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I can't stand using just nicknames as first names. I really really dislike the practice and don't think that nicknames age well.

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That said, here are some of my favorite nicknames and their corresponding full names.

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Elisabeth "Ellie"
Beatrice "Bea"
Mary "Molly"
Margaret "Maggie" or "Meg"
Sarah "Sadie"
Ann or anything with Ann in it "Annie"

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Benjamin or Bennett "Ben"
Joseph "Joey"
Robert "Robin" or "Robbie"
Henry "Harry"

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ETA: Susannah "Sunny"

This message was edited 9/13/2011, 10:59 PM

I'm sure people have already said that Audrey, Eli, Flora, Jules, Luc, and Levi aren't nicknames, but.

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I think these "can" stand alone:
Ada
Alex
Kit
Eliza
Ella
Gwen
Heidi
Jack
Maggie
Margot
Penny
Sally
Sascha

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I don't think I'll ever like things like Gracie and Annie as full names. Or Ellie. It just seems so silly. Also: these bizarre English things like Alfie that are so trendy. ???

Favorite nicknames:

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Ginny
Minnie
Eliza, but I'd never use it as a nickname. It's totally a full name to me.
Penny
Mindy
Beth, which I'd also use as a full name.
Kate/Katie/Kit- I'd use Kate as a full name.
Cora, which can stand alone, but I'd prefer to use it as a nickname for something like Coralie or Cordelia.
Evie
Junie
Sylvie, which can stand alone, but I prefer as a nickname for Sylvia.
Maggie
Mira, which I'd use both in full and as a nickname for Mirabelle.
Rosie
Romy, which I could see working as a full name.
Sadie, which I'd use in full.
Sophie- can stand alone, but like Sylvie, I prefer it as a nickname.
Tess- I prefer it as a a stand-alone name.

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Jem
Jamie
Jules
Abby
Ali
Alex
Archie/Artie
Dare
Dash
Finn
Nate
Lindy

Out of yours, these can totally stand alone. I say this as someone who is not keen on nicknames as first names!

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Ada
Annie - have met a couple of young "just Annie"s
Annika
Audrey
Eli
Eliza
Ella
Flora
Heidi
Jack
Levi
Luc
Margot - my mother's name and my middle name
Sacha
Sally

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My favourite nicknames:

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Aggie
Allie
Belle
Bess
Billie
Callie
Dot
Edie
Effie
Eve / Evie
Georgie
Greta
Lottie
Isa
Jem / Gem
Josie
Kate
Kit / Kitty
Lena
Libby
Lilibet / Lilibeth
Lou
Maggie
Milly
Mim
Nell / Nellie
Nettie
Nora
Penny
Romy
Rosie
Roxy
Sanna
Susie
Sylvie (would consider as full FN)
Tabby
Tess / Tessa

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I don't consider Ada, Audrey, Gwen, Eli, Ella, Flora, Jules, Luc, or Levi to be nicknames, although some of them can be used as nicknames, such as Eli for Elijah. Based upon Audrey, I'm curious if you'd consider my own name (Alison) to be a nickname since it is a medieval French diminutive of Aalis, just as Audrey started out as a medieval diminutive for some impossible-to-type Old English name.

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From the rest, I think Eliza, Margot, and Heidi have the legs to stand on their own and long histories of doing so. As does Jack, though I personally can't stand it. Annika and Sacha are fine with me. I prefer Sally as a nickname, but I think it can stand alone.

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I prefer Annie, Alex, Angie, Kit, Maggie, and Penny to be nicks for longer names.

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Some of my favorites that I think can stand alone are Greta, Alec, Tess, and Thea. I also like Ty, but I don't know that I'd use it.

I think you're confusing nicknames and variants. Margot is not a nickname, neither are Ada, Annika etc

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I think they all work on their own except for: Kit, Annie, Angie, Lulu, Maggie.

This message was edited 9/13/2011, 2:35 PM

Annie is my first name! :) It's a little bit annoying when people are always calling me Anne/Anna, but otherwise I like it well enough.

I think some nicknames stand alone better than others, actually. Oddly enough any name that ends in 'ie' seems incomplete to me (probably due to names like Maggie, Katie, etc, that are popular here, but always short for something). However, I knew a woman that named her daughter Abby instead of Abigail, because she didn't see the point of naming her child a name she wouldn't be called most of the time. So really, it's just a matter of opinion.

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Names on your list that I think are excellent choices for standing alone are:

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Ada, Audrey, Eliza*, Flora, Heidi*, Margot*, Penny, Sacha, Sally, Eli, Jack*, Jules, Levi.

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*= I love them!

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I do really, really love Kit, Annie, & Maggie, though.

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I think that all of the ones on your list can stand alone except for Lulu, which sounds too cutesy as a full name. Kit would probably be better as a nickname, but I don't necessarily mind it as a full name.

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The only people I've known named Flora and Audrey were simply Flora and Audrey. I've never heard Levi used as a nickname before - only as a full name.

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These are my favorites:
Addie
Ada
Eliza
Jack
Bev
Katie
Kay
Callie
Charlie
Elle
Ellie
Nora
May / Mae
Lenny
Theo
Thea

I think a lot of your favourites can stand alone, especially Flora, Margot, Audrey, Levi and Sally.

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I like:

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Tess / Tessa
Mina
Etta
Posy
Rosie
Nora
Nell
Tilda
Polly
Nuala

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Frank
Wilf
Fred
Sid
Harry
Alfie
Archie
Jem
Kit

Annie
Kate
Katya/Katja
Beth
Maisie/Maisy
Maggie
Kitty
Eliza
Mamie
Nell
Leni
Hattie
Lucy
Libby
Els

Elsa
Evie - prefer it as a nickname for Eve or Genevieve but I think Evie is OK alone as well.
Pippa
Flora

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Jack
Archie
Toby
Bertie

I like

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Aggie
Hattie
Hettie
Ada
Ella
Megan
Callie
Clemmie
Connie
Bonnie
Betsy
Beth

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