I’m a pretty big Hunger Games fan, and I recently discovered that [name]Effie[/name] is a nickname for [name]Euphemia[/name]. Wow. Totally didn’t see that coming. Anyway, I was kind of curious about other kinda-sorta-usable nicknames for long or cumbersome Greek-origin names. [name]Don[/name]'t worry - I’m not actually in danger of using any of these! I’m just interested to hear what you guys think about possible nicknames.
[name]Andi[/name]/[name]Andy[/name]/[name]Ann[/name]
[name]Polly[/name]/[name]Nia[/name]
[name]Calli[/name]/[name]Callie[/name]
[name]Calli[/name]/[name]Callie[/name]
[name]Stacy[/name] (although it seems a tad dated)
[name]Nia[/name]
[name]Mia[/name] (its a stretch to me)
[name]Cissy[/name]/[name]Sissy[/name]
[name]Lia[/name] (although I don’t think [name]Ophelia[/name] would necessarily need a nickname to be wearable)
[name]Mina[/name]
[name]Steph[/name]/[name]Stevie[/name]
[name]Thea[/name]
Not at all a fan of male names on girls, but I do think some male names make cute nicknames for girls (i.e. [name]Charlie[/name] for [name]Charlotte[/name]), hence some of my choices here:
[name]Andromeda[/name] - [name]Romy[/name] is my preference, [name]Andie[/name] also works. [name]Andromeda[/name] NN [name]Romy[/name] WAS on a very bad science-fiction TV show though so I’d feel slightly guilty.
[name]Apollonia[/name] - [name]Polly[/name].
[name]Calliope[/name], [name]Callista[/name] - Being bluntly honest I don’t love either as much as [name]Calanthe[/name], but I’d call any of them [name]Callie[/name] for short.
[name]Philomena[/name] - The one I know goes by [name]Mina[/name].
[name]Theodosia[/name] - [name]Teddy[/name]