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-Bella (Arabella)

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-Gwen (Gwyneth)

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-Val (Valeria)

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-Nessa (Vanessa)

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-Jule (Juliet)

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-Lissa (Elissa)

Arabella - not sure if i like Arabella, i would not use Bella for the nn though, how about Ara or Ari?
Gwyneth - like it, maybe Neth/Nethi or Wyn for the nn, what about Gwyndolen/Gwendolyn, nn Wyn or Leni
Chiara/Chiarina - would have pron it more like Chee-ara TBH, kee-AH-rah i like, nn Key or Kea (Key-ah), its a parrot incidently (the Kea i mean) or Ena for Chiarina.
Diantha - i prefer Dianthe, nn Anthe or Thea
Kassiopeia - love Cassiopeia (prefer it with the C), for an uncommon nn though.. maybe a personality nn or one from her last name?
Katarzyna - interesting, i like it, nn Tari/Tara or Zee/Zena
Valeria - like it Leri or Ria, how about Valaria nn Lari?
Vanessa - Van or maybe Essa

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I'm also thinking about:
Arya - Ari, not with Arabella though, too similar
Elissa - Elie (ee-lee) or Sa (Sar) maybe
Francesca - love this, nn Cheska
Iris - like this too, wouldnt really need an nn, Iri/Ris
Juliet - Etti? Etta?
Lilith - Lithi?
Michelina - mee-ke-LEE-nah? - nice, nn Meka/Meeka
Mirabella - i like Mirabella (pron. mirror-bella) or Mirabelle, but again not with Arabella.. hmm what about Mirabelis (mirror-bell-is) from the Latin mirabilis which Mirabelle comes from. NN Liss/Lisi
Veronica - nn Veri or Nica

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Of the ones you're thinking of I would go with

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Arya - Ari
Francesca - Cheska
Iris - Iri/Ris
Juliet - Etti/Etta
Lilith - Lithi
Michelina - Meka
Mirabelis - Lisi

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Making sure that the nn's arent too similar Ris/Ria might get confused Lisi/Lithi Leri/Leni, Meka/Nica etc

Bella
Gwyn
Diane
Kassie
Kat or Kate
Val
Nessie

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Ary
Elis
Frances
Ira
Julie
Lily
Michelle
Bella
Ronnie

I didn't get to all of them, but these are my thoughts.

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Arabella: I love it. It reminds me of guitars and fireflies on a summer evening. Since you're looking for an "unconventional" nickname, I'd go with Rebel.
Katarzyna: I'm not that into Katherine varients, but the Eastern-Europeanness of this makes it interesting. For the nickname, Tarzan maybe?
Valeria: I'm torn on this one. On the one hand, it's very regal. On the other, it rhymes with malaria. I'll say Lyra for a nickname.
Arya: I like it, but I like Aria better and I like that as a nickname for other things.
Francesca: Beautiful. For some reason, the "ces" part made me think that Chestnut would somehow be a nickname.
Michelina: Twice as good as Michaela and a hundred times better than the weird spellings of Michaela. Kel as a nickname?
Mirabella: Although this name reminds me of a sweet, virtuous woman, Rebel could be a nickname for this the same way it could for Arabella.
Veronica: I love this name a lot because of the legendary association and because I like the conventional nicknames (Vera, Roni, Nica). I can't think of any unconventional nicknames though.