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Re: What are your favorite nicknames?
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Bess (Elizabeth)
Coe (Cosette, Colette, Colombe)
Posey (Josephine)
Maggie (Margaret, Magdalene)
Daisy (Marguerite)
Odette (Odilia, but I also like it as a fn on its own.)Leo (Leopold, Leonardo)
Rudy (Rudolph)
Mel (Melchior)
Jem (not sure about a full names since I dislike both James and Jeremy)
Lou (Louis)ETA: Nico for both genders (Nicolette and Nicolas)
Laurie (Laurence)

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I adore Bess as a nn for Elizabeth. Your whole list is great, but I had to give special kudos to Bess. I wish it were back in vogue.Jem could be a nn for Jeremiah, Jerome, Germain, Joachim, Jean-Marc, or any J.M. combination?
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