Let's imagine that you fall in love with a diminutive-name but it just doesn't feel quite 'complete' enough for you. You want a longer, more formal, official name that will look grand on the name plaque of their doctor's/lawyer's/head teacher's office door (hey, why not think big?).
The problem, however, is that you just don't like the longer name that the diminutive is usually attached to. You love Maggie but not Margaret, Alfie but not Alfred.
With that in mind, here is a list of contemporary or interesting alternatives that could be used to get these nicknames:
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Alfie |
Alfonso, Falco, Landolf, Parsifal, Rafael, Randolf, Thoralf, Wulfram |
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Archie |
Archer, Charles, Marcello, Richard, Zachary |
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Ben |
Bastien, Benaiah, Benedict, Bennett, Benno, Benoit, Benton, Bertrand, Ebenezer, Fabien, Reuben, Sebastien, Torben |
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Billy |
Albertin, Baldwin, Gilbert, Wilfred, Willem, Willis, Willoughby, Wilson |
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Bobby |
Cristobal, Jacobo, Jacoby, Robin, Theobald |
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Danny |
Aidan, Alexander, Danilo, Dante, Darian, Donovan, Ferdinand |
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Freddie |
Alfred, Alfredo, Feodor, Frediano, Friedrich, Godfrey, Gottfried, Ottfried, Siegfried, Sigfrid, Wilfred |
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Jake |
Giacomo, Jacobo, Jacobus, Jacoby, James, Joachim |
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Jamie |
Benjamin, Jamal, Jaromir, Jeremiah, Jeremy, Jerome |
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Joe |
Giovanni, Giorgio, Giraldo, Jago, Jethro, Joab, Joah, Joachin, Jonah, Jonas, Josiah, Josias Jowan |
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Jude |
Judah, Judoc, Julian, Julius, Jupiter |
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Ned |
Benedict, Edgar, Edmund, Edward, Edwin, Frederick, Tancred, Theodore |
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Sam |
Amadeus, Anselm, Casimir, Erasmus, Massimillian, Massimo, Samson, Samir |
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Zac |
Aleksander, Isaac, Issachar, Zachariah, Zacharias, Zachary |
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Annie |
Adelina, Alannah, Alastríona, Alexandra, Amarantha, Ambrosina, Anais, Anastasia, Andrina, Andromeda, Angela, Angelica, Angelina, Angharad, Annabel, Anneli, Annelise, Annora, Annika, Anoushka, Antoinette, Antonia, Apollonia, Bianca, Branwen, Candace, Cassandra, Esperanza, Leandra, Mariana, Marianne |
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Ella |
Adela, Alexandra, Allegra, Amabel, Annabel, Arabella, Clelia, Electra, Elettra, Eliana, Eloisa, Elora, Eulalia, Helena, Lelia, Mirabel (and any name ending in -ella) |
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Ellie |
Amelie, Annelies, Cicely, Electra, Elettra, Eliana, Elodie, Eloise, Eliza, Elowen, Emmeline, Emilia, Eulalie, Felicity, Melisande, Mirella, Penelope |
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Evie |
Evangelina, Evelina, Genevieve, Gervaise, Ginevra, Minerva, Verena, Vivienne, Virginia |
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Katie |
Caritas, Catalina, Catriona, Ekaterina, Katerina, Katinka, Kallista |
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Lexi |
Alessandra, Alessa, Alexandrine, Maximilienne |
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Libby |
Abelina, Abigail, Belinda, Isabella, Liberty, Mirabella, Sibylla, Sybella |
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Lola |
Apollonia, Carolina, Caroline, Elodie, Eloisa, Elowen, Gwendolen, Isolda, Louisa, Magnolia, Melodie, Paloma, Penelope |
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Maggie |
Magali, Magdalene, Magdalena, Marguerite, Marigold, Magnolia, Morgana, Morgelyn |
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Maisie |
Marisol, Marissa, Melisande, Melusine, Mercedes, Messalina, Rosemary, Thomasina |
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Millie |
Amaryllis, Amelia, Camilla, Emmanuelle, Emmeline, Matilda, Maximilienne, Meliora, Melita, Melisande, Milada, Millicent, Melusine, Mirabella, Philomena, Romilly, Wilhelmina |
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Molly |
Mallory, Mariola, Marisol, Melody, Paloma, Philomena, Romola, Salome |
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Poppy |
Calliope, Hippolyta, Parthenope, Penelope, Perpetua, Persephone, Philippa, Prospera, Zipporah |
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Rosie |
Ambrosia, Miroslava, Primrose, Rhoswyn, Rohesia, Rosabel, Rosalia, Rosalie, Rosalind, Rosaline, Rosamond, Rosanna, Rosemary, Rosenwyn, Rosetta, Rosina |
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Tilly |
Amelita, Atalia, Attalia, Felicity, Florentina, Letitia, Lettice, Melitta, Natalia, Ottilia, Ottilie, Talitha, Valentina, Violetta |
