What are some ideas? I like to shorten names like [name_m]Calvin[/name_m]–>[name_u]Cal[/name_u], [name_m]Asher[/name_m]–>[name_u]Ash[/name_u], [name_m]Colin[/name_m]–>Col, [name_m]Nolan[/name_m]–>[name_m]Nole[/name_m], that kind of thing. But I don’t like those names. I like the idea of a two syllable name that can be shortened to one syllable (and it doesn’t have to be a real nickname! [name_m]Just[/name_m] a first syllable that can stand on its own) but I’m drawing a blank on options outside of these. I like [name_u]Sawyer[/name_u] but hate that the first syllable would be Soy. I would really like some ideas!
[name_u]Abbott[/name_u] “[name_m]Abe[/name_m]”
[name_m]Ambrose[/name_m] “Ames”
[name_u]August[/name_u] “[name_u]Gus[/name_u]”
[name_u]Barrett[/name_u] “[name_m]Bear[/name_m]”
[name_m]Bennett[/name_m] “[name_m]Ben[/name_m]”
[name_m]Bowen[/name_m] “[name_m]Bow[/name_m]”
[name_m]Breckin[/name_m] “[name_m]Breck[/name_m]”
Colson “[name_m]Cole[/name_m]”
[name_m]Declan[/name_m] “Dec”
[name_m]Fisher[/name_m] “[name_m]Fish[/name_m]”
[name_m]Huxley[/name_m] “Hux”
[name_m]Lincoln[/name_m] “[name_m]Linc[/name_m]”
[name_m]Oscar[/name_m] “[name_m]Oz[/name_m]”
[name_u]Pascoe[/name_u] “[name_u]Paz[/name_u]”
[name_m]Quentin[/name_m] “Q”
[name_m]Reuben[/name_m] “[name_u]Rue[/name_u]”
[name_u]Roscoe[/name_u] “[name_f]Roe[/name_f]”
[name_m]Sampson[/name_m] “[name_u]Sam[/name_u]”
[name_m]Shepherd[/name_m] “[name_m]Shep[/name_m]”
[name_m]Thatcher[/name_m] “[name_m]Thatch[/name_m]”
[name_m]Thorin[/name_m] “[name_m]Thor[/name_m]”
[name_m]Watson[/name_m] “Watts”
[name_m]Weston[/name_m] “[name_m]Wes[/name_m]”
[name_m]Wilson[/name_m] “[name_m]Will[/name_m]”
[name_m]Winston[/name_m] “[name_u]Win[/name_u]”
[name_u]Love[/name_u] the suggestions that have already been said! What would you say is your overall style? Based on [name_u]Sawyer[/name_u], I’ll make a few more recommendations. 
[name_u]Riley[/name_u] --> [name_m]Ry[/name_m]
Tripper --> [name_m]Trip[/name_m]
[name_u]Evan[/name_u]/[name_m]Evans[/name_m] --> Ev
[name_u]Rowan[/name_u] --> [name_f]Ro[/name_f]
[name_m]Gavin[/name_m] --> Gav (or [name_m]Vin[/name_m])
[name_u]Parker[/name_u] --> [name_m]Park[/name_m]
[name_u]Peyton[/name_u] --> Pey
[name_m]Jasper[/name_m] --> [name_m]Jas[/name_m] (or [name_u]Jay[/name_u])
I just went through my own boys list. Here are some of the ones I found. Some of the ones I wanted to add, the name was a syllable too long, even if the nicknames fit.
[name_m]Beckett[/name_m] “[name_u]Beck[/name_u]”
[name_m]Boston[/name_m] “Bos”
[name_m]Callum[/name_m] “[name_u]Cal[/name_u]”
[name_m]Cassian[/name_m] “[name_m]Cash[/name_m]”
[name_m]Charles[/name_m] “[name_m]Chuck[/name_m]” “[name_m]Chaz[/name_m]”
[name_m]Christian[/name_m] “[name_u]Chris[/name_u]” “Xian”
[name_m]Cooper[/name_m] “[name_m]Coop[/name_m]”
[name_m]Derrick[/name_m] “[name_m]Rick[/name_m]”
[name_m]Donald[/name_m] “[name_m]Don[/name_m]”
[name_m]Edward[/name_m] “[name_m]Ed[/name_m]” “Ted”
[name_m]Edmund[/name_m] “[name_m]Ed[/name_m]” “Ted”
[name_u]Elliot[/name_u] “[name_f]El[/name_f]”
[name_u]Everett[/name_u] “[name_m]Rhett[/name_m]”
[name_m]William[/name_m] “[name_m]Will[/name_m]”
[name_u]Francis[/name_u] “[name_m]Frank[/name_m]”
[name_m]Geoffrey[/name_m] “[name_m]Geoff[/name_m]”
[name_m]Greyson[/name_m] “[name_u]Grey[/name_u]”
[name_m]Henry[/name_m] “[name_m]Hank[/name_m]”
[name_m]Herbert[/name_m] “[name_u]Bert[/name_u]”
[name_m]Jacob[/name_m] “[name_m]Jake[/name_m]”
[name_u]Jamie[/name_u] “[name_m]Jam[/name_m]” “[name_u]Jem[/name_u]”
[name_m]Jason[/name_m] “[name_m]Jase[/name_m]” “[name_u]Jace[/name_u]”
[name_m]Jeffrey[/name_m] “[name_m]Jeff[/name_m]”
[name_m]Kevin[/name_m] “[name_m]Kev[/name_m]”
Koray “[name_u]Ray[/name_u]”
[name_m]Lucas[/name_m] “[name_m]Luke[/name_m]”
[name_m]Marco[/name_m] “[name_m]Marc[/name_m]”
[name_m]Matthew[/name_m] “[name_m]Matt[/name_m]”
[name_u]Micah[/name_u] “[name_m]Mick[/name_m]” “[name_m]Mike[/name_m]”
[name_u]Michael[/name_u] “[name_m]Mike[/name_m]” “[name_m]Mick[/name_m]”
[name_m]Norbert[/name_m] “[name_u]Bert[/name_u]”
[name_u]Oakley[/name_u] “[name_u]Oak[/name_u]”
Obert “[name_u]Bert[/name_u]” “O”
Orbert “[name_u]Bert[/name_u]”
[name_m]Osbert[/name_m] “[name_u]Bert[/name_u]” “[name_m]Oz[/name_m]” “Os”
[name_m]Oisin[/name_m] “[name_m]Sheen[/name_m]”
[name_m]Oren[/name_m] “[name_u]Ren[/name_u]”
[name_m]Oscar[/name_m] “[name_m]Oz[/name_m]” “Os”
[name_m]Oskar[/name_m] “[name_m]Oz[/name_m]” “Os”
[name_m]Peter[/name_m] “[name_m]Pete[/name_m]”
[name_m]Philip[/name_m] “[name_u]Phil[/name_u]”
[name_m]Phillip[/name_m] “[name_u]Phil[/name_u]”
Rinji “[name_f]Rin[/name_f]”
[name_u]Risa[/name_u] “[name_u]Rhys[/name_u]”
[name_m]Robert[/name_m] “[name_m]Rob[/name_m]” “[name_m]Bob[/name_m]” “[name_u]Bert[/name_u]”
[name_u]Robin[/name_u] “[name_m]Rob[/name_m]” “[name_m]Bob[/name_m]”
[name_m]Rocket[/name_m] “[name_m]Rock[/name_m]” --> I prefer [name_m]Rocky[/name_m] but that has too many syllables
[name_u]Roscoe[/name_u] “[name_f]Ros[/name_f]”
[name_m]Rupert[/name_m] “Rup”
Seabert “[name_u]Bert[/name_u]” “Sea”
[name_m]Seamus[/name_m] “[name_u]Shay[/name_u]”
[name_u]Shannon[/name_u] “[name_u]Shay[/name_u]” “[name_u]Shane[/name_u]”
[name_m]Silas[/name_m] “[name_u]Si[/name_u]”
[name_u]Silver[/name_u] “[name_m]Sil[/name_m]”
Taiki “[name_m]Ty[/name_m]”
[name_m]Tancred[/name_m] “Tanc” “Tank”
[name_m]Thomas[/name_m] “[name_m]Tom[/name_m]”
[name_m]Thoreau[/name_m] “[name_m]Thor[/name_m]”
[name_m]Trevor[/name_m] “[name_m]Trev[/name_m]”
[name_u]Tristan[/name_u] “[name_u]Tris[/name_u]”
[name_m]Walter[/name_m] “[name_m]Walt[/name_m]”
[name_m]Wesley[/name_m] “[name_m]Wes[/name_m]” “[name_u]Lee[/name_u]”
[name_m]Wilder[/name_m] “[name_m]Wild[/name_m]”
[name_m]Yannick[/name_m] “[name_m]Yan[/name_m]”
[name_m]Maxim[/name_m] ‘[name_u]Max[/name_u]’
[name_m]Bastian[/name_m] ‘[name_m]Bas[/name_m]’/‘Bash’
[name_m]Lucian[/name_m] ‘[name_f]Lu[/name_f]’
[name_m]Casper[/name_m] ‘[name_m]Cas[/name_m]’
[name_m]Dashiell[/name_m] ‘[name_u]Dash[/name_u]’
[name_m]Otto[/name_m] ‘Ot’
[name_m]Phineas[/name_m] ‘Phin’
[name_m]Stellan[/name_m] ‘Stell’
Maybe you could call [name_u]Sawyer[/name_u] “Saw” instead of Soy?
[name_m]Clayton[/name_m] - [name_m]Clay[/name_m]
[name_m]Judson[/name_m] - [name_m]Judd[/name_m]
[name_m]Judah[/name_m] - [name_u]Jude[/name_u]
[name_m]Gable[/name_m] - [name_m]Gabe[/name_m]
[name_m]Roland[/name_m], [name_m]Ronan[/name_m], [name_u]Rory[/name_u] - [name_f]Ro[/name_f]
[name_m]Reuben[/name_m] - Reu
[name_u]Finley[/name_u], [name_m]Fintan[/name_m] - [name_u]Finn[/name_u]
[name_m]Wilder[/name_m], [name_m]Willis[/name_m] - [name_m]Will[/name_m]
[name_m]Lachlan[/name_m] - Lach
[name_m]Leo[/name_m] - [name_u]Lee[/name_u]
[name_m]Jonah[/name_m]/[name_m]Jonas[/name_m]/[name_m]Joseph[/name_m] “[name_m]Joe[/name_m]”
[name_m]Thomas[/name_m] “[name_m]Tom[/name_m]”
[name_m]Callan[/name_m]/[name_m]Callum[/name_m] “[name_u]Cal[/name_u]”
[name_m]Caius[/name_m] “[name_u]Cai[/name_u]/[name_u]Kai[/name_u]”
[name_m]Eli[/name_m] “E”
[name_m]Levi[/name_m]/[name_m]Leo[/name_m]/[name_m]Liam[/name_m] “[name_u]Lee[/name_u]”
[name_m]Latham[/name_m] “[name_m]Laith[/name_m]”
[name_u]Lawrence[/name_u]/[name_u]Laurence[/name_u] “[name_m]Law[/name_m]”/“Laur”/"[name_u]Wren[/name_u]/[name_u]Ren[/name_u]"
[name_m]David[/name_m]/[name_m]Davey[/name_m] “[name_m]Dave[/name_m]”
[name_m]Matthew[/name_m]/[name_m]Mathis[/name_m] “[name_m]Matt[/name_m]”
[name_u]Micah[/name_u]/[name_u]Michael[/name_u] “[name_m]Mike[/name_m]”
[name_m]Samuel[/name_m] “[name_u]Sam[/name_u]”
[name_m]Daniel[/name_m] “[name_m]Dan[/name_m]”
[name_u]Rowan[/name_u] “[name_f]Ro[/name_f]”
[name_m]Jason[/name_m] “[name_u]Jace[/name_u]”
[name_u]Mason[/name_u] “[name_m]Mace[/name_m]”
[name_u]Asa[/name_u] “[name_m]Ace[/name_m]”
[name_m]Maddox[/name_m] “[name_u]Max[/name_u]”
[name_m]Jasper[/name_m] “[name_u]Jazz[/name_u]”
[name_m]Casper[/name_m] “[name_u]Cass[/name_u]”
[name_m]Hugo[/name_m] “[name_m]Hugh[/name_m]”
[name_m]Archer[/name_m] “[name_m]Arch[/name_m]”
[name_m]Fletcher[/name_m] “[name_m]Fletch[/name_m]”
[name_m]Russell[/name_m] “[name_m]Russ[/name_m]”