Nutty Nicknames? 🐿

[snowmaiden]

I’ve got a nickname question for all you nicknamers out there!

To preface… I am a nickname person! I dole out nicknames like no one’s business, and I adore doing so. Especially if they’re spunky little nicknames. Is nicknaming a part of one of the love languages? If so, I speak it. And I know I’m far from alone! I keep my favorite nicknames written beside my favorite names, as they’re equally special in terms of falling in love with a name—the full name and its potential nicknames, that is. TLDR: I love special, funky nicknames!

Thus, I thought it would be fun to write out all the nicknames I love, as well as to ask… what are your favorite nutty nicknames?

I don’t mean [name_f]Lottie[/name_f] for [name_f]Charlotte[/name_f] nor [name_m]Tom[/name_m] for [name_m]Thomas[/name_m]. What are your favorite creative, outlandish, or outright made-up middle names—either from your own creation or that you’ve heard in life!

To start us off, I’m partial to…

🍊 nicknames for lassies!

[name_f]Adelaide[/name_f] “Laidey”
[name_f]Agatha[/name_f] “Agnes”
[name_u]Alcott[/name_u] “Lottie”
[name_m]Atticus[/name_m] “Kitty”
[name_u]Augustine[/name_u] “Gus”
Byfield “Buffy” (family surname name)
[name_u]Campbell[/name_u] “Belle” (family surname name)
[name_f]Daphne[/name_f] “Daffy”
[name_f]Elizabeth[/name_f] “Bethy/Lil/Batty”
[name_u]Flannery[/name_u] “Fanny”
[name_u]Florence[/name_u] “Floss”
[name_m]Fletcher[/name_m] “Lettie”
[name_m]Foster[/name_m] “Ozzy”
[name_f]Hermione[/name_f] “Maya”
[name_f]Hope[/name_f] “Hopper”
[name_u]Harper[/name_u] “Hops/Hoppy”
[name_f]Imogen[/name_f] “Meg” and [name_f]Merrigan[/name_f] “Meg”
[name_m]Lafayette[/name_m] “Faye”
[name_f]Lavinia[/name_f] “Vinnie”
[name_f]Leonie[/name_f] “Leni”
[name_f]Lorelei[/name_f] “Lolly”
[name_f]Louisa[/name_f] “Lucy”
[name_u]Olsen[/name_u] “Ollie”
[name_f]Penelope[/name_f] “Pippi”
[name_f]Saoirse[/name_f] “Rory” and [name_f]Sorcha[/name_f] “Rory”
[name_u]Sullivan[/name_u] “Liv”
[name_f]Sybil[/name_f] “Billie”
[name_u]Watson[/name_u] “Sunny”
Wyandotte “Wyatt” (prn. WHY-in-dote)
(Credit to @Larryisalittledog for the brilliant [name_m]Atticus[/name_m] “Kitty” and [name_u]Sullivan[/name_u] “Liv!” So miraculously stunning.)

💐 nicknames for laddies!

[name_m]Benedict[/name_m] “Ned”
[name_m]Cormac[/name_m] “Mac”
[name_m]Cuthbert[/name_m] “Bertie”
[name_m]Dacre[/name_m] “Day/Davy”
[name_m]Friedrich[/name_m] “Bear”
[name_u]George[/name_u] “Geordie”
[name_u]James[/name_u] “Jem”
[name_m]Lachlan[/name_m] “Lockie”
[name_m]Nathaniel[/name_m] “Nat”
[name_m]Oswald[/name_m] “Ozzy”
[name_m]Wilbur[/name_m] “Wilby”

🪁 nicknames for anyone!

[name_m]Foster[/name_m] “Ozzy”
[name_u]Robin[/name_u] “Robbie/Bobbie”

[clair.de.lune]

Love yours, especially Freidrich “Bear”! I think of Little Women’s Professor Bhaer!

Girls Guilty Pleasure

Moonflower “Luna”
Estrella “Estee”
Peregrine “Penny”
Evergreen “Everly”
Astaria “Stari”
Avalon “Lonnie”
Amethyst “Amy”
Peace “Pea”
Allura “Uriah”
Celandine “Cella”
Miracle “Mira” “Mia”
Aniela “Nia”

Girls

Louisa “Lucy”
Seraphina “Fifi”
Selah “Sasha” “Say”
Eilidh “Ayla” (prn. AY-luh not Isla )
Caroline “Lina” (prn. LIE-nah)
Caroline “Ocean”
Maria “Aira”
Mary-Ann “Maisie”
Wisteria “Wish”
Giovanna “Jovie”
Catherine “Kess”
Martha “Margie” “Margot”
Eithne “Enni”
Nessa “Essie”

Boys

George “Geordie”
Thomas “Timmy”
Hawthorne “Hawk”

Boys GP

Poetry “Poe”
Remember “Remi”

[Larryisalittledog]

I love Atticus “Kitty” and Sullivan “Liv”. Thanks for the compliment! Whenever I get tagged I get so excited! Alcott “Lottie”, Florence “Floss”, Fletcher “Lettie”, Lafayette “Faye”, Lavinia “Vinnie”, Leonie “Leni”, Louisa “Lucy”, Penelope “Pippi”, Watson “Sunny”, Wyandotte “Wyatt”, Benedict “Ned”, James “Jem”, Wilbur “Wilby”, and Robin “Bobbie”. My favorites are…
Clementine “Lemon”
Darwin “Winnie”
Eleanor “Leni”
Elwood “Ellie”
Helen “Nell”
Imogen “Ginny”
Jerome “Romy”
Lafayette “Etta”
Madeleine “Leni”
Margot “Maggie”
Penelope “Nellie”
Theodora “Teddy”

Ambrose “Bram”
Atticus “Kit”
Casper/Caspian “Cap”
Rafferty “Raffy”
Theodore “Thor”

[snowmaiden]

That’s exactly where I came up with the nickname—my most favorite novel! Nice catch.

From your list, I adore…
Peregrine “Penny”
Evergreen “Everly”
Amethyst “Amy”
Louisa “Lucy”
Selah “Sasha” “Say”
Eilidh “Ayla”
Caroline “Ocean” (I’m so curious about the story behind this one!? I adore it!)
Mary-Ann “Maisie”
Wisteria “Wish”
Catherine “Kess”
Martha “Margie”
George “Geordie”
Hawthorne “Hawk”
Poetry “Poe”

[snowmaiden]

Gah, absolutely!! Your nicknames are sublime. From your list, I’m especially loving…
[name_f]Clementine[/name_f] “Lemon”
[name_m]Darwin[/name_m] “Winnie”
[name_f]Eleanor[/name_f] “Leni”
[name_f]Helen[/name_f] “Nell”
[name_f]Imogen[/name_f] “Ginny”
[name_m]Casper[/name_m] / [name_m]Caspian[/name_m] “Cap”
[name_m]Rafferty[/name_m] “Raffy”
[name_m]Theodore[/name_m] “Thor” (I had this on my mind a while back! So darn cool!)

[clair.de.lune]

@snowmaiden

Caroline “Ocean” (I’m so curious about the story behind this one!? I adore it!)

It’s the name of a character I created who decided her name wasn’t “wicked” enough! I fell in love with the name after I created her!!

[snowmaiden]

Absolutely gorgeous.

[Greyblue]

[name_u]Love[/name_u] yours!! Such fun ones!!

Some ideas…

Felix/Frederick nn [name_u]Fox[/name_u]
[name_m]Caspian[/name_m] nn [name_m]Cap[/name_m]
[name_f]Charlotte[/name_f] nn [name_m]Otto[/name_m]
[name_u]Abilene[/name_u] nn [name_u]Billie[/name_u]
[name_f]Amelie[/name_f] nn Mimsy
[name_m]Jonathon[/name_m] nn [name_m]Jonty[/name_m]
[name_f]Anastasia[/name_f] nn [name_f]Tansy[/name_f]
[name_f]Elowen[/name_f] nn [name_f]Lolo[/name_f]
[name_m]Otto[/name_m] nn [name_u]Otter[/name_u]
Genevieve/Ginevra nn [name_u]Nev[/name_u]
[name_f]Nadine[/name_f] nn [name_f]Deenie[/name_f]
[name_f]Lydia[/name_f] nn [name_m]Lio[/name_m]
[name_m]Malachi[/name_m] nn [name_u]Mack[/name_u]
Leandra/Leander nn [name_u]Landry[/name_u]
[name_u]Curtis[/name_u] nn [name_u]Kit[/name_u]
[name_u]Kerrigan[/name_u] nn Kezzy
[name_m]Patrick[/name_m] nn [name_u]Pax[/name_u]

[name_f]Hope[/name_f] these are kind of what you meant!!

[snowmaiden]

@Greyblue
You nailed it, [name_f]Grace[/name_f]! Your picks are incredible! O I love them. I’m surprised (and excited) to see that [name_u]Otter[/name_u] is a legitimate name on the site—I love it as a nickname for [name_m]Otto[/name_m], or [name_f]Ottilie[/name_f], too!

From your list, my top tier is:
[name_m]Caspian[/name_m] “Cap”
[name_f]Charlotte[/name_f] “Otto”
[name_f]Amelie[/name_f] “Mimsy” (Mimsy is just so )
[name_m]Jonathan[/name_m] “Jonty” (Im usually not a [name_m]Jonathan[/name_m] person whatsoever, but I love [name_m]Jonty[/name_m] as an nn so so much that I’m feeling persuaded!)
[name_m]Otto[/name_m] “Otter”
[name_u]Curtis[/name_u] “Kit”

But it’s so hard to pick. They’re all truly great. Thank you for the inspiration!

[heartwings]

[name_m]Atticus[/name_m] for a girl?

[shorie]

Girls:
Imogene “Midge”
Patience “Patsy”
Felicity “Fritz” or “Fizzy”
Solace “Lacey”
Henrietta “Ria”
Esther “Etsy”

Boys:
Anders “Derbie” or “Dirk”
Robert / Roland / Ronald “Rowdy”
Luther “Lou”
*not as out there but I don’t hear them much:
Wendel “Del”
Isaiah “Ike”

[blueylit]

Oh hello it’s literally my exact taste in names…

[name_f]Annunziata[/name_f] nn [name_f]Zita[/name_f] or [name_f]Zizi[/name_f]
[name_u]Aspen[/name_u] nn [name_u]Penny[/name_u]
Astilbe nn [name_f]Bebe[/name_f]
[name_f]Chrysanthemum[/name_f] nn [name_f]Xanthe[/name_f]
[name_f]Demelza[/name_f] nn [name_f]Zsazsa[/name_f]
[name_f]Eglantine[/name_f] nn [name_f]Etta[/name_f]
[name_f]Esmeralda[/name_f] nn [name_u]Merry[/name_u]
[name_u]February[/name_u] nn [name_u]Rue[/name_u]
[name_f]Ferelith[/name_f] nn [name_m]Ferris[/name_m] or [name_u]Fen[/name_u]
[name_f]Guinevere[/name_f] nn [name_f]Neve[/name_f]
[name_f]Iphigenia[/name_f] nn [name_f]Fig[/name_f]
[name_f]Iseult[/name_f] nn [name_f]Selkie[/name_f]
[name_f]Leopoldine[/name_f] nn [name_f]Polly[/name_f]
Midsummer nn [name_f]Mitzi[/name_f]
Nicnevin nn [name_u]Nyx[/name_u]
[name_f]Petrova[/name_f] nn [name_f]Tove[/name_f]
Prezzemolina nn [name_f]Zelie[/name_f]
[name_f]Sabrina[/name_f] nn [name_u]Binx[/name_u]
[name_f]Thomasina[/name_f] nn [name_u]Thames[/name_u]
[name_f]Tinuviel[/name_f] nn Tintin
[name_f]Vittoria[/name_f] nn [name_f]Ita[/name_f]

[name_u]Peregrine[/name_u] nn [name_u]Penn[/name_u]
[name_u]Endellion[/name_u] nn [name_m]Enda[/name_m], [name_m]Elio[/name_m] or [name_f]Leonie[/name_f]

[name_m]Edmund[/name_m] nn [name_m]Enda[/name_m] or [name_m]Mungo[/name_m]
[name_m]Endymion[/name_m] or [name_m]Endeavour[/name_m] nn [name_m]Enda[/name_m]
[name_m]Michelangelo[/name_m] nn [name_u]Milo[/name_u]

[9Faith3]

[name_f]Naomi[/name_f] “Mimi”
[name_f]Genevieve[/name_f] “Evie”
[name_f]Elisabeth[/name_f] “Elsie”
[name_f]Odessa[/name_f] “Oddie”
[name_f]Joanna[/name_f] “Jo”
[name_f]Jillian[/name_f] “Jill”
[name_f]Melanie[/name_f] “Mila”
[name_u]Jameson[/name_u] “James”
[name_f]Jessica[/name_f] “Jessie”
[name_m]Joesph[/name_m] “Joey”
[name_m]Anthony[/name_m] “Tony”
[name_f]Rosabella[/name_f] “Ella”
[name_f]Isabella[/name_f] "Bella
Anzhela “Ana”
[name_f]Elizaveta[/name_f] “Liza”
[name_m]Jeremy[/name_m] “Jerry”
[name_u]Madison[/name_u] “Maddie”
[name_f]Victoria[/name_f] “Vicki”
[name_f]Cassandra[/name_f] “Cassie”
[name_m]Jonathan[/name_m] “Johnny”
[name_m]Zachary[/name_m] “Zach”
[name_m]Jebediah[/name_m] “Jeb”

[shorie]

@blueylit

Midsummer nn Mitzi

Um !!!

[copper_porcupine]

I came here fully prepared to be finding full names for “Walnut” and such, and I will admit I’m slightly disappointed that these aren’t literally “nutty” nicknames

I love [name_f]Saoirse[/name_f] “Rory”, [name_f]Leonie[/name_f] “Leni”, [name_m]Friedrich[/name_m] “Bear”, [name_u]James[/name_u] “Jem”, [name_m]Oswald[/name_m] “Ozzy”, and [name_m]Wilbur[/name_m] “Wilby” (or perhaps [name_u]Willoughby[/name_u], to step it up a notch?)

Girls:
[name_f]Caleida[/name_f] “Lark”
Mabel/Margot/pretty much any “M” name “Maisie”
Ophelia/Ottilie “Ollie”

Boys:
[name_u]Artis[/name_u] “Bear”
[name_u]Benjamin[/name_u] “Jamie”
[name_m]Felix[/name_m] “Fox”
[name_u]Nehemiah[/name_u] “Nemo”
[name_m]Oslo[/name_m] “Ozzy”
[name_m]Philip[/name_m] “Pippin”
[name_m]Reuben[/name_m] “Ruby”
Tobias/Thaddeus/Thomas “Taz”

Any:
[name_u]Calypso[/name_u] “Pip”
[name_u]Hadley[/name_u] “Hayes”
[name_u]Jericho[/name_u] “Echo”
[name_u]October[/name_u] “Toby”
[name_u]Winter[/name_u] “Wynn”

[Tealocean]

ladies

Summary

[name_f]Ravenna[/name_f] Raves
[name_f]Aurora[/name_f] [name_u]Rori[/name_u]
[name_f]Quintessa[/name_f] [name_u]Quincey[/name_u]
Margaux/Margaret [name_f]Pearl[/name_f]
[name_f]Rosalyn[/name_f] [name_f]Ro[/name_f]
[name_u]Peregrine[/name_u] [name_u]Penny[/name_u]
[name_f]Maren[/name_f] [name_u]Ren[/name_u]
[name_f]Estelle[/name_f] [name_f]Este[/name_f]

gents

Summary

[name_m]Evander[/name_m] Ev
[name_m]Sylvan[/name_m] [name_u]Silver[/name_u]
[name_u]Evren[/name_u] [name_u]Ren[/name_u], [name_u]Ever[/name_u]
[name_m]Quiller[/name_m] [name_u]Quill[/name_u]

either

Summary

[name_u]Arden[/name_u] [name_u]Ari[/name_u]

[emeraldsea]

[name_u]Love[/name_u] this thread, [name_u]Hazel[/name_u]!

I just wanted to add a few from my family tree…

Ladies
[name_f]Mary[/name_f] “Polly”
[name_f]Eleanor[/name_f] “Inga”
[name_f]Caroline[/name_f] “Cossie”
[name_f]Patience[/name_f] “Patsy”
[name_f]Viola[/name_f] “Lola”
[name_f]Harriet[/name_f] “Etta”

Gentlemen
[name_u]John[/name_u] “Giles”
[name_m]Matthew[/name_m] “Butch”
[name_m]Edwin[/name_m] “Winnie”
[name_m]Friedrich[/name_m] “Fritz”
[name_m]Rupert[/name_m] “Root”
[name_u]Joseph[/name_u] “Seph”

[emeraldsea]

I also am personally fond of [name_f]Imogen[/name_f] “Iggy”, [name_f]Theodosia[/name_f] “Doe”, [name_f]Adelaide[/name_f] “Ladybug”, [name_f]Penelope[/name_f] “Pepper”, and [name_f]Ingrid[/name_f] “Indie”

[MichelleM]

[name_m]Hi[/name_m] there.

I don’t think mine are too nutty, but I’ll try!

Girls-

[name_f]Dorothea[/name_f] ‘Daisy’

[name_f]Greta[/name_f] ‘Gerty’

[name_f]Imogen[/name_f] ‘Idgie’

[name_f]Isabella[/name_f] ‘Ibbi’

[name_f]Josephine[/name_f] ‘Posy’

[name_f]Katia[/name_f] ‘Kit’

[name_f]Louisa[/name_f] ‘Lula’

[name_f]Madeline[/name_f] ‘Maisy’

[name_f]Magnolia[/name_f] ‘Molly’

[name_f]Susanna[/name_f] ‘Sadie’

Boys-

[name_m]Alexander[/name_m] ‘Dex’

[name_u]Charles[/name_u] ‘Chance’

[name_u]Gabriel[/name_u] ‘Gibby’

[name_m]Giuseppe[/name_m] ‘Gus’

[name_u]Laurence[/name_u] ‘Lad’

[name_m]Lorenzo[/name_m] ‘Louie’

[name_m]Peter[/name_m] ‘Pip’ or ‘Patch’

[name_m]Patrick[/name_m] ‘Patch’

[name_m]Sebastian[/name_m] ‘Satch’

[name_m]Theodore[/name_m] ‘Thatch’

[name_u]William[/name_u] ‘Wiley’

[persephonescrown]

Was just idly searching to see if there was a nickname thread before I made a new one and I love so many of these suggestions! Especially…

Charlotte → Otto, Otter
Imogen → Idgie
Patrick → Patch, Pax
Jonathan → Jonty

Some of my favourites I’ve encountered are:

Girls

Tabitha → Tibby, Tabby
Catherine → Kitty
Imogen → Mim
Violet → Villy
Hermione → Hum
Persephone → Perse (pronounced Percy)
Fiona → Fizz, Fizzy
Felicity → Flick
Stephanie (my name!) → Ephie, Stephy, Stevie

Boys

Tiberius → Tibby
Orlando → Lanny
Crispin → Spin
Christopher → Kit, Topher