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I've not read your replies so please excuse if I repeat...

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Allegra - "Happy" is my first thought, though you may not want that used for school/public; "Lea" pronounced like Princess Leia? "Lera", to rhyme with Sarah?

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Calista - "Cat", "Cass", "Alis" (Alice), "Liz", "Lisa", "Lia"

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Juliet - "Jules", "Etta", "Ettie", "Lettie", "Li" or "Lee", "J", "Juju"

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Sapphira - "Phi", which is what I would use for Sophia (in my family "so-FIE-uh"); it's a Greek letter but also used in math for various applications, including as a symbolic representation of the golden ratio

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Valentina - "Nina", "Lena" or "Lina", "Vanna", "Tinka" or "Tink"

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Seraphina - "Ina", "Fifi", "Seph" or "Sephi"

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Best I can do. :)

* = I like

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Some of these are stretches, but I'm going for variety! :)

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Allegra - Ara
Calista - Lista, Lisa, Lise* (LEES), Lee, Lili
Juliet - Jules, Liet*, Lee, Etta
Sapphira - Phira, Sira, Sara,
Valentina - Lena*, Lennie, Lenna, Tee
Seraphina - Phina, Rina, Rini/Reenie, Fifi (gag)

I think everyone else has given you great suggestions, so these are my favorite options....

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Allegra - I ADORE Allegra and can actually see myself using "Legs" occasionally so maybe Lex / Lexie could work? Have you considered Allegria? Then you could use "Ria"

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Calista - Liss or Lissa feel most natural to me. That could turn toward Liz I suppose.

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Juliet - Etta, Uli ("OO-lee"). I like Letty best though.

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Sapphira - Iris or Irie maybe? Blue or Gem if you wanna go real abstract.

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Valentina - this one's especially tough. Alen is all I got, but I've always loved Allyn on a girl.

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Seraphina - I like Phi best because I already love Fiona/Fi and Phoebe/Phee. Or maybe Sina ("SEE-nah")

Allegra - Ally is so overused - are there any other options?
Eggo? Alla? Ara?

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Calista - I could handle Callie/Cali, but would appreciate other suggestions.
Calla? Cass? Cassie? Lissie? Alice?

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Juliet - Jet is growing on me, but I don't love it yet. Julie/Jewel is a bit too dated. Lia is a bit of a stretch.
Ettie? Jet is cute.

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Sapphira - I have no idea for this one!
Saph? Saphie? Phira?

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Valentina - I hate Val, and Tina is too dated.
Tini ("teenie")? Lina?

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Seraphina - Sera is too common.
Phina? Phi? Phia ("fia")? Phi ("fee")? Raphie?

Allegra: Ara? A bit of a stretch... The only things that are coming to mind are sort of ugly sounding (like Leggie and Eggie :P) Personally I think Allegra is short enough to not need a nickname, but everyone has a different length threshold where they start to shorten names.

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Calista: Lisa, Lista, Listi, Calla, Calis

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Juliet: Jul, Li/Lee... Liet?

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Sapphira: Sapphy, Sappho (although that's an entirely different full name), Phira, Fira, Saffy, Sira, Saphha, Saffa? If I had a Sapphira I'd probably shorten it to Sapphy or Saffy or something like that. Maybe Phira/Fira. (I like the sound of Phira but not the PH spelling, and it might be weird to use an F when there's no F in the full name.)

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Valentina: V, Vina, Vala? I actually like just V as a nickname.

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Seraphina: Phina/Fina, Sina (I used to know a Christina who went by Cina, pronounced like Sina), Serina

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I don't think that nicknames need to be a direct derivative of the existing name, which really opens up the options.

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Allegra - This is my mom's name, so I am happy to see it on your list. She has always gone by her full name, and I don't think there are a lot of natural nicknames in this case.

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Calista - Callie/Cali, Lissy, Lili (LeeLee)

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Juliet - Jet, Julie/Jewel, Lia, Jules

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Sapphira - I have no idea for this one! Me either!

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Valentina - Lenni, Tia, Allie

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Seraphina - Phina, Nia, Fia,

All I can give you is Saffy for Sapphira and Valli for Valentina.

Allegra - Ally is so overused - are there any other options?
I don't see any other nicknames besides Allie. Leggy and Eggy are definitely ones you'd want to avoid. Actually, I would avoid Allegra entirely as it is now firmly associated with the allergy medicine.
Calista - I could handle Callie/Cali, but would appreciate other suggestions.
Maybe Lisa? It's not really that long of a name that you'd *have* to have a nn.
Juliet - Jet is growing on me, but I don't love it yet. Julie/Jewel is a bit too dated. Lia is a bit of a stretch.
Juju? But it's very cutesy. Etta is gross. I only ever knew one Juliette, and she went by the full name.
Sapphira - I have no idea for this one!
Saffy?
Valentina - I hate Val, and Tina is too dated.
Vallie? Tina might be a bit dated, but so what? It's the most logical nn for a name that's fairly unusual.
Seraphina - Sera is too common.
Fina? Except it's a gas station.

Allegra: oh dear. All I can think of is Leggy!
Calista: Lissie might do - like Lizzie but with -ss-. I've known Lissie used for Felicity, and it worked very well.
Juliet: I've never known a Juliet who used a nn, which is funny now I think about it. But I did know a Juliana once who went by Jill; took me months to discover the truth. I think Jet is too much of a stretch, though I suppose there's always Letty.
Sapphira would have to be Saf or Fee, or Fifi.
Valentina could give you Lynn, but that's even more dated than Tina and Val!
Seraphina looks like another Fifi, though Fina happens where I live.

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Any good?

Allegra - I know of an Allison who goes by Alla (pronounced like Ally but with an /ə/ sound at the end). Alla would work as a nickname for Allegra too. Lea (LAY-ə) is another option.

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Calista - Calla, Lissa, Lissy / Lissie

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Juliet - Maybe Lee?

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Sapphira - Phira, Saph

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Valentina - Lena, Leni, Ina

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Seraphina - Phina / Fina, Phee, Seri, Ina

This message was edited 2/22/2013, 6:23 AM

Calista - Lis, Li, Ali, Stella
Juliet - Jules, Lee/Lie
Sapphira - Saph, Ira, Hira, Phira, Saffy
Valentina - Lena, Tiny, Vali
Seraphina - Phi, Phina

Allegra- drawing a blank on other options

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Calista- Lisa, Calla?

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Juliet- Etta? Maybe that would work better for Julieta, though.

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Sapphira- drawing a blank

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Valentina- Valya, Lena?

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Seraphina- Phina? Raphie?