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For me - I would usually lean more toward longer names versions to lengthen the formality; yet this automatically & directly facilitates a greater variety of nicknames and diminutives - but I've stated this often recently - that there is little reason that someone formally named Jo (or Joe) could not use the version Josephine or Joseph for formal situations.

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I do not find anything bland or boring about any of these classic names--and I've no problem for Eve to use Eva (or Ava) as she likes it: or if Evelina, Evelino, Evengeline uses Eva, Evan, (phonetic - Evaleen), Evaline - with long I sound, Angel, Angie, Ann(e), Anna, or Angeline (with a long 'I' or a short 'I').