggestions?

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BikeRunSki · 04/06/2020 20:36

Not commonly used, but I know a Topher (Christopher) and a Mothy (Timothy)

Christopher - Kit
Andrew - Drew

Christina - Tina
Margaret - Peggy
Josephine - Posy

Pelleas · 04/06/2020 20:36

Mary - Polly

BikeRunSki · 04/06/2020 20:37

Isaac - Zak
Dominic - Nick/y

NuffSaidSam · 04/06/2020 20:37

Theodora - Dora
Mary/Dorothy - Polly (although I think that's a stretch these days).
Amanda - Mandy
Eloise - Lou or LouLou
Priscilla - Cilla
Melinda - Lin/Linda
Natasha - Tash

Pelleas · 04/06/2020 20:38

Virginia - Ginny (or Ginty if you like Antonia Forest)

AdaColeman · 04/06/2020 20:39

Elizabeth nn Liz or Betty
Harriet nn Etta

BikeRunSki · 04/06/2020 20:39

Robert, Gilbert, Albert, Herbert - Bert/ie
Angus, Fergus, Augustus, Magnus - Gus

Arabella, Isabella - Bella
Annabelle, Isabel - Belle

BikeRunSki · 04/06/2020 20:40

Beatrix - Trixie

Pelleas · 04/06/2020 20:41

Eustacia - Stacy

AdaColeman · 04/06/2020 20:41

Lucinda nn Cindy

MikeUniformMike · 04/06/2020 20:43

Nastassja nn Stacey
Dorothea nn Thea

BikeRunSki · 04/06/2020 20:46

Helena - Lena
Eleanor, Helen, Helena - Nell/ie
Stephanie - Annie
Amelia, Camilla - Milly
Margaret - Peggy
Ariela - Ella

BikeRunSki · 04/06/2020 20:46

Alexander - Sandy, Xander

BikeRunSki · 04/06/2020 20:47

Charlotte - Lottie

Flynn999 · 04/06/2020 20:51

Andrew - Drew
Augustus - Gus
Alexander - Xander
Edward -Ted/Ned
Mohamed - Ahmed (tad more unusual but I work with one)
Anthony - tony

Roberta/Robert - Bobby
Antonia - Toni

Amanda - Mandy
Victoria - Tori
Patricia - Trish/Trisha
Olivia - Liv

Some of these are possibly a bit to 70’s to be used today Grin

TriSarahTops · 04/06/2020 20:56

Veronica - Ronnie
Vanessa - Ness
Olivia - Liv
Anastasia - Stacey
Theodora - Dora
Yvette - Evie
Antonia - Toni
Heather - Erica
Mary - Oriel
Camilla - Millie/Mila
Ophelia - Fi

Robert - Bob
Marmaduke - Duke
Richard - Dickon
Tarquin - Quinn
Sebastian - Baz/Bay
Percival - Val
Felix - Lucky
Christopher - Kit

BikeRunSki · 04/06/2020 21:00

Natasha - Tasha
Talulah - Lulah
Frederick - Rick (unusual, but I do know one!)

123Dancewithme · 05/06/2020 00:06

Alfred - Fred/Freddie
Albert - Bertie
Andrew - Drew
Abraham - Bram
Benjamin - Jamie
Benedict - Ned
Christopher - Kit
Edmund - Ned, Ted
Frederick - Derry, Rick
Joseph - Seph
Laurence/Lawrence - Ren
Nicholas - Cole
Robert - Bertie
Reuben - Ben
Wilfred - Fred/Freddie

Alice - Lissy
Annabelle - Belle
Charlotte - Lottie
Eleanor - Nell
Felicity - Lissy
Juliet - Etta, Ettie
Josephine - Sephie, Fifi
Matilda - Tilly, Tilda
Natalia - Talia
Olivia - Liv
Penelope - Nell
Susannah - Annie
Theodora - Dora

Aclh13 · 05/06/2020 02:51

Not common but I'm a Chloe and my middle name begins with L I get called Lolo or Lori

Boomclaps · 05/06/2020 03:30

Charlotte - lottie
Emily - Milly
Eleanor- Nell

feliciabirthgiver · 05/06/2020 03:38

Our Robyn is Binny

grisen · 05/06/2020 04:04

I know a girl calle Elliott who goes by lottie, and a boy that goes by Leo

ILoveStickers · 05/06/2020 04:56

Patsy used to be used as a nickname for Martha (like Mary/Polly and Margaret/Peg).

sashh · 05/06/2020 05:39

Alexander could also be Sandy.

Richard- Dick

Catherine, Kate, Katie

Rebecca - Bex, Becky

Charlotte - Lott(i)e

Pricilla - Cilla

Andrew - Drew

Winifred - Fred, Frida

Anthony - Tony

InMyHeadAllTheTime · 05/06/2020 05:45

My daughter is Genevieve and prefers to be called Vieve.

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