[name_m]Hi[/name_m] berries!
I’ve been crushing on [name_m]Whit[/name_m] a lot lately as a nickname… but most of the full names I can think of are all fairly surnamey or unisex (which usually I’m a fan of, but Whitney/Whitley, Whitson, Whittier, and Whitaker/Whitacre/Whittaker aren’t doing much for me lately). [name_m]Can[/name_m] you think of any other full names that could yield [name_m]Whit[/name_m] as a nickname? It doesn’t have to start with [name_m]Whit[/name_m], I’m ok if it’s a bit stretchy.
If it helps, some of my favorites are [name_m]Caspar[/name_m], [name_f]Aquila[/name_f], [name_m]Boaz[/name_m], [name_m]Rowan[/name_m], [name_m]Ambrose[/name_m], [name_m]Lorcan[/name_m], [name_m]Augustine[/name_m], [name_m]Sebastian[/name_m], etc.
Thanks berries!
I love Witter. It was on our list. It means “warrior”. I would’ve nicknamed him [name_m]Witt[/name_m].
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Most of the names that lead to Whit are surnames, so I’m still including those just in case something catches your eye.
Whitby
Winston
Wystan
Hewitt
Truett
Pruitt
William
Wilmot
Wilbert
Fitzwilliam
Watkins
Watson
Winton
Winthrop
Walter
Wyatt
Whitmore
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[name_m]Whitman[/name_m]! I love the connection with [name_m]Walt[/name_m] [name_m]Whitman[/name_m], and have this as a long form of [name_m]Whit[/name_m] on my list. (If you havent read any of his poems I would highly recommend them!)
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Hmm…maybe:
[name_m]Winston[/name_m] ‘Whit’ (or [name_m]Wit[/name_m] I guess, but [name_m]Whit[/name_m] works to me)
[name_m]Wilmot[/name_m] ‘Whit’
[name_m]Walter[/name_m] ‘Whit’ (maybe a stretch, but maybe?)
[name_m]Wilbert[/name_m]
[name_m]Wilfred[/name_m]
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I was just going to say this! No one ever talks about [name_m]Whitman[/name_m], but it’s so, so lovely. Leaves of Grass was one of the first poetry collections I sought out on my own as a teenager, and I just adore the connection and the name itself. 
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[name_f]Winter[/name_f] or [name_m]Winchester[/name_m]?
Wulfstan?
Some stretchies:
[name_m]Wiley[/name_m] (works semantically for wit as well as a little sound-wise)
[name_m]Wilder[/name_m]
[name_m]Weston[/name_m]
[name_m]William[/name_m], [name_m]Willis[/name_m]
[name_m]Willoughby[/name_m]
[name_m]Winslow[/name_m]
[name_m]Werther[/name_m]
Chatwin
[name_m]Sherwin[/name_m]
Swinton
Wichall
Wilburton
Wilcott
[name_f]Willow[/name_f]
[name_m]Wilmot[/name_m]
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Whitman was my immediate thought for a most obvious connection, Pruitt/Prewitt may be my favorite suggestion for the meaning though!
Something like this may work too (similar to what @Julie_NameNerd suggested):
Corwin
Ashwin (not sure what “ash friend” stood for but it sounds like a cute connection ha!)
Edwin
Erwin
Lewin (what a sweet meaning this has!)
Sherwin
Rowan
With a “T” middle
Corwin Theo
Corwin Theodore
Lewin Timothy
Lewin Theodore
Or even more of a stretch:
Corwin Augustine
Erwin Sebastian
Lewin Augustine
Edwin Sebastian
Rowan Augustine
Rowan Sebastian
Etc.
There’s always Oswin to consider as well haha! If I hadn’t decided on for the meaning my favorite middle for my Ozzie was actually Christopher! Oswin Christopher could get you a very stretchy Whit lol! It even has the letters in succession! W h i t haha!
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Thanks everyone! Feeling rather defeated on this, I think my leaning contenders at this point are to just use [name_m]Whit[/name_m] as a standalone (like [name_m]Whit[/name_m] [name_m]Alexander[/name_m] or something) or go back to [name_m]Whittaker[/name_m]. Nothing seems to be clicking. In general I don’t love a ton of W names which is making this even harder. I do love the sound of [name_m]Whittaker[/name_m] but the look of him has been putting me off for quite a few years now, I couldn’t tell you why. Whitacre is a bit better but probably needlessly complicated. Most of the compound nns like [name_m]William[/name_m] [name_m]Sebastian[/name_m] “Whit” don’t do much for me - either the combo isn’t interesting enough for me/I don’t like the first name well enough to use it on a kid, or I love the first name way too much to replace it with a more contrived nickname (like Rowan!).
Whitfield or Whittier is a little better because it sort of feels naturey, but I can’t envision me with a Whittier or a Whitfield.
[name_m]Truitt[/name_m] (thanks @kachenka!) and [name_f]Winter[/name_f] (thanks @EdgeOfTheMeadow!) are probably the closest to clicking of all the suggestions; I used to LOVE [name_m]Truitt[/name_m] and it has the sound of [name_m]Whit[/name_m] right in there… but something seems off about it now. I don’t know that I can envision me with a [name_m]Truitt[/name_m].
And [name_f]Winter[/name_f] nn [name_m]Whit[/name_m] seems almost perfect but I adore [name_f]Winter[/name_f] for a girl and I’m having trouble envisioning [name_f]Winter[/name_f] on a boy (or even wanting to). I think it’s one that could work fine for either gender but I don’t want to give up my visions of [name_f]Winter[/name_f] “Winnie”, tbh.
I guess maybe I’ll let just [name_m]Whit[/name_m], [name_m]Whittaker[/name_m], [name_f]Winter[/name_f], and [name_m]Truitt[/name_m] sit with me for a while… I’m not loving any of the options and that’s disappointing, because I adore [name_m]Whit[/name_m] and it has a lot of significance to my childhood, too. But maybe a better solution will come in the future.
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