Bellatrix - I love
Bellatrix, but I can't stand
Bella or
Trixie.
Nicola - I don't like
Nick or
Nicky. Or Cola, for that matter.
Lotus - Loty? Tussy?
Aisling - I don't like Ais (pronounced like
Ash). All I think of is Pokemon. But I suppose a proper Irish nickname for
Aisling would be Aislín (ASH-leen), which is really pretty.
Mallory - Mal is the French word for bad, and Mally sounds like someone saying
Molly in a strange accent. And Lory is said like lorry.