Re: Nicknames - Ideas please?
in reply to a message by Amanda
Andrea: Andy/Andi
Aontionette/Antonia: Toni
Alexandra/etc.: Al (There is a series of books from the eighties by Constance C. Greene abouta girl named Alexandra who goes by Al.)
Amy: Amos (I have a friend whose name is Aimee and her family occasionally calls her Amos for a joke)
Barbara/Roberta: Bobbie
Wilhelmina: Billie
Bernice/Bernadette: Bernie (I know a lady named Burnese who is called Burnie)
Carhlotte/Charlene: Charlie/Chuck (I know a Charlynda who sometimes goes by Chuck)
Carla/Carlotta: Carl?
Christine/Christina/etc.: Chris
Claudia/Claudette/etc: Claude?
Nicole: Cole? Nick?
Courtney: Cory?
Camille: Cam?
Cecilia: Cecil?
Davina: Davey?
Donna: Donnie?
Danielle: Danni?
Denise: Denny?
Edwina: Eddie?
Eugenia: Genie?
Fredericka/Frieda: Freddy?
Geraldine: Jerry/Geri
Henrietta/Harriet: Henry or Hattie. Even Hank?
Jacqueline: Jackie
Janelle: Jonnie?
Jamie: Jim?
Josephine/Jocelyn: Jo or Joey?
Georgia: Georgie
Julia: Jules
Laura: Larry?
Leah: Leo?
Lynette: Lennie?
Michelle: Mike (I know a nurse at the eye doctor's office, her name is Mike. I don't know what it's short for)
Margaret: Markie (I think this is Markie Post's name)
Melanie: Mel
Natalie: Nate/Nat
Olivia: Ollie
Patricia: Pete/Pat? (once read a book about a girl whose name was Priscilla, but she went by Pete)
Regina: Reggie/Richie?
Rhonda/Veronica: Ronnie
Rachel: Rae?
Ruth: Rusty? (Rusty ona girl is kind of tacky though, and kind of downmarket on a male, too)
Samantha: Sam
Stephanie: Stevie
Sylvia: Sly?
Tamara: Tim/Tomy/Tommy?
Theodora: Teddy
Teresa: Terry
Virginia: Vinnie?
Willow: Will/Willie?
Bear in mind, some of these are the kind of nns that only a certain kind of girl can p8ull off. Most every Samantha will get to be Sam for a little while, but not every Laura is going to be able to manage Larry.
Aontionette/Antonia: Toni
Alexandra/etc.: Al (There is a series of books from the eighties by Constance C. Greene abouta girl named Alexandra who goes by Al.)
Amy: Amos (I have a friend whose name is Aimee and her family occasionally calls her Amos for a joke)
Barbara/Roberta: Bobbie
Wilhelmina: Billie
Bernice/Bernadette: Bernie (I know a lady named Burnese who is called Burnie)
Carhlotte/Charlene: Charlie/Chuck (I know a Charlynda who sometimes goes by Chuck)
Carla/Carlotta: Carl?
Christine/Christina/etc.: Chris
Claudia/Claudette/etc: Claude?
Nicole: Cole? Nick?
Courtney: Cory?
Camille: Cam?
Cecilia: Cecil?
Davina: Davey?
Donna: Donnie?
Danielle: Danni?
Denise: Denny?
Edwina: Eddie?
Eugenia: Genie?
Fredericka/Frieda: Freddy?
Geraldine: Jerry/Geri
Henrietta/Harriet: Henry or Hattie. Even Hank?
Jacqueline: Jackie
Janelle: Jonnie?
Jamie: Jim?
Josephine/Jocelyn: Jo or Joey?
Georgia: Georgie
Julia: Jules
Laura: Larry?
Leah: Leo?
Lynette: Lennie?
Michelle: Mike (I know a nurse at the eye doctor's office, her name is Mike. I don't know what it's short for)
Margaret: Markie (I think this is Markie Post's name)
Melanie: Mel
Natalie: Nate/Nat
Olivia: Ollie
Patricia: Pete/Pat? (once read a book about a girl whose name was Priscilla, but she went by Pete)
Regina: Reggie/Richie?
Rhonda/Veronica: Ronnie
Rachel: Rae?
Ruth: Rusty? (Rusty ona girl is kind of tacky though, and kind of downmarket on a male, too)
Samantha: Sam
Stephanie: Stevie
Sylvia: Sly?
Tamara: Tim/Tomy/Tommy?
Theodora: Teddy
Teresa: Terry
Virginia: Vinnie?
Willow: Will/Willie?
Bear in mind, some of these are the kind of nns that only a certain kind of girl can p8ull off. Most every Samantha will get to be Sam for a little while, but not every Laura is going to be able to manage Larry.