I’m looking for short forms of traditional names that can hold their own as a given name. For example, [name_m]Will[/name_m] and [name_m]Liam[/name_m] are short forms of [name_m]William[/name_m] but do quite well as given names.
Any ideas?
[name_m]Alexander[/name_m]- [name_u]Alex[/name_u], [name_m]Xander[/name_m]
[name_m]Frederick[/name_m]- [name_m]Fred[/name_m], [name_m]Rick[/name_m], [name_m]Erick[/name_m]
[name_m]Sebastian[/name_m]- [name_m]Bastian[/name_m]
[name_m]Patrick[/name_m]- [name_u]Pat[/name_u], [name_m]Rick[/name_m]
Off the top of my head:
[name_u]Kit[/name_u]
[name_u]Jem[/name_u]
[name_u]Theo[/name_u]
[name_m]Leo[/name_m]
[name_u]Sasha[/name_u]
[name_u]Misha[/name_u]
[name_m]Nate[/name_m]
[name_m]Ned[/name_m]
Excuse repeats:
Ted
[name_u]Finn[/name_u]
[name_m]Pip[/name_m]
[name_u]Kit[/name_u]
[name_m]Carlo[/name_m]
[name_m]Vince[/name_m]
[name_m]Fred[/name_m]
[name_m]Bastien[/name_m] / [name_m]Bastian[/name_m]
[name_m]Xander[/name_m]
[name_m]Alec[/name_m]
[name_m]Zach[/name_m]/ [name_m]Zac[/name_m]
[name_u]Jules[/name_u]
[name_u]Jude[/name_u]
[name_m]Ike[/name_m]
[name_m]Ford[/name_m]
[name_m]Johnny[/name_m]
[name_m]Cole[/name_m]
[name_m]Rich[/name_m]
[name_m]Don[/name_m]
[name_u]Van[/name_u]
[name_m]Ron[/name_m]/[name_u]Ronnie[/name_u]
[name_m]Clay[/name_m]
[name_u]Beck[/name_u]
[name_u]Winn[/name_u]/[name_u]Wynn[/name_u]
[name_u]Charlie[/name_u]
[name_m]Link[/name_m]
[name_m]Jack[/name_m]