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Theo
Ben

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Aria
Lucy
Thea

Anya.

I have been thinking about Tom a lot lately and I would definitely consider using it on its own. A lot of people think nicknames are childish but I think Tom is much more grown-up sounding than Thomas. I find with a lot of names the full name is only used in childhood and then they switch to a nickname. For a girl I always preferred Cassie over Cassandra, but now I'm not sure. I'm going off the name Toby but I'd use that on its own. I wouldn't even consider it a nickname these days although many people on this board do.

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Alec works very well on its own. I don't think it needs to be a nickname. The same with Millie.

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I have a soft spot for names like Lizzie and Georgie for girls but I'd probably give them a full name for official purposes. I'm not sure.

This message was edited 3/19/2009, 2:03 AM

Pippa!

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I adore it, but dislike Phillipa.

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Also, I really like Charlie, Alfie, Perry, Colin, Barney, Gus, Joss, Ned, Ted, Liam, Jack, Benny, Benji, Jamie, and Sammy for boys.

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And for girls: Nola, Etta, Millie, Jenny/Ginny, Meri, Magda, Nina, Sadie, Missy, Connie, Mina, Francie,Poppy, Lulu, and Lola.

This message was edited 3/18/2009, 11:02 PM

Millie
Lola
Elsa
Lily

I have quite a few actually:

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Millie, Molly, Meg, Evie, Maisie, Maggie, Tess, Tessa, Rosie, Elsie, Annie, Tilly, Edie, Lulu

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Toby, Sam, Joe, Max, Jed, Ned, Leo, Jack, Jake, Shad, Zeke, Gene, Fred

For a girl its Betty and for a boy its Charlie!

Hank

Lola

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Hypothetically. I could not and would never use a nickname as a full name. As much as I love Lola- and despise Dolores- I would give my daughter the latter name, always.

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The same with Jack and John, though the former is much better. (I know Jack may be considered a name in its on right, these days, but to me it'll always be a nn).

I like Alec and Millie as well. Alec I don't really see as a nn for some reason though, it is kind of like Jack or Elise- so established as a fn that it pretty much stands rightly on it's own now.

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I think my favourites would be Evey / Evie and Tessa for a girl and Charlie for a boy. Both of these I would use in a heartbeat if I thought they could really serve a child well right into adulthood on their own. Some days I toy with using any of them as full names and all of them have been in my top ten at one time or another but I doubt I would ever use them. Unfortunately I don't love the full versions of any of them as much as the nns

Charlie !

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But also Annie, Nora, Liam (as a nn for William), Billy, Alex, Xander..

Alec is the only one I can think of right now, actually. I like it a thousand times better than Alexander. Just Al is sort of a GP for me but I wouldn't actually use it.

I love Alec, and it would be my favorite for boys too. For girls, Tess. I'd love to have a Tess.

Annie, Evie

Some of these may be full names, but they can also be nickname. I like:

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Susan
Sadie
Rory
Robin
Prue
Posy
Lucy
Norah
Nell
Nathan
Mose
Molly
Luke
Jack
Kate
Liam
Kier

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There are more, but I am just bored of writing them. :)

This message was edited 3/18/2009, 2:16 PM

I don't usually like nicknames as full names, but I do like Molly and Megan. There are some nicknames that I prefer to be used as nicknames, but wouldn't mind them as full names, like Nora and Jack.