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I like your name; to me it blends elegance with austerity. I would think that Andi (Andy / Andie), Anna, Annie or similar variations or spellings can be classified as pet names, or how about Raney / Reni; yet this would depend on your preference. If you find a nickname / pet name variable that you like, I hope you try using it wherever you feel the appropriate level of comfort. In the US, your legal signature
need not resemble the spelling of your legal name - so perhaps this would be a way to familiarize yourself with a (new?) nickname? Best of luck.

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Both my first & middle names have numerous variations immediately available -- and I love these, as I used different versions at different periods throughout my life. This however is a double edged sword, as some folks take it upon themselves to use a common short form or nickname without permission. I despise being called 'Barb', but I am indifferent if someone refers to me as Barb - i.e. "Barb said ___".

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I have nicknames for certain friends that are unrelated with their given-name or nick-name; one of which is a name from Snow White's seven dwarves.

Auds is fine. Ree or Ria might work too - but just Audrey is perfectly good, it's a nice name.
I don't have any nns, which is something I've always actually rather liked. My dad calls me various ridiculous things, but they're not related to my actual name at all.

I also have a name that doesn't lend itself to a typical nickname (Shannon). As a kid I always disliked that and wished I'd had a nickname, and so I wanted to name my kids with nickname-able names. And I did! Benjamin (Ben), Margaret (Meg), and Alexander (Alex). :)

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I don't think Audrey really needs a nickname, even though you wish you had one. Anything would seem forced. Like I get called Shan sometimes, but it's not like a standard thing. I'd never call myself that or write it down on something.

My name is Amanda. My whole family calls me Mandy. I don't ever recall them using Amanda. In school my given name was used so all my friends who know me from school call me Amanda. I have always liked Amanda better than Mandy so after school I used Amanda. So anybody who met me after high school only knows me by my full name. When I became a childcare provider many of the children shortened my name to Miss Manda. So sometimes at work I became Manda. This is more like a joke with my co-workers, like how Miss Kathleen became Miss Kataleen because a child mispronounced it.

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I really done mind any of the forms of my name. I just prefer Amanda.

Wouldn't Audie work as an nickname?

I'M AN AUDREY AS WELL! (:

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Yeah, I agree that the nickname possibilities for it are a bit cruddy.

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Aud\Auds is fine I guess. Can't stand Audge. My 4-year old nephew who can't say my name correctly calls me "Aushy" (Au'shee. Bit of a pause) or "Arrey" (however you wish to spell those"
Audy\numerous spellings is finevass well.

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I never really received any nicknames. I mainly just go by Audrey

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Auden I never even thought about. I guess it could work, though Auden to me is a boys name

My name doesn't lend itself to nicknames either. Clipping it to the first syllable is sometimes tried - similar to calling you "Aud" - and I have never tolerated that at all. So the only nicks I've gotten are my first initial, which I don't mind at all as long as nobody adds adjectives to it ("Big A," "Crazy A" etc) ... and elaborations. Only a really familiar friend ever comes up with elaborative nicknames (like Auden, or Audreezle or Audriannadanna) and those don't go outside those friendships at all, they're more games than names.

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If I were Audrey I wouldn't tolerate Aud or Auds because they sound like words, not appealing words either. I think if someone ever started calling me Dree, I'd adopt it because I like that one. But I think you're fortunate that Audrey doesn't need a nickname at all. One of my favorite names is Audra, and I sometimes think I like the way it can become Audri / Audrey familiarly (though I've never seen that done).

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I like when friends call me by my initial familiarly, so I guess I like the idea of having a nickname, but I don't think I would like *going by* a familiar form of my name - introducing myself with it - unless it was one I happened to like better than my full name. Like, if I were Michelle, I'd probably call myself Shelly all day.

My name is Janice and I've never gone by a nickname. A nickname, Jan, is possible, but I've never been called Jan and don't want to be. I like my full name much more than Jan. It doesn't bother me at all not to have a nickname. Some names, one or two syllable ones, don't require one. I don't see why I'd wish for a nickname.

Audrey is a lovely name. :) My great-aunt Audrey always went by Audie. It's my favorite nickname, but I prefer Audrey in full.

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I'm an Alison, and my family calls me Allie. I'm not vehemently anti nickname, but I don't use Allie outside the family circle, and I gave my son a name without nicknames. When I'm evaluating a name, its nicknames don't usually me love it more, but they often give me reasons to reject it. If I love a nickname enough to want it used all the time by everyone, I'd seriously consider just putting the nickname on the birth certificate.

I knew an Audrey with the nickname Dre. I also think Audie, somewhat like Augie for August, used to be a nickname for Audrey.

Possibly Audra and Rey could be nicknames?

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My name has a good load of nicknames, and I do like having the choice.

What about Audie? Or Audra?

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I don't think you can force a nickname. I don't have nickname options for my name, yet I still get nicknames from friends and family. Nicknames are a form of friendships (and sadly bulling) that develop over time.

Audrey is very pretty and I don't think it needs nicknames (but then, I don't think nicknames are that important). I guess Addie, Dee and DeeDee could work, though they are a bit of a stretch.

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My name is Francesca, I get called Fra, Fran, France, Franchy and Cesca.

Hi Audrey !

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Your name is fabulous!

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I dislike NNs because I think that they destroy a name.

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Even if a name is long I think that people have to say it whole because is a nonsense have a great name and use short variant.

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Audrey is short enough to stay whole while if you say 'Auds' or 'Audee' ... how people can think what your name is? They are silly NNs imo.

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My name is Rossana.
I love it. I love its sound, its meaning and its origin.
People call me Rox, Rossi or Roxy. Before I was proud of this trendy nns -Roxy- but in these years they seems so...tacky. I would like that people call me Rossana. It is a great name!

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Reverse example is my sister'name. She is named Amanda. She strongly dislike her full name so she loves be called Amy. On her NN are perfect because Amanda is too weak to describe her. It has a soft and too girly sound for her while Amy is a shot: strong and unusual as she is.

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Here in Italy Amanda is so much rare than in USA even if it is Italian lol so Amy is unique here as NN.

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I love Audrey. If I was English I would to hsve it as my own name XD It don't need any nn imo.

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Byeeeeee

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I like Auds and Auden is also cute. I don't have any nn suggestions that others haven't already suggested. Maybe if you get a nn it won't be based off your name.

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Yeah I always wished my name had more nn's. I never thought of it when I was younger but Mar or Mars or Mari could have been a nn for Marisa. Also Ris or Risa or Isa. I only had two nn's as a teen. My closest friend called me Missa and I had one art teacher who would always call me Maris which she pronounced as muh-RIS. I didn't like Maris at first but it ended up growing on me.

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I personally love nn's and the more the better. I used to give my little sister as many nn's as I possibly could and her name is Nicole so it was pretty easy. Some she liked and some I lightly teased her with.

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For me to love a name it doesn't have to have nn potential but if a name lends itself to nn's then that is a bonus.

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Also I think it's good to start a kid out with nn's because they are more likely to enjoy them if they grow up with them. As much as I love nn's it feels odd to give yourself one when you are past a certain age and didn't have one before.

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As much as I like Mari or Maris it just doesn't feel natural to ask people to call me that. I always introduce myself as Marisa. I one time introduced myself in rl as Avi - which is my online monkier based off my mn - and it just didn't feel natural.

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My name is Jessica-Kate and I like that it easily lends itself to Jess, Jessie and Jessa. I introduce myself as Jess but I think of myself as Jessie, it's weird. I love the name Audrey and it's gorgeous as just Audrey, but I understand what you're saying. My sister's name is Bianca and it doesn't often get shortened, occasionally she gets called Anky by family and she used to babysit a girl who called her Ink but that's it.

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As for naming my future children, I do think a lot about nicknames but some of my favourite names aren't very nicknamey, eg. August and Willow. It's a bonus if names have a nickname I like and would use but that has stopped being a major factor for me.

I'm not a big fan of nicknames myself. My name's Lucy, so there's some nickname potential, but I never gave myself a nickname. A few friends call me Luus sometimes (you could compare it to "Loos" in English). My father and uncle did have a nickname for me, but that was derived from my middle name, not my first name.
My children's names don't have a lot of nickname potential either, except for August. I won't say that's a totally deliberate choice, but maybe a little.
Another nickname for Audrey could be Addie or, even though it's a stretch, Ada.

What about Addie?

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My name is Nicole, and my childhood friends called me Nicki. Another friend called me Nick instead, and yet another has been calling me Nicolina, which is also a name I used for myself for a while in my teens.

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I think I like nicknames. It's usually not a dealbreaker though if the potential name doesn't have a nickname. What could be a dealbreaker is if that potential name has a very common nickname which I don't like. Samuel nn Sam for example. Now, I happen to love Sam. But if I didn't like Sam, I probably wouldn't use Samuel.

Maybe Dre or Dee or Ree? My name is Kimberly and it's a name people automatically shorten to Kim without me asking them or wanting them to. So regardless of whether I'd like to go by Kim or not (I don't really care and go by both), people usually just feel more comfortable saying Kim than Kimberly. Fine with me. I do have a few family members that call me Kimberly, and I introduce myself as Kimberly. I don't really care what people call me, to be honest, as long as it's not something mean!