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non-obvious nicknames

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Wondering what names have you run across ( from people you know, names you've read, etc.) that have a nickname that is not super-obvious when looking at the first name?

For me, John/Jack comes to mind. I also have a great-great-uncle Russell who went by Rex.

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  • minnasmommyminnasmommy member

    DH started calling Sophia "chipmunk" when she was very tiny b.c she made these little squeaky noises like a chipmunk. well, it stuck and both DH and I call her "chip" or more often "munk", "munky" or "the munk".  :)  I love it!

    she calls herself Phia. :) which I also love!  

     

    I also used to work with a nurse who went by Eva but her full name was Minerva.  

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  • KentuckyKateKentuckyKate member

    Some of these are obvious because they're popular, but if you weren't used to them, you couldn't tell by the sounds. 

     Sally for Sarah

    Maggie for Margaret

    Peggy for Margaret

    Katie/Kate for Katherine

    Bill for William

    Bob for Robert

    D ick for Richard

    Rick for Richard

    Mick for Michael

    Jim for James

     

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  • gjkhjr01gjkhjr01

    Karissa / Kari

    Caroline / Carol 

    Margaret / Peggy

    Sarah / Sadie

    Anastasia / Stacy 

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  • KINZYDKINZYD

    Liam as a nn for William

    ...I'm not sure if this is super common or not, but I'd never heard of it until a friend named her son this a couple months back. At first I didn't get the connection, but after she explained WilLIAM, I like it -but never would have  thought of it on my own lol.

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  • LMS05LMS05 member

    Charles- Chuck

    Michelle- Shelly

    Caroline- Carrie

    Alice- Ali

    Alexandra- Allie 

    Katherine- Kitty 

    Garrett- Rett

    James- Jimmy

    Christopher- Topher

    Robert- Bert

     

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  • carolinagcarolinag member
    lol at the caroline nicknames. how are those not obvious? take the ine of and you have carol! and carrie seems pretty obvious too. not trying to be a biitch, but that just made me giggle. 
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  • LMS05LMS05 member

    imagecarolinag:
    lol at the caroline nicknames. how are those not obvious? take the ine of and you have carol! and carrie seems pretty obvious too. not trying to be a biitch, but that just made me giggle. 

    I know your name is Caroline, do you go by Carol or Carrie? Just wondering. Every Caroline I've known didn't have a nn. 

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  • ezbakejessezbakejess
    My name is Jessica but my family has always called me Jexa
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  • daniellejeanne35daniellejeanne35 member
    It took my best friend MONTHS to realize that my fiance Jim's name is really James. She had no idea Jim is a nickname for James.
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  • qtpa2tqtpa2t member
    I had a client named Rachel who went by Callie.  Have no idea how they came up with that one.
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  • MrsCardinalsFanMrsCardinalsFan
    I used to babysit for a boy named Anthony but they call him Andy (I don't see the connection) and Eva who goes by Evie.
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