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I mixed by first and middle names (Lucas Blake) to make a new first name and it's Lucblack.

I know an Annabeth (her full name is Savannah Elizabeth)

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I had a great-aunt that we always called Dormae, pronounced door-may and it wasn't until I was an adult that I learned her first name was Dora and her middle name was Mae.

Not much come to mind except maybe Marie-Louise in French, that has created the name Marilou. The thing is that Marilou has become a own name in it's own right.

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Some say that Mylène is also born of a combination of Marie and Hélène. I don't know if historically that is true, but it would make sense.

This message was edited 4/14/2024, 6:37 PM

I wish I knew someone in-person with that type of name, but I have heard of some people.

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The author Carol Olivia Herron legally changed her name to Carolivia Herron. I think it's beautiful. I wouldn't have thought of it myself, especially with Carol and Olivia having different time periods attached to them. I like creating hypothetical names too!

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Mariah Jane "Mary-Jay" or "Rija" said like rye-juh
Alisa Diana "Allidy" said all-i-dee, "Lisady" said similar to Felicity, or "Alida" said uh-lee-duh
Courtney Catrice "Coca" said ko-kuh or "Courtrice" said cor-trees
Cornelia Joanne "Lianne", "Lia-Jo" or "Nelanne"
Isabella Tatiana "Bellana" or "Latti" said like Lottie
Sabrina Helaine "Salaine" said like suh-layn
Cora Marie "Corie" said like Cory

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Edward Allen "Dallen"
Sebastian Cole "Sole", "Bale"
Princeton Micheal "Prim", "Tomi" said toe-mee or like Tommy, doesn't matter
Axel Lane "Slane" said like slain
James Connor "Jon", "Jonnor" rhyming with Connor, "Acre" or "Ace"
Simon Thomas "Sito" said sye-toe, "Monty" or "Simas" said sim-ahs, similar to Tomas
Theodore Cameron "Theoron" said as thee-OR-in or "Theron" said as theer-in

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This was fun but really hard - specifically for the girl names. Yikes! I tried to be creative because Cama is not even listed on this site, unlike the other NNs.

Not quite the same thing but, there is a city in North Carolina named Lucama, after three sister LUcy, CArrie, and MAry. It's pronounced Loo - comma.
There's also Scarlett O'Hara's sisters from Gone With the Wind - Susan Elinor "Suellen" and Caroline Irene "Carreen"

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Contractions are commonly used in Spanish with compound names. Personally, I know two women named María Dolores who go by Mariola.

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Some other usual contractions are:

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Anabel (Ana Isabel/Belén)
Chema (José María/Manuel)
Josan, Josean (José Ángel/Andrés/Antonio)
Joseca (José Carlos)
Joselu (José Luis)
Josema (José Manuel, José María)
Josemi (José Miguel)
Joserra (José Ramón)
Juampe (Juan Pedro)
Juánfer (Juan Fernando)
Juanjo (Juan José)
Luisma (Luis María/Mariano)
Luzma (Luz María/Marina)
Maje (María Jesús)
Majo, Marijose (María Jose)
Malena (María Elena/Magdalena)
Malú (María Laura/Lourdes/Lucía)
Mángel (Miguel Ángel)
Mapi (María del Pilar)
Maribel (María Isabel)
Maricarmen, Mamen (María del Carmen)
Maricruz (María de la Cruz)
Marielos (María de los Ángeles)
Mariló (María Dolores)
Marilupe (María Guadalupe)
Marimar (María del Mar)
Marisol (María Soledad)
Mariuxi (María Auxiliadora)
Mariví (María Victoria/Virtudes/Virginia)

In Shirley Jackson's book "We have always lived in the castle" the narrator is Mary Katherine "Merricat"

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On a more silly note, I did know a Gabriella Zoe whose brother called her cheesehead, because G.Z "Gee Zed" (in the UK we say zed not zee)