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I like:
Abby - Abigail, but prefer spellings Abbie or Abbey first
Addie - Adele, Adelaide, Adeline
Aggie - Agatha and Agnes-- never thought of Morag. I also like it as a nn for Augusta.
Alex - Alexandra-- would use this on a daughter
Ali - Allison, but prefer it spelled Allie or Ally
Annie - Anne, Anna, Annabel (prefer Annabelle), and also Angela
Belle - Isabel/Isabelle, and also Maybelle and Annabelle
Beth - Bethany, Bethan (prefer other nns for Elizabeth)
Caddy - Caroline-- yes! I prefer it spelled Caddie though.
Callie - Caroline
Cassie - Cassandra
Connie - Constance
Dani - Danielle, Daniela
Elsie - Elizabeth, but prefer other nns
Evie - Evelyn and Eveline, and also Genevieve
Frankie - Frances, Francesca
Ginny - Virginia, Genevieve, and Ginevra, and also Eugenia and Imogen
Hattie - Harriet, Henrietta
Jackie - Jacqueline
Janie - Jane
Libby - Elizabeth
Lily - Delilah, Elizabeth
Lucy - prefer on its own
Maddy - Madeline, Madeleine, Meredith, Martha (also like Martie for Martha)
Maggie - Margaret-- we plan to use this for our first daughter
Marnie - Marina, Meredith
Marti - I like it for Martha, but spelled Martie or Marty
Millie - Millicent
Molly - Mary, Maura, Maureen
Nell - Ellen, Eleanor, Penelope
Nettie - Antoinette
Nina - I like it for Georgina
Romy - Rosemary, Romana
Rose - prefer as a name on its own, but like Rosie for Rose, Rosalie, and Rosemary
Sadie - Sarah
Sophie - Sophronia
Viv - Vivian, Viviana

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Ones I like not in the list are Effie for Josephine and Euphemia, Ellie for Elizabeth (or other El- names I like), Issie/Izzie for Isadora and Isabel, Kit/Kitty for Katherine, Nora for Eleanor and Honora, and Nola/Nuala for Finola/Fionnuala.

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Ari - prefer as a name on its own
Ben - Benjamin, Bennett
Beau - prefer as a name on its own
Bram - Abram, Abraham
Dan - Daniel
Dane - Daniel
Finn - Finnegan, but prefer it as a nn for Finlay
Frank - Francis
Harry - Henry, Harrison
Jack - John-- would use this on a son
Jamie - James-- might use this too
Kit - Christopher
Mack - Mackenzie, Malachy, Cormac
Mal - Malachy
Max - Maxwell, Maximilian
Nick - Nicholas
Rob - Robert, Robin (also like Robin as a nn for Robert)
Sam - Samuel
Will - William

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I also like Rory for Gregory or Theodore.

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Some are interesting thoughts, like Andie for Adeline, Bobbi for Robin, Bree for Gabrielle, Cassie for Catherine or Jocasta, Libby for Olivia, Maddy for Meredith, Marnie for Meredith, Dan for Jordan, and Dane for Daniel.