Long boys names with good nicknames

[tweedlewee]

Due a little boy in 6 weeks. He will be brother to James and Lyra.

We love long names with nice nicknames, and so far have

Atticus - Kit for short
Zachary - Zac
Augustus - Gus

Does anyone have any other ideas along these lines?

Thanks!

Abraham with Abe or Bram

Josiah with Joe or Josh?

Nathaniel - Nate

Theodore - Theo, Ted, Teddy

William - Will, Billy

Gabriel - Gabe

How do you get Kit from Atticus??
Just choose a name you like. Your child will ultimately decide what shortened version (if any) they prefer.

Lawrence - Wren/Ren, Lawrie/Lorry, Larry, Lol, Lance, Law, Len, Lenny, Lars

Emmanuel (sp?)- Manny
Gabriel-Gabe

Jonathan… Jon or Jonty

William… Bill Billie Will Wills

Roderick… Rod Roddie Rick Ricky

Christopher… Chris Topher Kit

Gerald… Gerry Aldo

Frederick… Fred Freddie Rick Ricky

Alexander- Alex or Lex or Zander

Sebastian - Seb or Bas or Bastian

Nathaniel - Nate

Tobias - Toby

Jeremiah - Jem or Jerry or Remy

Alexander - Alex or Lex or Xander or Sandy or Sasha

Usual disclaimer that nicknames are fluid, and your child might want a different nickname to the one you chose or no nickname at all but for fun. Maybe some are a bit out there given your children have popular names.
Benedict - Ned
Casimir - Cass
Evander - Van
Gabriel - Gabe
Lysander - Sacha
Orlando - Lando
Peregrine - Perry
Raphael - Raffy
Sebastian - Bas

Benedict

Nogidintuctus - Noggy

Friends have a toddler Cornelius who goes by Neil. Think I like it better than good old Con, Connie, Corny, or Cor. Also know a teenage Alasdair who goes by Dair (pronounced like the verb "to dare").

I'd probably go for Alexander, Christopher, or Nicholas for a variety of good options.

Atticus is a fantastic name, I’d go with that

Benedictus
Nathaniel
Michael

Isambard - Izzy

@Dirtystreetpie sorted thanks

Friends have a toddler Cornelius who goes by Neil

Shame to be called Cornelius only to be known as Neil, which to me is a completely different name.

But pretty much any name can be made shorter I to a nickname eg

Theodore- Theo
Christopher - Chris
Quentin - Quinn
Frederick - Fred
Tobias - Toby
Alfred - Alfie

Bartholomew (Bart)
Gilbert (Gil)
Jeremiah (Jer)
Malachi (Mal)
Archibald (Archie)
Josiah (Joe)
Barnaby (Barnaby)
Cornelius (Con)
Aloysius (Louis)
Ludovic (Ludo)
Harold (Hal)
Lorenzo (Enzo)

Christopher = Kit
Alexander = Zander or Alex or Sandy
Sebastian = Seb
Jonathan = Jon
Joseph = Joe
Nicholas = Nick
Theodore = Teddy or Theo
Francis = Frank or Frankie
Frederick = Fred or Freddie

How is Kit a diminutive of Atticus?

My two, if I was having a second son, would have been either:-

Nathaniel or Jonathan with the nickname Than or Thane (pronounced like main). I had a friend growing up who had the most stunning older brother nicknamed Than (pronounced like tan but starting with TH)

Or

Andrew with nickname Drew

I'd have thought Christopher = Kit

I always liked Isambard with Bard as the short name, or Sam

Ezekiel - Zeke is cool

There's lots of Old Testament inspiration for names that could be shortened

Chris is the most natural and obvious shortening of Christopher.

Atticus could shorten to Atti or Tic?

But of course a nickname can be anything, unrelated to the full name.

Leonard