Lately I’ve been really into nickname names for boys. What do you think about nickname names?? Which one is your favourite from my list?? Which is your favourite in general??
I love [name_u]Nico[/name_u] (one of my favourites), [name_u]Charlie[/name_u], and [name_m]Xander[/name_m] from your list. Some of my favourite nickname names are:
[name_m]Archie[/name_m]
[name_u]Finn[/name_u]
[name_m]Pip[/name_m]/[name_m]Pippin[/name_m]
Tolly
[name_m]Wolf[/name_m]
[name_f]Indie[/name_f]
Auggie
[name_m]Bear[/name_m]
[name_m]Enzo[/name_m]
[name_u]Kai[/name_u]
[name_u]Remy[/name_u]
[name_m]Ron[/name_m]
[name_u]Wyn[/name_u]/[name_u]Win[/name_u]
[name_m]Liam[/name_m], [name_m]Eli[/name_m], [name_u]Nico[/name_u], [name_u]Rudy[/name_u] are my favorites from your list. [name_m]Both[/name_m] [name_m]Liam[/name_m] and [name_u]Nico[/name_u] are all-time favorites for me.
I also like
nn [name_u]Kai[/name_u] for [name_m]Hezekiah[/name_m]
nn [name_m]Zach[/name_m] for [name_m]Zachary[/name_m]/[name_m]Zachariah[/name_m]
nn [name_m]Ben[/name_m] for [name_m]Benicio[/name_m]
nn [name_u]Bo[/name_u] for [name_m]Boden[/name_m]/[name_m]Bodhi[/name_m]
nn [name_m]Jon[/name_m] for Jondalar
nn [name_m]Bas[/name_m] for [name_m]Bastian[/name_m]/[name_m]Sebastian[/name_m]
To me it is a win-win, I get to have a cool succinct boy’s nn AND an exotic/esoteric man’s first name.
I generally like them as NNs, like privacyplease I kind of like the flexibility of a NN and a longer (perhaps uncommon) first. But that’s me.
Some I like alone. Of yours I like as standalone names: [name_m]Luke[/name_m], [name_m]Eli[/name_m], [name_u]Drew[/name_u] (or Dryw), and [name_u]Max[/name_u].
I also like:
[name_m]Baz[/name_m] - for me, [name_m]Sebastian[/name_m].
[name_m]Fox[/name_m]
[name_m]Ike[/name_m] - [name_m]Isaac[/name_m]. Or maybe alone?
[name_u]Cai[/name_u] - [name_m]Mordecai[/name_m], [name_m]Malachi[/name_m]
[name_u]Rex[/name_u]
[name_m]Clay[/name_m]
[name_m]Ned[/name_m] - [name_m]Edmund[/name_m]
[name_u]Sam[/name_u] - [name_m]Samson[/name_m]
[name_m]Moss[/name_m] (originally a nick for [name_m]Moses[/name_m]… I kind of like it alone)
[name_m]Hank[/name_m] - [name_m]Henry[/name_m], probably.
[name_m]Zeke[/name_m] - [name_m]Ezekiel[/name_m], [name_m]Hezekiah[/name_m]
[name_u]Mal[/name_u] - [name_m]Malcolm[/name_m], [name_m]Malachy[/name_m]
[name_m]Zach[/name_m] - [name_m]Zacharias[/name_m]
[name_m]Zeb[/name_m] - [name_m]Zebulon[/name_m], [name_m]Zebedee[/name_m]
I love nn names: they feel so fun, friendly and approachable. [name_f]My[/name_f] favourites from your list are:
[name_u]Charlie[/name_u]
[name_u]Toby[/name_u]
[name_m]Eddie[/name_m]
[name_u]Rudy[/name_u]
[name_m]Will[/name_m]
[name_u]Max[/name_u]
[name_f]My[/name_f] personal favourites for boys are: [name_m]Mack[/name_m], [name_u]Toby[/name_u], [name_u]Rudy[/name_u], [name_m]Joe[/name_m], [name_m]Obi[/name_m], [name_m]Moe[/name_m], [name_u]Bert[/name_u], [name_u]Lou[/name_u], [name_m]Frank[/name_m], [name_m]Fred[/name_m], [name_m]Bas[/name_m], [name_u]Tully[/name_u], [name_u]Sully[/name_u], [name_m]Lars[/name_m], [name_m]Morrie[/name_m], [name_m]Walt[/name_m], [name_f]Ro[/name_f], [name_m]Bram[/name_m] and [name_m]Kip[/name_m].
[name_m]How[/name_m] could I forget [name_m]Bram[/name_m]?! I [name_u]LOVE[/name_u] that name
Another one I thought of was [name_u]Kit[/name_u].
Which names can stand alone from my list (with the additons of [name_u]Kit[/name_u] and [name_m]Bram[/name_m])??
I love [name_m]Jack[/name_m], [name_u]Toby[/name_u], and [name_m]Eli[/name_m], mostly because all of these names can stand alone. I also love [name_m]Pip[/name_m] (nn for [name_m]Philip[/name_m] or [name_m]Peregrine[/name_m]) but reminds me of [name_m]Pippin[/name_m] Took from LOTR or [name_m]Pippin[/name_m] the musical, which is my absolute [name_m]FAVORITE[/name_m] musical. [name_m]Baz[/name_m] is also really cute for [name_m]Sebastian[/name_m], but I actually prefer to use it for [name_m]Bastien[/name_m], which is a shorter variant of [name_m]Sebastian[/name_m] in [name_m]French[/name_m] and Spanish. Before the Puritan insurgence (is that alright to call it that?), Hick was a nn for [name_m]Isaac[/name_m]. In the 1920s and '30s, [name_m]Ike[/name_m] was a common nn for [name_m]Isaac[/name_m]. (Check out my short list for more nicknames like Hick: https://nameberry.com/userlist/view/74571) I’m not really a fan of Z-names, but [name_m]Zebedee[/name_m] nn [name_m]Zeb[/name_m] I love! I had a character a few years ago named [name_m]Zebedee[/name_m] (in the story, everyone had unusualy Biblical names like [name_f]Jezabel[/name_f], [name_f]Zipporah[/name_f], etc.). I think on one Nameberry blog post, it was established that there is something about masculine nn like [name_u]Sam[/name_u], [name_m]Jack[/name_m], [name_m]Ned[/name_m] that are just wholesome. There really is no equivalent for girls. Sorry, this turning into a long post! That’s just my opinion on a few of the names mentioned.
I also like options, so I prefer formal names with cool nn options. Lots of great suggestions here… I’ll add
[name_m]Sebastian[/name_m] nn [name_m]Seb[/name_m]
[name_u]Lawrence[/name_u] nn [name_m]Law[/name_m] ([name_m]Law[/name_m] is a great name on its own too)
[name_m]Joseph[/name_m] nn [name_u]Joss[/name_u]
[name_m]Caleb[/name_m] nn [name_u]Cal[/name_u]
[name_m]Cyrus[/name_m] nn [name_m]Cy[/name_m] (love!)
