Adela (girl, nn Dela [pronounced: DAY-lah]):
Addie or Delli, but really
Adela is too beautiful to nn
Alakina (girl, nn
Ally): Kina
Cinnamon (girl, nn Cinna [pronounced: SIN-nah]) Cinny?
Ingvar (boy, nn
Yves [pronounced: EE-v]):
Ingvar is a Swedish name which usually does not get any nn. Maybe
Inge (ING-eh).
Joaquin (boy, nn
Joey): Depends on how it is pronounced. If it is pronounced as "Hwa-kin", maybe Hwa or
Kin would be more natural for me than
Joey. But I prefer
Joakim, nn
Kim.
Liam (boy, nn
Lee):
Lee is the only possible nn here, but I would not shorten
Liam at all.
Lucius (boy, nn
Luke): I would say Luci! Probably too "girly" for many, but I find this a very sexist thinking, as boyish nn are ok for girls. Or maybe
Luce.
Terezinha (girl, nn
Terry): I would probably use
Terry too, but I prefer
Teresa, nn
Tessa.
Wynola (girl, nn
Nola [pronounced: NO-lah]):
Nola is a pretty nn. I would actually prefer
Nola as the formal name.
"But it’s all right now.
I learned my lesson well.
You see you can’t please everyone
So you got to please yourself."
Rick Nelson,
Garden Party
"It does not become me to make myself smaller than I am." (
Edith Södergran 1891-1923)
This message was edited 1/26/2006, 9:19 AM