Name with good NNs

[EvenStephens]

DH and I are barely talking babies, but I love to talk baby names.

I'm a big fan of names that allow for full-name nicknames

Example: Elizabeth can go by Eliza or Beth or Liz. I like these NNs more than diminutives like Lizzy.

I don't understand Richard NN Dick (nor would I use it), but that's another example of the type of name I like.

Can you help me think of other such examples?


As a non-NN person, I adore NNs. DH goes exclusively by his NN, to the extent that almost nobody knows his full name. I'd like to find NN/full names for which I love both.

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I have a friend Simon who goes by the NN Harry. Even his parents call him that. Hearing him called Simon is odd now.

[pamela]

Benjamin NN Ben
Jacqueline NN Jacque

[EvenStephens]

William and Sam? Who knew!

[pooh8402]

Sam is a NN for Samuel. I've never heard of it being a NN for William.

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[vmars]

I am Amanda but everyone calls me Mandy.

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Andrew, Andy, Drew
Katherine, Kathy, Katie
Margaret, Maggie
Arthur, Art, Artie
Robert, Rob, Robbie, Bob

ETA: I'm an Elizabeth aka Liz aka Lizzie

[Bumblebee]

Serafina - Sera, Fina
Caroline - Care, Ro
Josephine - Jo, Joss
Helena - Nell, Lane, Elle
Isadora - Dora, Isa
Theresa - Reese, Resa
Brianne - Brie, Anne
Rosalie - Rosa, Rose
Katherine - Kate, Kit, Kat
Genevieve - Eve, Gen, Vi

Charles - Charlie, Chase, Chuck
Christopher - Chris, Kit, Topher
Theodore - Theo, Ted
Arthur - Art
Frederick - Fred, Rick
Griffin - Griff, Finn
James - Jim, Jamie
Wesley - Wes
Abram - Bram

[birdietoldme]

Bernadette = Birdie
Margaret = Daisy
Charlotte = Lottie

I love the NN "Skip" which can be used for any male name. I don't know why but I just like it.

[onetruething]

Liam for William
I guess I like these names, too- my son is John, NN Jack, and its already been mentioned but my daughter is Margaret, NN Maggie.

[EvenStephens]

I like William NN Liam and Charles NN Chase. I've never heard of those before.

I prefer NNs that don't end with an E sound (-y or -ie endings, mostly) they sound young and are cute for childhood but don't, IMO transition well into adulthood. Think of the 30 y/o "Billy's" and "Annies" you know--do they sound silly as adults to you, or is this just a personal hang up of mine?

Love some of these ideas. Any others?

[pooh8402]

Mar 29, 2013 21:43:41 GMT -5 EvenStephens said:

Think of the 30 y/o... "Annies" you know--do they sound silly as adults to you, or is this just a personal hang up of mine?

Love some of these ideas. Any others?

sometimes it's the person's given name, not a NN.

[EvenStephens]

No offense to the Annies of the world, of course. ;-)

[coribelle26]

I keep reading this and I still don't understand it, lol. As a 31 year old Corinne who people call Cori, I think I'm managing to function as an adult...

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Apr 1, 2013 12:21:36 GMT -5 coribelle26 said:

I keep reading this and I still don't understand it, lol. As a 31 year old Corinne who people call Cori, I think I'm managing to function as an adult...

lol...Yeah I have two friends who are married named Billy and Annie...never once thought they sounded immature or juvenile. And I realized both my H and I have names ending in the --e/-y sound.  We never thought twice about it.