Anonymous wrote:No no I don't like any of the Caroline nicknames. Thank goodness no one has tried to nickname my Caroline.

I like the nickname Caro, for Caroline.

Birdie for Elizabeth

I like Chip for Charles

Some nicknames are generic nicknames and not really related to any full name. These two are just a few examples.

Birdie comes from bird, lady bird or baby bird. Most famously, was used for Claudia "Lady Bird" Johnson, the former first lady. Sometimes it is related, like a woman I knew whose full name was Robin. But it has been a nickname for several dozen unrelated names.

Chip often comes from "Chip off the old block" referencing a son who is similar to his father. It can be related to the full name, but usually isn't.

Other similar type nicknames, Junior, Trey (for any third son/child), Quint (for a fifth son/child), Buddy, Sweet pea, Belle (often associated with annabelle or clarabelle, but sometimes unrelated to the full name) and many more.

Anonymous wrote:Tilly/Milly/Tillie/Millie for Matilda/Mathilde.

Love love!

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Anonymous wrote:Crew for Christopher Andrew

That’s terrible. Two perfectly good names and you make your son sound like a date rapist.

Wow that got dark fast

Indeed it did. You made me laugh PP.

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Anonymous wrote:I've posted this in the past and people always seem to like it:

one of our daughters is Alexandra Cecilia Lucia. One of her nicknames is Lucky.

Cute. How old is she? Do you think she will carry it through HS?

She's 11 now. It's really just immediate family who calls her that, and I noticed her siblings have already shortened that to Lux sometimes. So yes, I think this is something we'll call her forever, unless one day she wakes up and decides she hates it.

Anonymous wrote:Imma as a nickname for Immaculata

I work with an Inma, short of Inmaculada (Spanish version). She never capitalizes inma, I think in reverence. It's a very pretty name.

Elizabeth- Betty, Lisa, Libby, Betsy. I like all of these.

Imma as a nickname for Immaculata

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Anonymous wrote:We know a Gabrielle called Gibby. I think this is British.

Gibby is the pudgy kid from iCarly.

GIIIIBBBYY

Totally read that in Gibbs's voice while rubbing my belly

If you're looking iCarly names, I've got to vote for Fredward. Freddy is cute nickname!

Anonymous wrote:I've posted this in the past and people always seem to like it:

one of our daughters is Alexandra Cecilia Lucia. One of her nicknames is Lucky.

Cute. How old is she? Do you think she will carry it through HS?

Our almost names were:
Rocco (Rocky)
Bernadette (Bernie)
Zipporah (Zippy)

But we went with not quite as adventurous names!

I've posted this in the past and people always seem to like it:

one of our daughters is Alexandra Cecilia Lucia. One of her nicknames is Lucky.

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Anonymous wrote:We know a Gabrielle called Gibby. I think this is British.

Gibby is the pudgy kid from iCarly.

GIIIIBBBYY

Totally read that in Gibbs's voice while rubbing my belly

Anonymous wrote:Not most people's taste but I love Tilly as a NN for Matilda.

Cute

I like Chip for Charles