Cross gender nicknames?

General Name Discussion
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I’ve been really into these kinds of names recently, where a typically ‘feminine’ name has a ‘masculine’ nickname and vice versa. Some of my favorite examples are:

[name_m]Ambrose[/name_m] “Rosie”
[name_m]Reuben[/name_m] “Ruby”
[name_f]Leonora[/name_f] “Lenny”
[name_f]Harriet[/name_f] “Harry”
[name_m]Conrad[/name_m] “Connie”
[name_m]Elliot[/name_m] “Ellie”
[name_m]Alexander[/name_m] “Sandy”
[name_f]Scarlet[/name_f] “Scottie”
[name_f]Georgiana[/name_f] “George”

Any other recommendations in this category? Thanks! <3

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[name_m]Anastasio[/name_m] “Ana” is my favorite

girl name with masc nn
[name_f]Renée[/name_f] “Ray”
[name_f]Jada[/name_f] “Jay”
[name_f]Antonia[/name_f] “Tony”
Callie/Caliadne/Calanthe/etc./etc. “Cal”
[name_f]Nicole[/name_f] “Cole”

boy name with fem nn
[name_m]Anastasio[/name_m] “Ana”
Cassidy/Cassander/etc. “Cass”
Calloway/etc. “Callie”
[name_m]Julian[/name_m] “Julie”
[name_m]Valerio[/name_m] “Val”
[name_m]Alexander[/name_m] “Lex/Lexi/Lexy”
[name_m]Isidore[/name_m] “Izzy”
[name_m]Joseph[/name_m] “Josie”
[name_m]Lysander[/name_m] “Sandy”
Elias/etc. “Ellie”

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I love [name_m]Conrad[/name_m] ‘Connie’

[name_m]Caspian[/name_m] ‘Cassie’
[name_f]Ginevra[/name_f] ‘Nev’
[name_f]Abilene[/name_f] ‘Billy’
[name_f]Cordelia[/name_f] ‘Cory’
[name_f]Leonie[/name_f] ‘Leo’
[name_m]Felix[/name_m] ‘Fliss’
[name_m]Leander[/name_m] ‘Landry’
[name_m]Lucian[/name_m] ‘Lulu’
[name_m]Isidore[/name_m] ‘Izzy’
[name_f]Juliet[/name_f] ‘Jet’
[name_f]Kalliope[/name_f] ‘Kip’
[name_m]Ferdinand[/name_m] ‘Fern’
[name_f]Cressida[/name_f] ‘Sid’
[name_m]Davis[/name_m] ‘Daisy’

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I’ve got a whole list of these.

[name_m]Amyas[/name_m] “Amy”
[name_f]Bernadette[/name_f] “Bernie”
[name_m]Cassander[/name_m] “Cassie”
[name_m]Christopher[/name_m] “Chrissy”
[name_f]Crystal[/name_f] “Cris”
[name_m]Dominic[/name_m] “Minnie”
[name_f]Edwina[/name_f] “Eddy”
[name_f]Eleonara[/name_f] “Leo”
[name_m]Emmett[/name_m] “Emmie”
[name_f]Francesca[/name_f] “Frank(ie)”
[name_f]Halle[/name_f] “Hal”
[name_f]Harriet[/name_f] “Harry”
[name_f]Josephine[/name_f] “Jo(ey)”
[name_m]Julian[/name_m] “Julie”
[name_f]Lavinia[/name_f] “Vinnie”
[name_f]Lenora[/name_f] “Len”
[name_f]Martina[/name_f] “Tina”
[name_f]Matilda[/name_f] “Matt”
[name_m]Michaiah[/name_m] “Kaia”
[name_f]Michayla[/name_f] “Micky”
[name_m]Milton[/name_m] “Millie”
[name_m]Roosevelt[/name_m] “Rosie”
[name_m]Salvatore[/name_m] “Sally”
[name_m]Sullivan[/name_m] “Liv”
[name_m]Sylvester[/name_m] “Sylvie”
[name_f]Winifred[/name_f] “Fred(die)”

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These are so great! [name_m]Ferdinand[/name_m] “Fern” (love!), [name_f]Winifred[/name_f] “Freddie” and [name_m]Julian[/name_m] “Julie” are my favorites but there are so many good ones. Thank you!

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I like these a lot too! I know there are more but these came to mind first:

[name_f]Veronica[/name_f] “Ronnie”
[name_f]Frederica[/name_f] “Freddie”
[name_f]Andrea[/name_f] “Andy”
[name_m]Lawrence[/name_m] “Laurie”
[name_f]Hilary[/name_f] “Lari” (I know one irl!)
[name_f]Rebecca[/name_f] “Beck”

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georgia “george” is definitely my favorite!

calla “cal” / callum “callie”
julian “jules”
madeline “dell”
laurence & laura “laurie”
abbott “abby”
benedict “bette” / benedicte “benny”

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Ones I like a lot are [name_m]Alistair[/name_m] “Alice” and [name_m]Reuben[/name_m] “Rue” although “Ruby” is so sweet as well, I really like it!

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[name_m]Christopher[/name_m] ‘Kitty’
[name_f]Autumn[/name_f] ‘Tommy’

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[name_m]Hi[/name_m] there.

I’m into [name_f]Elly[/name_f] (spelled this way) for a boy right now. [name_m]Elliott[/name_m], [name_m]Ellis[/name_m] or [name_m]Elior[/name_m] nn [name_f]Elly[/name_f] is so cute.

Sorry for any repeats, but I like…

[name_m]Atticus[/name_m], [name_m]Beckett[/name_m], [name_m]Christopher[/name_m] or [name_m]Crispin[/name_m] nn [name_m]Kit[/name_m]

[name_f]Katherine[/name_f], [name_f]Katia[/name_f], [name_f]Kathleen[/name_f] or [name_f]Cricket[/name_f] nn [name_m]Kit[/name_m]

[name_f]Charlotte[/name_f] nn [name_m]Chase[/name_m]

Finuala nn [name_m]Fin[/name_m]

[name_f]Finola[/name_f] nn [name_m]Fin[/name_m]

[name_f]Olive[/name_f] nn [name_f]Ollie[/name_f]

[name_f]Penelope[/name_f] nn [name_m]Penn[/name_m] or [name_m]Pip[/name_m]

[name_f]Philippa[/name_f] nn [name_m]Pip[/name_m]

[name_f]Theodora[/name_f] nn [name_m]Teddy[/name_m]

I guess I mostly like girl names with more boyish nns. :slight_smile:

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[name_f]Tuesday[/name_f] nn [name_m]Tuck[/name_m]
[name_f]Aurelia[/name_f] nn [name_m]Ray[/name_m]
[name_f]Eliza[/name_f] nn [name_m]Eli[/name_m]
[name_f]Scarlet[/name_f] nn [name_f]Scout[/name_f]

[name_m]Belvedere[/name_m] nn [name_f]Bell[/name_f]
[name_m]Warren[/name_m] nn [name_f]Wren[/name_f]
[name_f]Brooklyn[/name_f] nn [name_f]Bryn[/name_f]
[name_m]Draco[/name_m] nn [name_f]Coco[/name_f]
[name_m]Alexander[/name_m] nn [name_m]Sandy[/name_m]

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