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Jillian "Jill"
Katherine "Kate"
Margaret "Meg"
Margaret "Maggie"
Rebecca "Becky"
Virginia "Ginny"
Barbara "Barb"
Deborah "Debbie"
Patricia "Patsy"
Susannah "Suzy"
Susannah "Susie"
Victoria "Vickie"

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Benjamin "Ben"
Charles "Charlie"
Christopher "Chris"
Daniel "Dan"
James "Jamie"
John "Johnny"
Matthew "Matt"
Thomas "Tommy"
William "Will"
Zachary "Zack"
Vincent "Vince"
Nicholas "Nick"
Wesley "Wes"
Timothy "Tim"
Samuel "Sam"
Robert "Robbie"
Robert "Bobby"
Richard "Rich"
Joseph "Joey"
Jeffrey "Jeff"
Edmund "Teddy"
Alexander "A.J."

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Liv - Livia
Ada - Adelaide
Ginny - Virginia, Ginevra
Genie - Eugenie
Evie - Evelyn
Maggie - Margaret
Nell - Helena, Ellen, Eleanor
Penny - Penelope
Effie - ?
Olive - Olivia
Emmy - Emmanuelle, Emilia
Rose - Rosamund, Rosemary
Gwen - Gwendolen, Guinevere
Gwyn - Gwyneth

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Archie - Archibald
Guy - Gaius

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Alexander "Xander"
Nathaniel "Nate"
William "Liam"
Genevieve "Nieve" (like Niamh)
Lorraine "Raine"
Shailene "Shai / Shay"
Persephone "Poppy" or "Sepha"

Fin(Finley)
Evie/Eva(Evangeline)
Em(Emma)
Sophie(Sophia)
Row(Rowen)
Romy(Roman/Romany)
Jen(Jenna)
Jill(Jillian)
Ben(Bennet)
Gray(Grayson/Grady)
Abram/Abe(Abraham)
Amy(Amilya)
Bella(Isabella)

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I don't like many nicknames, but some are okay. My favorite is Nellie/Nelly, for Helen or even Penelope!

I have the same problem as Llewella - nicknames are too tied to the full name, in my mind. But I can list a few:

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Arlie (Arlette, Arlene)
Bess, Betsy (Elizabeth)
Birdie (Someone once suggested this for Bernadette and I thought it was cute)
Fia (my nn)
Flick (Felicity, Felicia)
Kate, Katie (Katherine, Kathryn)
Millie, Milly (Funny... I like the nn but can't think of any full names I like)
Nela, Nella (Ornella)

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Dom (Dominic)
Flip (Dutch short form of Philip)
Gil (Gilbert or anything else that begins with Gil)
Paddy (Patrick)
Tom (Thomas)
Wes (Wesley)

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Edited to remove links & I also just realized Fia is not in the database, I'm kind of surprised.

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Effie - Josephine, Euphemia, Euphrosyne
Sunny - Sunniva, Susannah
Celie/Celia - Cecily, Cecilia
Cleo - Cleone
Nell - Elinor, Ellen, Helen, Cornelia
Callie - Caroline, Calliope
Willa - Wilhelmina
Ana - Mariana, Anahid, Anabela
Leni - Helene, Magdalena
Daisy - Marguerite
Lily - Lilias, Liliane
Poppy - not sure what name it could be for! I like Poppy but find it too youthful for a first name
Freda - Frederica
Cora - Cornelia
Thea - Theodora, Althea, Alethea
Tansy - Atanasia, Tatiana
Siri - Sigrid

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Sasha - Alexander
Misha - Mikhail
Cas - Casimir
Jem - James
Frank - Francis
Alfie - Alfred, Alfons
Theo - Theodor
Leo - Leonid
Bram - Abram
Robin - Robert
Fritz - Friedrich
Art - Artur
Will - William

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Addie (Adelaide, Adeline, Aderyn)
Aerie (Erilys, Aderyn, Atherton)
Alcie (Alcyone)
Cecy (Cecily)
Emmy (Emmeline, November)
Hallie (Halcyon)
Hannie (Hanako, Hannelore, Hosanna)
Sassy (SAS intials, Saskia)

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Ace (Asa)
Gus (August)
Teddy (Edmond, Theodore, Arthur)
Win (Winston)

That's a hard question because to me nicknames are very linked to their full names, and not really seperate entities. But I'll try to think of some favorites!

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Jamie, Jem - James
Effie, Eppie, Femie - Euphemia
Ginny, Gin, Gina - Virginia, Eugenia
Will - William
Frank - Francis
Nan, Nancy, Nanw - Anne
Pat - Patrick
Fia, Nuala - Fionnuala
Shoshie - Shoshana
Aggie - Agnes, Agatha, Augusta
Bram - Abraham, Abram
Lyn - Llewellyn, Emlyn
Bridie, Birdie - Bridget
Bedo - Meredith, Meredydd, Maredudd
I also really like Iolo, but not so much Iorwerth. Maybe it could work for Ionawr.

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This was something I really had to think about.
The names in parenthesis are the ones I would use it as a nn for, but there are certainly other options out there as well.

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Girls:

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Nelle / Nell / Nellie (Eleanor, Helena)
Fran (Frances, Francesca)
Essie (Estella, Estelle, Esmeralda)
Allie (Allegra, Alexandria)
Belle / Bella (Bellatrix, Mirabella, Annabella, Arabella, Isabella)
Minta (Araminta)
Callie / Calla (Camilla, Camille, Calanthe, Calanthia, Calliope)
Lila (Delilah, Lorelei)
Ella / Elle (Eloise, Eleri, Estella, Estelle, Eulalie, Eulalia, Eleanor, Elanor)
Ana (Anabelle, Viviana, Georgiana, Juliana, Luciana, Oriana)

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Alec
Alfie
Anya
Betsy
Charlie
Donny
Edie
Eliza
Elsie
Evie
Frank (Francis)
Gerry (Gerald)
Gwen
Ilse
Izzy
Jack
Jamie (James)
Janey
Joe
Josie
Judy
Kate
Kitty
Leo
Liese
Liza
Lizzy
Lottie
Max
Maxim (Maximilian)
May (Margaret or Mary)
Meg
Molly
Ned
Nell
Ruthie
Sandra
Sid
Siri
Sonya
Sophie
Sylvie
Tanya
Tess
Thea
Tilda
Will

Maggie (Margaret)
Fi (Fiona or Seraphina)
Liv (Olivia, and I guess it could be for Olive too)
Ellie (Any name starting with El, especially Eliana and Elizabeth)
Elsie/ Elsa (Elizabeth or Elisabeth)
Jeanie (Jean)
Janie (Jane)
Annie (Anne, Andromeda or Anwen, but it also works for Andrea)
Lexi/ Lexie (Alexandra or Alexandria, but it works for Alexa and Alexis too)
Rosie (Rose, but it works for Roseanne, Rosemary or Rosemarie)
Jen (Jennifer)

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Nate (Nathan or Nathaniel)
Dami (Damian)
Eli (Elliot or Elias, but it also works for Elijah and Elisha)
Des (Desmond)
Gabe (Gabriel)
Rich/ Richie (Richard)
Con (Connor)
Ike (Isaac)
Vince (Vincent)
Will/ Wil (William, Wilson or Wilton)
Xavi pronounced Zay-vee (Xavier)
Theo (Theodore)
Ray (Raymond)
Dom (Dominic)
Jules (Julian)

Alice "Ally"
Anastasia "Stacie"
Angeline/Angela "Angie"
Anneliese "Annie" or "Eliese"
Annika/Antoinette "Annie"
Aubrey/Aubrea "Bree"
August/Augusta/Augustine "Gus"
Béatrice "Bea"
Brynlee "Brynn"
Cecelia "Celia"
Clover "Cloe"
Delaney/Elaine "Lainey"
Corinne "Cori"
Delilah "Lilah"
Eleanor "Norah" or "Ellie"
Winifred "Winnie"
Florence "Flora"
Ginnifer/Virginie "Ginny"
Jemima "Jemma"
Juliet "Julie"
Julian/Julius "Jules"
Katherine "Kate"
Lilith "Lily"
Margot "Maggie"
Mathilde "Matty"
Michaela "Mikki"
Pamela "Pammy"
Roxane "Roxy"
Rubina "Ruby"
Tabitha "Tabi"
Valentina "Val"
Andrew "Andy" or "Drew"
Chase "Chasey"
Elias/Elijah "Eli"
Kipling "Kip"
Skylar "Sky"
Theodore "Theo" or "Teddy"
Samuel/Samantha "Sam"

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Adeline "Addie"
Abigail "Abby"
Grace "Gracie"
Kathryn "Katie"
Margaret "Maisie"
Sarah "Sadie"
Sophia "Sophie"

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Benjamin "Ben"
Elias "Eli"
Gabriel "Gabe"
Jamison "Jamie"
Lucas "Luke"
Nathan "Nate"

John "Jack"
Beatrice "Bea"
Elizabeth / Elisabeth / Elspeth "Elsie"
Clara "Claire"
Margaret / Marguerite "Maisie"
Adelaide / Adeline "Ada"
Henry "Hal"
Eloise "Lou"
Katharine "Kate"
Miranda / Miriam / Mirabelle "Mira"

Girls:
Evie (Eva, Evelyn)
Winnie (Winnifred)
Connie (Constance)
Francie (Frances, Francesca)
Flor (Florence, Florentine, Florencia, Flora)
Penny (Penelope)
Vicki (Victoria)
Nikki (Nicole, Nichola, Nicolette)
Bernie (Bernadette)
Cassy (Cassandra, Cassiopeia)
Cal (Calpurnia, Caroline, Calliope, Calanthe)

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Boys:
Alfie (Alfred)
Archie (Archibald)
Eddie (Edward, Edmund)
Ozzy (Oswald, Osmund)
Ferry, Ferdy (Ferdinand)

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Mine...

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My favorite nicknames (most for names in my namebase)...

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Boys:
Alphie Ash Bede Ben Cai Dec Dex Dezi Don Ever Fletch Gray Jean Jules Link Luca Maks Nate Nix Paxt Penn Port Rafe Remy Roe Rome Rowe Sasha Saul Sky Tier Tim Tony Van

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Girls:
Ava Bette Bex CeCe Dolly Edie Effie Elsie Emme Etta Evie Jules June Lia Lila Lina Lou Lulu Lucie/Lucy Magda Milla Mimi Mina Niva Raine Rhia Rosa Seer Sev

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Names I like as nicknames:
Adele Bede Bram Calla Eli Emery Gia Jessa Jove Jude Louie Neil Poppy Thea Vera

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