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John Mattituck -- I love the name John and I like the idea of a quirkier mn. But I'd like to see something that has a little more meaning to you than just, "my Mom was there once." You didn't ask for this, but I'm going to pick a nn from your great list that I think best fits a John Mattituck, nn Hawk or Tuck.

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Victor Swainland -- Wow. This sounds like a character out of a Tennessee Williams play: Victor Swainland, Southern hunk. The "swain" part is especially appealing. And I like your reasoning for using it; very zen. Victor Swainland, nn Dash.

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Blaise Norman -- Right you are with the Norman imagery. It fits beautifully with sophisticated Blaise, although I'm getting a vague, blazing-village-after-a-Norman-attack kind of feeling. But I'm weird. Blaise Norman, nn Pyro.

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Martha Consuelo -- You and me both, my dear. I used to suggest Consuelo when I started doing various internet boards. No one had any enthusiasm for my beautiful Consuelo so I gave up. The "sway-lo" sound is irrisistible to me. Martha make a lovely complement to it. Martha Consuelo, nn Mo? (= first and last letters of the combo) (My niece Maureen is a "Mo" and I can tell you it is the cutest nn. We called her Momo as a baby.)

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As for the list itself, you have tooooooo much free time on your hands. :-) Me too.

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You should keep that list handy and when someone asked for help naming a pet you can post it. Great ideas in there.

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Not all of them are strictly nns, though. Ex: Linus, Casper, Conan, Rex. In fact, these are pretty chic, sophisticated formal names, to me. But I understand others might use them as nns. I just hate to see them not get their due as formal names.