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Does anyone like some nicknames for names that are actually of no relation to the real name?
For example:
I like Lorelei and I like Leila (pro. Lyla) for a nickname, but Leila really has nothing to do with the name Lorelei (or at least not to my knowledge).
Others I do this way:
Aphrodite -> Hattie (obviously)
Aurora -> Aura
Camilla -> Calla
Calanthe -> Callie
Esmeralda -> Esme
Keturah -> Ketta
Estella -> Ella (some would argue Stella)
November -> Nova
Obvious ones(though I'm not sure if these count since they are mostly word names):
Harmony -> Mona (pro. Monna)
Treasure -> Azure
Escapade -> Essie
Keraden -> Keren (pro. Kiran)
Promise -> Missi
Anyway, do you have any? Wdyt of mine?
-Seda*
"WOOHOO! Hey I have to tell y'all something. I went to Sea World for the first time yesterday. It rocked! I got to kiss a whale! And it kissed me back!"-Kelly Clarkson
For example:
I like Lorelei and I like Leila (pro. Lyla) for a nickname, but Leila really has nothing to do with the name Lorelei (or at least not to my knowledge).
Others I do this way:
Aphrodite -> Hattie (obviously)
Aurora -> Aura
Camilla -> Calla
Calanthe -> Callie
Esmeralda -> Esme
Keturah -> Ketta
Estella -> Ella (some would argue Stella)
November -> Nova
Obvious ones(though I'm not sure if these count since they are mostly word names):
Harmony -> Mona (pro. Monna)
Treasure -> Azure
Escapade -> Essie
Keraden -> Keren (pro. Kiran)
Promise -> Missi
Anyway, do you have any? Wdyt of mine?
-Seda*
"WOOHOO! Hey I have to tell y'all something. I went to Sea World for the first time yesterday. It rocked! I got to kiss a whale! And it kissed me back!"-Kelly Clarkson
This message was edited 3/3/2005, 1:11 PM
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I love feminine nicknames on boys
Emmanuel "Emma"
Callum "Callie"
Alasdair "Ali or Alas (said Alice)"
Caspian "Cassie"
Oscar "Cas" or maybe "Cara" (i just thought of that)
I once met a boy called Aidan and his family called him Dinny because of the sound at the end of Aidan, i thought that was yuck.
Family ones:
Christian nn "Chin"
Guy "Guyby" (Guy-bee)
Isabella "Belly" (Cause she loves food)
Aidan "Aidy"
My brothers name is Christian and my cousin Eliza couldnt say it when she was young so she said ChiChin which just got shortened to "Chin". Thats pretty much what he is called by me (even though he is almost 18!)
Emmanuel "Emma"
Callum "Callie"
Alasdair "Ali or Alas (said Alice)"
Caspian "Cassie"
Oscar "Cas" or maybe "Cara" (i just thought of that)
I once met a boy called Aidan and his family called him Dinny because of the sound at the end of Aidan, i thought that was yuck.
Family ones:
Christian nn "Chin"
Guy "Guyby" (Guy-bee)
Isabella "Belly" (Cause she loves food)
Aidan "Aidy"
My brothers name is Christian and my cousin Eliza couldnt say it when she was young so she said ChiChin which just got shortened to "Chin". Thats pretty much what he is called by me (even though he is almost 18!)
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Me too!
Emmanuel "Emma"
Callum "Callie"
I forgot about those!
I was frazzled this afternoon; forgive me.
My favourites are:
Anders -> Anny (pro. like Annie)
Adiwyn or Adrian or Adriel or Adonis (you get the idea)-> Addy
And like you said.. Emma.
I wouldn't even hesitate to call Emilian "Emilie". Call me cruel. See if I care. My son is Keren! :p
(note: that wasn't to you; that was to the protesting public)
-Seda*
PS: Dinny is yuck.
"WOOHOO! Hey I have to tell y'all something. I went to Sea World for the first time yesterday. It rocked! I got to kiss a whale! And it kissed me back!"-Kelly Clarkson
Emmanuel "Emma"
Callum "Callie"
I forgot about those!
I was frazzled this afternoon; forgive me.
My favourites are:
Anders -> Anny (pro. like Annie)
Adiwyn or Adrian or Adriel or Adonis (you get the idea)-> Addy
And like you said.. Emma.
I wouldn't even hesitate to call Emilian "Emilie". Call me cruel. See if I care. My son is Keren! :p
(note: that wasn't to you; that was to the protesting public)
-Seda*
PS: Dinny is yuck.
"WOOHOO! Hey I have to tell y'all something. I went to Sea World for the first time yesterday. It rocked! I got to kiss a whale! And it kissed me back!"-Kelly Clarkson
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Thanks on the Keren one!
Addison is my maiden name. Aw..now I like that even more. I wish I had another son sometimes(so I could name him that), but I wouldn't dare know what to do then! Life is mad enough as it is.
-Seda*
"WOOHOO! Hey I have to tell y'all something. I went to Sea World for the first time yesterday. It rocked! I got to kiss a whale! And it kissed me back!"-Kelly Clarkson
Addison is my maiden name. Aw..now I like that even more. I wish I had another son sometimes(so I could name him that), but I wouldn't dare know what to do then! Life is mad enough as it is.
-Seda*
"WOOHOO! Hey I have to tell y'all something. I went to Sea World for the first time yesterday. It rocked! I got to kiss a whale! And it kissed me back!"-Kelly Clarkson
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I don't know if I understand what you mean by "nicknames for names that are actually of no relation to the nn." Almost all of the nns people have mentioned are just sounds from the name (Estella to Ella) or sounds from the name with a suffix added (November to Nova). I'm not trying to be critical, I just want to understand why these nns dont seem (to you) to come from the names. Thanks :)
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The etymology of the nickname has nothing to do with the real name.
Ella may sound as if it could come from Estella, but in actually the names has nothing in common except the sound (and okay, they're both English, but that's irrelevant).
Likewise, Nova has nothing to do with November. Nova means "new" and November gets it's name from "novem" which is Latin for "nine"(it was the 9th month on the Roman calendar). The names Nova and November have nothing to do with one another. They only sound the same.
Understand now?
-Seda*
"WOOHOO! Hey I have to tell y'all something. I went to Sea World for the first time yesterday. It rocked! I got to kiss a whale! And it kissed me back!"-Kelly Clarkson
Ella may sound as if it could come from Estella, but in actually the names has nothing in common except the sound (and okay, they're both English, but that's irrelevant).
Likewise, Nova has nothing to do with November. Nova means "new" and November gets it's name from "novem" which is Latin for "nine"(it was the 9th month on the Roman calendar). The names Nova and November have nothing to do with one another. They only sound the same.
Understand now?
-Seda*
"WOOHOO! Hey I have to tell y'all something. I went to Sea World for the first time yesterday. It rocked! I got to kiss a whale! And it kissed me back!"-Kelly Clarkson
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Hehe, I always try to find some strange nicknames for names. I think you actually started me on it since I had been looking for nicknames for Harmony & Sterling.
I think all of your nicknames work, I like them. I especially like Aura for Aurora & Nova for November. : )
Hmm, some that I think could work:
Jocelyn -> Jossie (JAHS-ee)
Illeana -> Lena (LEE-na)
Azura -> Zura
Raina -> Rai (RAY)
Angeline -> Lina (LEE-na)
Mererid -> Merry ; )
Dominic -> Nico (NEE-ko)
Antonius -> Antone
Kieran -> Kai
Oh yeah, the bassist for my favorite band is named Reginald, but his band mates decided he looked like Garfield, and from that he became Fieldy. Hehe, just thought I'd add that.
CIARDA
I think all of your nicknames work, I like them. I especially like Aura for Aurora & Nova for November. : )
Hmm, some that I think could work:
Jocelyn -> Jossie (JAHS-ee)
Illeana -> Lena (LEE-na)
Azura -> Zura
Raina -> Rai (RAY)
Angeline -> Lina (LEE-na)
Mererid -> Merry ; )
Dominic -> Nico (NEE-ko)
Antonius -> Antone
Kieran -> Kai
Oh yeah, the bassist for my favorite band is named Reginald, but his band mates decided he looked like Garfield, and from that he became Fieldy. Hehe, just thought I'd add that.
This message was edited 3/3/2005, 12:01 PM
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Jocelyn -> Jossie
A long time favourite for me, though I spell it Jossy, because of the Y in Jocelyn.
Azura -> Zura
My baby... ♥
Mererid -> Merry ; )
WOOHOO!
Kieran -> Kai
I've never thought of this!
-Seda*
"WOOHOO! Hey I have to tell y'all something. I went to Sea World for the first time yesterday. It rocked! I got to kiss a whale! And it kissed me back!"-Kelly Clarkson
A long time favourite for me, though I spell it Jossy, because of the Y in Jocelyn.
Azura -> Zura
My baby... ♥
Mererid -> Merry ; )
WOOHOO!
Kieran -> Kai
I've never thought of this!
-Seda*
"WOOHOO! Hey I have to tell y'all something. I went to Sea World for the first time yesterday. It rocked! I got to kiss a whale! And it kissed me back!"-Kelly Clarkson
This message was edited 3/3/2005, 1:03 PM
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Weird nicknames are common in Jewish families, because people tend to do nns for nns. For example, Yehiel will become Chiel (kheel) who will become Chielek who will become Leki.
Nns can also appear by association: Beila (Yiddish for Bella) for Rahel, because the Biblical Rahel was very beautiful.
They can also appear by translation: Zahava -> Golda -> Goldi
Or by closeness in sound: Raisel for Rahel or even Rivka.
Or plain weird ones: Tzeitel for Sarah.
Or nns corresponding to the oldest/youngest son/daughter: idea of first & royalty for the oldest one (Bechor, Bechora, Risha, Hanu...), idea of cuteness or little for the youngest (Bubbele, Tokle...)
Or nns corresponding to characteristics: Fruma, Boli (sweet as honey), Mensch (brave and good man)...
Names:
Zahava: http://www.hebrewletters.com/item.cfm?itemid=4889
Bechor: http://www.hebrewletters.com/item.cfm?itemid=2852
Bechora: http://www.hebrewletters.com/item.cfm?itemid=4396
Risha nn for Rishona: http://www.hebrewletters.com/item.cfm?itemid=1848
Hanu: "empress, lady" in Khazar
Bubbele nn for Bubbe: http://www.hebrewletters.com/item.cfm?itemid=7600
Tokel: http://data.jewishgen.org/wconnect/wc.dll?jg~jgsearch~model~GNDB_POLA~DOLL~GT~~0~USRECORD1291
Bali: http://data.jewishgen.org/wconnect/wc.dll?jg~jgsearch~model~GNDB_GERM~BAL~GT~~0~USRECORD66
~~ Claire ~~
Nns can also appear by association: Beila (Yiddish for Bella) for Rahel, because the Biblical Rahel was very beautiful.
They can also appear by translation: Zahava -> Golda -> Goldi
Or by closeness in sound: Raisel for Rahel or even Rivka.
Or plain weird ones: Tzeitel for Sarah.
Or nns corresponding to the oldest/youngest son/daughter: idea of first & royalty for the oldest one (Bechor, Bechora, Risha, Hanu...), idea of cuteness or little for the youngest (Bubbele, Tokle...)
Or nns corresponding to characteristics: Fruma, Boli (sweet as honey), Mensch (brave and good man)...
Names:
Zahava: http://www.hebrewletters.com/item.cfm?itemid=4889
Bechor: http://www.hebrewletters.com/item.cfm?itemid=2852
Bechora: http://www.hebrewletters.com/item.cfm?itemid=4396
Risha nn for Rishona: http://www.hebrewletters.com/item.cfm?itemid=1848
Hanu: "empress, lady" in Khazar
Bubbele nn for Bubbe: http://www.hebrewletters.com/item.cfm?itemid=7600
Tokel: http://data.jewishgen.org/wconnect/wc.dll?jg~jgsearch~model~GNDB_POLA~DOLL~GT~~0~USRECORD1291
Bali: http://data.jewishgen.org/wconnect/wc.dll?jg~jgsearch~model~GNDB_GERM~BAL~GT~~0~USRECORD66
~~ Claire ~~
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how true!
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That's the case with my cousin Lindsey and my friend Lucy too. It seems to be a L theme.
They get Lindsey Lu and Lucy Lu and them all other nicknames people than think of that show alliteration. Hehe..I guess it's because they are fun to say.
-Seda*
"WOOHOO! Hey I have to tell y'all something. I went to Sea World for the first time yesterday. It rocked! I got to kiss a whale! And it kissed me back!"-Kelly Clarkson
They get Lindsey Lu and Lucy Lu and them all other nicknames people than think of that show alliteration. Hehe..I guess it's because they are fun to say.
-Seda*
"WOOHOO! Hey I have to tell y'all something. I went to Sea World for the first time yesterday. It rocked! I got to kiss a whale! And it kissed me back!"-Kelly Clarkson
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Yes, I tend to like nicknames like these when it seems like the obvious nicknames aren't that great. The only one I can think of off the top of my head is Alexander, nn Zane. I really like Alexander and plan on using it, but I dislike Alex (too girly) and Xander (too pretentious). Also, I think that the less obvious nicknames are often the ones that stick, for some reason, at least in my experience.
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