Yeah, but I didn't mean creative nicknames that have no connection to the name. Those are pet names to me and strangers are hardly likely to make them up randomly.
As for
Ivan, the nicknames used in Croatia are
Ivo, Ivek, Ivanec,
Vanja, while
Luka doesn't have any nicknames (
Luke and Luki don't exist here). Likewise with
Eva in Croatia, though I guess there's always diminutive Evica.
Oh, and every
Kornelia I know gets called Korny, so I doubt it would be any different for
Cornelius - Corny.
This message was edited 11/13/2009, 5:45 PM