[name_f]Do[/name_f] we think [name_m]Liam[/name_m] can be a potential nickname for [name_m]Callum[/name_m] ? [name_m]Or[/name_m] too far a stretch ?
You can make it work!
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[name_m]Liam[/name_m] and [name_m]Callum[/name_m] just read as separate names to me. I think with [name_m]Liam[/name_m] being so common as a full name, it adds to the confusion if used as a nickname for an unrelated name.
If [name_m]Cal[/name_m] isn’t for you, [name_m]Cam[/name_m] is a good alternative.
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I think it’s a bit too much of a stretch. I do not see the connection sorry 
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[name_m]Liam[/name_m] and [name_m]Callum[/name_m] are two amazing, yet very distinct names. They share letters and have a similar ending, but in my opinion, it is big stretch to consider [name_m]Liam[/name_m] a good nickname for [name_m]Callum[/name_m]. I don’t think it works, I’m sorry. Perhaps something like [name_m]Linden[/name_m] [name_m]Callum[/name_m] or [name_m]Lincoln[/name_m] [name_m]Callum[/name_m] would be a better option to get to [name_m]Liam[/name_m]?
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Too much of a stretch for me, especially since they’ve got the same syllable count.
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Speaking as someone who has [name_m]Irish[/name_m] heritage. and has lived in different areas of [name_f]Ireland[/name_f] and the UK… They are completely separate names. [name_m]Liam[/name_m] is more often a name on its own in [name_f]Ireland[/name_f] rather than a nickname for [name_m]William[/name_m] or anything else. It would be like having two different first names.
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A little stretch … but I love both name’s especially [name_m]Callum[/name_m] 
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They feel like completely different names to me but since the sounds are right there it could work!
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I think it’s a little stretchy but it works.
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NO, absolutely not
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I think it depends on pronunciation of [name_m]Callum[/name_m] . In my dialect [name_m]Callum[/name_m] sounds like CAL/Kal - UMM but I have heard others pronounce it CAL-ee-umm . So the way I say the name I think it would be a stretch but the latter I think it would make sense
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Agree that this is a “no” - two different names and Liam is not a shorter or diminutive/ endearment version of Callum. I would either use Liam alone or Callum nn Cal/Cally/Cam/C+middle initial.
Edit: wanted to say earlier - it obv can be - anything can be a nickname - but it’s more whether you want to lose Callum’s use?
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I think it could definitely work! If [name_m]Dick[/name_m] can be a nickname for [name_m]Richard[/name_m], or [name_f]Daisy[/name_f] and [name_f]Pearl[/name_f] as a nickname for [name_f]Margaret[/name_f], then [name_m]Liam[/name_m] can 1000% be a nickname for [name_m]Callum[/name_m]
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