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I'm not at all against nicknames in general but those names are all favourites of mine without nicknames that I am fond of. If I ever get to name a daughter Evangeline then I'll call her Eva all the time. Same if I name a daughter Gwendolyn (Gwen), Arabella (Bella), Charlotte (Lot) or a son Lucas (Cass), Schuyler (Sky) or John (Jack).

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However, I wouldn't choose to name a girl Matilda knowing she'd always be called Maddy or a boy Jacob if he would only be called Jake. If I wanted to call them Jake and Maddy that would be what I named them.