Late to the party but I love these names!! I’m including some that don’t have nicknames, even though I totally get that that’s a lot of the charm (Ernie + Howie!!)
[name_m]Abraham[/name_m] “Abe” / “Bram”
[name_m]Albert[/name_m] “Alby” / “Bertie”
[name_m]Alexander[/name_m] (maybe “Sasha” or “Xan” instead of Alex)
[name_m]Alfred[/name_m] “Alfie” / “Freddie”
[name_m]Ambrose[/name_m] (maybe “Bram” / “Bo” / “Rose”)
[name_m]Arthur[/name_m] “Art” / “Bear” / “Ari”
[name_m]August[/name_m] / [name_m]Augustus[/name_m] / [name_m]Augustine[/name_m]
[name_m]Bartholomew[/name_m] “Bo” / “Tolly”
[name_m]Basil[/name_m]
[name_m]Calvin[/name_m] “Cal”
[name_m]Casper[/name_m]
[name_m]Clement[/name_m]
[name_m]Cyrus[/name_m] “Cy”
[name_m]Edmund[/name_m] / [name_m]Edwin[/name_m] / [name_m]Edward[/name_m] / [name_m]Edsel[/name_m] (my fav is “Ned” but “Teddy” / “Ed” works too)
[name_m]Elwood[/name_m]
[name_m]Ephraim[/name_m] (maybe “Remy”)
[name_m]Ferdinand[/name_m] (maybe “Fern” though I know a “Ferd”)
[name_m]Francis[/name_m] / [name_m]Franklin[/name_m] “Frankie”
[name_m]Frederick[/name_m] “Freddie”
[name_m]George[/name_m]
[name_m]Harold[/name_m] “Harry” / “Hal”
[name_m]Henry[/name_m] “Hank” / “Harry” / “Hal”
[name_m]Herbert[/name_m] “Herbie”
[name_m]Hershel[/name_m] / [name_m]Herschel[/name_m]
[name_m]Hugo[/name_m]
[name_m]Ignatius[/name_m] “Iggy” / “Nash” / “Inigo”
[name_m]Isaac[/name_m] “Ike”
[name_m]Linus[/name_m]
[name_m]Merlin[/name_m]
[name_m]Morris[/name_m]
[name_m]Neville[/name_m]
[name_m]Niles[/name_m]
[name_m]Norman[/name_m]
[name_m]Oren[/name_m] / [name_m]Orin[/name_m] / [name_m]Orrin[/name_m]
[name_m]Oswin[/name_m] / [name_m]Oscar[/name_m] “Ozzie”
[name_m]Otis[/name_m]
[name_m]Otto[/name_m]
[name_m]Percy[/name_m] / [name_m]Percival[/name_m]
[name_m]Peregrine[/name_m]
[name_m]Phineas[/name_m]
[name_m]Raphael[/name_m]
[name_m]Robin[/name_m] “Bo”
[name_m]Roscoe[/name_m]
[name_m]Rudy[/name_m]
[name_m]Rupert[/name_m]
[name_m]Simeon[/name_m] / [name_m]Simon[/name_m]
[name_m]Sylvan[/name_m] / [name_m]Sylvester[/name_m]
[name_m]Thaddeus[/name_m]
[name_m]Truman[/name_m]
[name_m]Vincent[/name_m]
[name_m]Virgil[/name_m]
[name_m]Wallace[/name_m]
[name_m]Walter[/name_m] “Walt” / “Wally”
[name_m]Wilbur[/name_m]
[name_m]Wilfred[/name_m]
[name_m]Winslow[/name_m]
[name_m]Winston[/name_m]
The nickname [name_m]Bertie[/name_m] in general (whether it’s [name_m]Albert[/name_m], [name_m]Herbert[/name_m], [name_m]Robert[/name_m] - whatever)
[name_f]Agatha[/name_f]
[name_f]Agnes[/name_f] “Aggie” / “Nessie”
[name_f]Alberta[/name_f] / [name_f]Albertine[/name_f] “Bertie” / “Alba” / “Albie”
[name_f]Avis[/name_f]
[name_f]Beatrice[/name_f] “Bea” / “Bess” / “Betty”
[name_f]Blythe[/name_f]
[name_f]Constance[/name_f]
[name_f]Cordelia[/name_f]
[name_f]Dahlia[/name_f]
[name_f]Daphne[/name_f]
[name_f]Dorothy[/name_f] / [name_f]Dorothea[/name_f] “Dot” / “Dottie”
[name_f]Edith[/name_f] “Edie”
[name_f]Eleanora[/name_f]
[name_f]Elspeth[/name_f] / [name_f]Elsbeth[/name_f]
[name_f]Estelle[/name_f] / [name_f]Esther[/name_f] “Esti”
[name_f]Ethel[/name_f]
[name_f]Etta[/name_f]
[name_f]Florence[/name_f]
[name_f]Frances[/name_f] / [name_f]Francesca[/name_f] / [name_f]Francine[/name_f]
[name_f]Frida[/name_f]
[name_f]Georgiana[/name_f] / [name_f]Georgina[/name_f] “Georgie”
[name_f]Gilda[/name_f] “Gildie”
[name_f]Guinevere[/name_f]
[name_f]Gwendolen[/name_f] / [name_f]Gwendolyn[/name_f]
[name_f]Helen[/name_f] / [name_f]Helena[/name_f]
[name_f]Hilda[/name_f] / [name_f]Hildegard[/name_f]
[name_f]Ida[/name_f]
[name_f]Imogen[/name_f] / [name_f]Imogene[/name_f]
[name_f]Ingrid[/name_f]
[name_f]Irene[/name_f]
[name_f]Joan[/name_f]
[name_f]Judith[/name_f]
[name_f]Leona[/name_f]
[name_f]Leonore[/name_f] / [name_f]Leonora[/name_f] / [name_f]Lenore[/name_f]
[name_f]Louise[/name_f] / [name_f]Louisa[/name_f]
[name_f]Lucy[/name_f] / [name_f]Lucinda[/name_f] / [name_f]Lucienne[/name_f]
[name_f]Marian[/name_f] / [name_f]Marion[/name_f]
[name_f]Margaret[/name_f] “Maggie” / “Greta” / “Peggy”
[name_f]Matilda[/name_f]
Maud(e)
[name_f]Miriam[/name_f]
[name_f]Myrtle[/name_f]
[name_f]Nadine[/name_f]
[name_f]Ophelia[/name_f]
[name_f]Ottilie[/name_f] “Tillie” / “Otter”
[name_f]Philippa[/name_f]
[name_f]Prudence[/name_f]
[name_f]Rowena[/name_f]
[name_f]Ruth[/name_f] “Ruthie”
[name_f]Sybil[/name_f] “Billie”
[name_f]Sylvia[/name_f] / [name_f]Sylvie[/name_f]
[name_f]Tabitha[/name_f]
[name_f]Thelma[/name_f]
[name_f]Una[/name_f]
[name_f]Victoria[/name_f] “Vita”
[name_f]Wilhelmina[/name_f] “Willa” / “Billie” / “Mina”/ “Minnie”
[name_f]Winifred[/name_f] “Winnie”
[name_f]Zelda[/name_f]
[name_f]Zinnia[/name_f]