Micah as as nickname for Michael

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hi berries!

what do you think of micah as as nickname for michael?

would it be difficult due to the similarity but not being quite different enough?

i’m a bit torn and can’t decide if i like it or not.

let me know what you think xx

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The sounds are there, it just feels a bit pointless as a nickname to me since the only sound you’re omitting it the L

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Oh, absolutely works! I kind a love it.
Then you’ve got two quite similar names with quite different feels to use.

I adore [name_u]Florence[/name_u] nn [name_f]Flora[/name_f], which feels similar in terms of structure and style differences in a name vs its nickname. Totally works, totally fun. Totally necessary? Of course not. But if you love it, it absolutely works! And it’s lovely!

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It’ll work & I don’t think it’ll be too ‘out there’ as it’s all in the [name_u]Michael[/name_u] manuel if you switch the h & a around ([name_u]Micha[/name_u] instead of [name_u]Micah[/name_u]).

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I think that it absolutely would work, but it does feel a little bit off because they are both well-established full names and are similar in length.

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Seems like a different name to me. [name_u]Love[/name_u] [name_m]Mike[/name_m] though!

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it seems a bit pointless to me, especially since in my accent the L in [name_u]Michael[/name_u] is barely even there. it could work in theory, but it’s one of those where you might as well use the nickname as a full name and cut out the middle man (for lack of a better term)

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I think it works:)

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Agreeing with others that it sounds pointless and odd. Pointless because it’s pretty much the same name without the L and odd because [name_u]Micah[/name_u] is already a name in itself.

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I agree with @futuremama. The omission of one letter seems a little pointless, but not unheard of, such as [name_f]El[/name_f] for [name_f]Ella[/name_f]! I do like it, however, and it’s a fresher take [name_m]Mike[/name_m].

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It makes me wonder why you didn’t just go for [name_u]Micah[/name_u] because it’s a well-establish full name in its own right, and only one sound off from [name_u]Michael[/name_u] (more like [name_f]Ellen[/name_f] nn [name_f]Ella[/name_f] than the above example, since it’s the same number of syllables). Also, [name_u]Micah[/name_u] would honor a [name_u]Michael[/name_u] perfectly—I actually used to have it as an honor name for a [name_u]Michael[/name_u] in my own life—so it seems pointless for that reason too.

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I tend to think it’s odd when established names are used as nicknames. In this case, it’s not even any shorter, really, and it doesn’t feel like a diminutive.

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