Your Favorite Way to Get to "x" NN?

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I’m going to provide a list of nicknames that I like, and some that you folks suggested in my previous post. I’d like to know what is your favorite way to get to each given nn. Feel free to only answer the ones you wish, or have an answer for, of course. Not going to differentiate between boys and girls, you can answer for both or either. The spelling is mostly unimportant, as long as the pronunciation is the same. Feel free to ask for clarification if you don’t know how a particular nn is pronounced or if you know of more than one pronunciation that is common, I have attempted to use intuitive spellings. Stretchy is okay, but I would prefer intuitive answers if possible. Have fun!

Andy
Annie
Ari
Ben/Benny
Beth/Bethy
Bunny
Candy
Cas/Cassie
Dan/Danny
Dell
Denny
Dez/Dezzy
Diz/Dizzy
Etta
Frankie
Freddie
Gin/Ginny
Gina
Gus
Jen/Jenny
Jem
Jes/Jessie
Joe/Joey
Josie
Kat
Kate/Katie
Kit/Kitty
Len/Lenny
Linn/Linny
Liz/Lizzy
Lucy
Maggie
Max
Mickey
Nick/Nicki
Penny
Rickie
Ron/Ronny
Rory
Sal
Sam/Sammy
Saul
Sol
Sully
Ted/Teddy
Vin/Vinny
Will

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Andrew
Marianne
Aria
Bennet
Elizabeth
Benjamin
Candace
Caspian or Cassia
Daniel
Cordelia
Alden
Odessa
Dinah
Cosette
Franklin
Frederick
Ginevra
"
August
Genevieve
James
Jesse
Joanne
Josephine
Katia
"
Kirsten or Constance
Lena
Madeleine
Lisette
Louisa
Marigold
Maxim
Michael
Nikolai
Penelope
Merrick
Aaron
Rosemary
Sally
Samuel
Just Saul
Marisol
Sullivan
Teodor
Vincent
William

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andy: andromeda
annie: andromeda
ari: ariadne
ben/benny: bennet
cas/cassie: caspian
dell: odelia
etta: lucette
frankie: franklin / frances
jes/jessie: jessamine
kate/katie: catherine
kit: atticus
lucy: lucian
penny: penrose
sol: solstice
ted/teddy: theodore
vin/vinny: vincent
will: wilbur

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[name_u]Andrea[/name_u]
[name_f]Ana[/name_f] [name_f]Belen[/name_f]
[name_f]Ariela[/name_f]
[name_u]Benjamin[/name_u]
[name_f]Lilibeth[/name_f]
[name_f]Bernadette[/name_f]
[name_f]Candelaria[/name_f]
[name_u]Cassidy[/name_u]
[name_m]Danilo[/name_m]
[name_f]Della[/name_f]
[name_m]Desmond[/name_m]
[name_u]Denis[/name_u]
[name_f]Harriet[/name_f]
[name_f]Frances[/name_f]
[name_m]Fredrick[/name_m]
[name_f]Virginia[/name_f]
[name_m]Augustus[/name_m]
[name_u]Jesse[/name_u]
Joan/Jonas
[name_f]Josephine[/name_f]
[name_f]Katherine[/name_f]
[name_m]Leonard[/name_m]
[name_f]Luciana[/name_f]
[name_f]Margaret[/name_f]
[name_m]Maximilian[/name_m]
[name_u]Michael[/name_u]
[name_f]Penelope[/name_f]
[name_m]Ronan[/name_m]
[name_u]Salem[/name_u]
[name_m]Solomon[/name_m]
[name_u]Sullivan[/name_u]
[name_m]Theodore[/name_m]
[name_m]Vincent[/name_m]
[name_m]Wilbur[/name_m]

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[name_u]Andy[/name_u] - [name_m]Cassander[/name_m], [name_f]Miranda[/name_f]
[name_f]Annie[/name_f] - [name_f]Annika[/name_f]
[name_m]Ben[/name_m] - Zeben
Dizzy - Ausdis
[name_f]Etta[/name_f] - Arrietta
[name_f]Ginny[/name_f] - [name_f]Imogen[/name_f]
[name_u]Jem[/name_u] - [name_m]Jeremy[/name_m]
[name_u]Joey[/name_u] - [name_u]Jonah[/name_u]
[name_f]Kate[/name_f] - Caitrin
[name_f]Linny[/name_f] - [name_f]Linnea[/name_f]
[name_f]Maggie[/name_f] - [name_f]Magdalen[/name_f]
[name_u]Penny[/name_u] - [name_u]Penrose[/name_u]
[name_u]Rickie[/name_u] - [name_m]Emeric[/name_m]
[name_u]Sal[/name_u] - [name_f]Salome[/name_f]

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[name_f]Rhiannon[/name_f] “Annie”
[name_f]Anneliese[/name_f] “Annie”
[name_m]Benedict[/name_m] “Ben/Benny”
[name_f]Elizabeth[/name_f] “Beth/Bethy”
Annadel “Dell”
[name_f]Frances[/name_f] “Frankie”
[name_u]Franklin[/name_u] “Frankie”
[name_f]Winifred[/name_f] “Freddie”
[name_m]Frederick[/name_m] “Freddie”
[name_m]Alfred[/name_m] “Freddie”
[name_f]Imogen[/name_f] “Ginny”
[name_u]August[/name_u] “Gus”
[name_f]Augusta[/name_f] “Gus”
[name_m]Jeremy[/name_m] “Jem”
[name_u]James[/name_u] “Jem”
[name_f]Josephine[/name_f] “Jo”
[name_f]Katherine[/name_f] “Kate/Kit/Kitty”
[name_f]Yelena[/name_f] “Len/Lenny”
[name_f]Eleanor[/name_f] “Len/Lenny”
[name_f]Elizabeth[/name_f] “Lizzie”
[name_f]Louisa[/name_f] “Lucy”
[name_f]Margaret[/name_f] “Maggie”
[name_f]Morrigan[/name_f] “Maggie”
[name_f]Margot[/name_f] “Maggie”
[name_f]Penelope[/name_f] “Penny”
[name_f]Aurora[/name_f] “Rory”
[name_f]Saoirse[/name_f] “Rory” (total stretch, just lovely in my mind for some reason! Two beautiful names!)
[name_u]Sullivan[/name_u] “Sully”
[name_m]Theodore[/name_m] “Teddy”
[name_f]Lavinia[/name_f] “Vinnie”
[name_m]Wilbur[/name_m] “Will”
[name_u]Willoughby[/name_u] “Will”

I loved this list!! Such fun x :heart:

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[name_u]Andy[/name_u]- [name_u]Anderson[/name_u] (b) or [name_f]Alessandra[/name_f] (g)
[name_f]Annie[/name_f]- [name_f]Antoinette[/name_f] (g) or [name_f]Annabel[/name_f] (g)
[name_u]Ari[/name_u]- [name_u]Aria[/name_u] (g) or [name_m]Marius[/name_m] (b)
[name_m]Ben[/name_m]- [name_m]Benedict[/name_m] (b) or [name_f]Benedetta[/name_f] (g)
[name_f]Beth[/name_f]- [name_f]Elizabeth[/name_f] (g)
[name_f]Bunny[/name_f]- [name_f]Bernadette[/name_f] (g)
[name_f]Candy[/name_f]- [name_f]Candida[/name_f] (g)
[name_m]Cas[/name_m]- [name_m]Cassius[/name_m] (b)
[name_m]Dan[/name_m]- [name_m]Danner[/name_m] (b) or [name_f]Dania[/name_f] (g)
[name_u]Dell[/name_u]- [name_f]Adele[/name_f] (g) or [name_m]Delmore[/name_m] (b)
[name_u]Denny[/name_u]- [name_m]Walden[/name_m] (b) or [name_f]Prudence[/name_f] (g)
[name_m]Dez[/name_m]- [name_m]Desmond[/name_m] (b) or [name_f]Desdemona[/name_f] (g)
[name_f]Etta[/name_f]- [name_f]Henrietta[/name_f] (g) or [name_f]Fiametta[/name_f] (g)
[name_u]Frankie[/name_u]- [name_f]Francesca[/name_f] (g) or [name_u]Francis[/name_u] (b)
[name_u]Freddie[/name_u]- [name_m]Wilfred[/name_m] (b) or [name_f]Frederica[/name_f] (g)
[name_f]Gin[/name_f]- [name_f]Geneva[/name_f] (g)
[name_f]Gina[/name_f]- [name_f]Georgina[/name_f] (g)
[name_u]Gus[/name_u]- [name_f]Augusta[/name_f] (g) or [name_m]Fergus[/name_m] (b)
[name_f]Jen[/name_f]- [name_f]Imogen[/name_f] (g)
[name_u]Jem[/name_u]- [name_m]Jeremiah[/name_m] (b)
Joe/Jo- [name_u]Joseph[/name_u] (b) or [name_f]Josephine[/name_f] (g)
[name_u]Josie[/name_u]- [name_f]Josephine[/name_f] (g)
[name_f]Kat[/name_f]- [name_f]Catherine[/name_f] (g)
[name_f]Kate[/name_f]- [name_f]Catherine[/name_f] (g)
[name_u]Kit[/name_u]- [name_f]Catherine[/name_f] (g)
Leni/Lenny- [name_f]Elena[/name_f] (g)
[name_f]Linn[/name_f]- [name_f]Linnea[/name_f] (g) or [name_u]Linden[/name_u] (b)
[name_f]Liz[/name_f]- [name_f]Lisette[/name_f] (g)
[name_f]Lucy[/name_f]- [name_f]Lucinda[/name_f] (g)
[name_f]Maggie[/name_f]- [name_f]Marguerite[/name_f] (g)
[name_u]Max[/name_u]- [name_f]Maxine[/name_f] (g) or [name_u]Maxwell[/name_u] (b)
[name_u]Mickey[/name_u]- [name_f]Michaela[/name_f] (g) or McGee (b)
[name_u]Nick[/name_u]- [name_u]Nicola[/name_u] (g) or [name_m]Dominic[/name_m] (b)
[name_u]Penny[/name_u]- [name_f]Penelope[/name_f] (g)
[name_u]Rickie[/name_u]- [name_m]Richard[/name_m] (b) or [name_m]Frederick[/name_m] (b)
[name_u]Ronny[/name_u]- [name_f]Verona[/name_f] (g) or [name_m]Ronald[/name_m] (b)
[name_u]Rory[/name_u]- [name_f]Aurora[/name_f] (g) or [name_m]Cormac[/name_m] (b)
[name_u]Sal[/name_u]- [name_m]Pascal[/name_m] (b) or [name_f]Orsaline[/name_f] (g)
[name_u]Sam[/name_u]- [name_m]Sampson[/name_m] (b) or [name_f]Samara[/name_f] (g)
[name_u]Sol[/name_u]- [name_m]Solomon[/name_m] (b) or [name_f]Marisol[/name_f] (g)
[name_u]Sully[/name_u]- [name_u]Sullivan[/name_u] (b)
[name_u]Teddy[/name_u]- [name_m]Edgar[/name_m] (b) or [name_f]Theodosia[/name_f] (g)
Vin/Vinny- [name_f]Lavinia[/name_f] (g) or [name_m]Vincent[/name_m] (b)
[name_u]Will[/name_u]- [name_f]Wilhelmina[/name_f] (g) or [name_m]Wilfred[/name_m] (b)

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[name_u]Andy[/name_u]: [name_f]Andromeda[/name_f] (g)
[name_f]Annie[/name_f]: [name_f]Annette[/name_f] (g)
[name_u]Ari[/name_u]: [name_f]Ariadne[/name_f] (g), [name_u]Arthur[/name_u] (b) (came to this because I love [name_u]Arthur[/name_u] and I love nicknames, but dislike Art)
Ben/Benny: [name_m]Benedict[/name_m] (b)
Beth/Bethy: [name_f]Lisbeth[/name_f] or [name_f]Elizabeth[/name_f]
Cas/Cassie: [name_m]Casper[/name_m] (b), [name_f]Cassia[/name_f] (g)
Dan/Danny: [name_u]Daniel[/name_u]
[name_u]Dell[/name_u]: [name_f]Adela[/name_f]
[name_u]Denny[/name_u]: [name_u]Denver[/name_u] (b), [name_u]Arden[/name_u] (either)
Diz/Dizzy: [name_f]Diana[/name_f] (ik it’s stretchy, but I love it!)
[name_f]Etta[/name_f]: [name_f]Colette[/name_f]
[name_u]Frankie[/name_u]: [name_f]Francesca[/name_f] (g), [name_u]Franklin[/name_u] (b)
[name_u]Freddie[/name_u]: [name_m]Wilfred[/name_m] (b), [name_f]Winifred[/name_f] (g), [name_f]Freda[/name_f] (g)
[name_f]Ginny[/name_f]: [name_f]Imogen[/name_f]
[name_f]Gina[/name_f]: [name_f]Georgina[/name_f] (although [name_u]Georgie[/name_u] is my favorite nickname for this)
[name_u]Gus[/name_u]: [name_u]August[/name_u] (b), [name_f]Augusta[/name_f] (g)
[name_f]Jen[/name_f]: [name_f]Genevieve[/name_f] (g)
[name_u]Jem[/name_u]: [name_u]James[/name_u] or [name_m]Jeremy[/name_m]
Joe/Joey: [name_u]Joseph[/name_u] (b), [name_f]Josephine[/name_f] (g)
[name_u]Josie[/name_u]: [name_f]Josephine[/name_f] (g)
[name_f]Kat[/name_f]: [name_f]Katherine[/name_f]
[name_f]Kate[/name_f]: [name_f]Katherine[/name_f]
[name_u]Kit[/name_u]: [name_m]Christopher[/name_m] or [name_m]Atticus[/name_m]
[name_u]Lenny[/name_u]: [name_u]Lennon[/name_u] (either)
[name_f]Linny[/name_f]: [name_f]Linnea[/name_f]
[name_f]Liz[/name_f]: [name_f]Elizabeth[/name_f]
[name_f]Lucy[/name_f]: [name_f]Lucille[/name_f]
[name_f]Maggie[/name_f]: [name_f]Margaret[/name_f] or [name_f]Magdalena[/name_f]
[name_u]Max[/name_u]: [name_u]Maxwell[/name_u]
Nick/Nicky: [name_m]Dominic[/name_m] (b), [name_f]Dominica[/name_f] (g)
[name_u]Penny[/name_u]: [name_u]Aspen[/name_u] (either)
[name_u]Ronny[/name_u]: [name_f]Veronica[/name_f]
[name_u]Rory[/name_u]: [name_f]Aurora[/name_f] (g), [name_f]Lorelei[/name_f] (g), [name_u]Arthur[/name_u] (b) (another stretch oops)
[name_u]Sal[/name_u]: [name_m]Salvador[/name_m]
[name_u]Sol[/name_u]: [name_f]Soleil[/name_f] (g), [name_m]Solomon[/name_m] (b)
[name_u]Sully[/name_u]: [name_u]Sullivan[/name_u]
[name_u]Teddy[/name_u]: [name_m]Edwin[/name_m] or [name_m]Theodore[/name_m]
[name_u]Will[/name_u]: [name_m]Wilbur[/name_m]

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[name_u]Andy[/name_u] - [name_f]Leandra[/name_f] or [name_m]Lysander[/name_m]
[name_f]Annie[/name_f] - [name_f]Annabel[/name_f]
[name_u]Ari[/name_u] - [name_u]Arlo[/name_u] or [name_f]Ilaria[/name_f]
Ben/Benny - [name_m]Benvolio[/name_m]
Beth/Bethy - [name_f]Elsbeth[/name_f]
[name_f]Bunny[/name_f] - [name_f]Brontë[/name_f], [name_f]Bronwen[/name_f]
[name_f]Candy[/name_f] - [name_f]Cassandra[/name_f]
Cas/Cassie - [name_u]Cassidy[/name_u], [name_f]Cassia[/name_f], [name_m]Caspian[/name_m]
Dan/Danny - [name_m]Dante[/name_m]
[name_u]Dell[/name_u] -Adelaide
[name_u]Denny[/name_u] - [name_u]Auden[/name_u]
Dez/Dezzy -Delilah
[name_f]Etta[/name_f] - [name_f]Loretta[/name_f], [name_f]Odette[/name_f]
[name_u]Frankie[/name_u] - [name_f]Francesca[/name_f]
[name_u]Freddie[/name_u] - [name_f]Freda[/name_f], [name_f]Frederica[/name_f]
Gin/Ginny - [name_f]Ginevra[/name_f]
[name_f]Gina[/name_f] -Ginevra
[name_u]Gus[/name_u] -August, [name_m]Magnus[/name_m]
Jen/Jenny - [name_f]Genevieve[/name_f]
[name_u]Jem[/name_u] - [name_u]Jemison[/name_u]
Len/Lenny - [name_m]Leonard[/name_m], [name_f]Eleni[/name_f], Lenorw
Linn/Linny - [name_f]Linnea[/name_f]
[name_f]Maggie[/name_f] - [name_f]Magdalen[/name_f], [name_m]Magnus[/name_m]
[name_u]Max[/name_u] -Matilda, [name_u]Maddox[/name_u]
[name_u]Penny[/name_u] - [name_f]Penelope[/name_f], [name_f]Persephone[/name_f]
[name_u]Sol[/name_u] -Marisol, [name_f]Solana[/name_f]
[name_u]Sully[/name_u] -Sullivan
Ted/Teddy -Thaddeus

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[name_f]Andromeda[/name_f]
[name_f]Marianne[/name_f]
[name_f]Ariana[/name_f]
[name_u]Benjamin[/name_u]
MaryBeth
[name_f]Elizabeth[/name_f]
[name_f]Cassandra[/name_f]
[name_m]Cassian[/name_m]
[name_u]Daniel[/name_u]
[name_f]Della[/name_f]
[name_u]Auden[/name_u]
[name_f]Destiny[/name_f]
[name_f]Dinah[/name_f]
[name_f]Loretta[/name_f]
[name_u]Francis[/name_u]
[name_f]Frida[/name_f]
[name_f]Virginia[/name_f]
[name_f]Virginia[/name_f]
[name_u]August[/name_u]
[name_f]Guinevere[/name_f]
[name_u]James[/name_u]
[name_u]Jesse[/name_u]
[name_m]Giovanni[/name_m]
[name_f]Jocelyn[/name_f]
[name_f]Katherine[/name_f]
[name_f]Katherine[/name_f]
[name_f]Katherine[/name_f]
[name_f]Magdalene[/name_f]
[name_f]Caroline[/name_f]
[name_f]Elizabeth[/name_f]
[name_f]Lucinda[/name_f]
[name_f]Magdalena[/name_f]
[name_f]Margaret[/name_f]
[name_u]Michele[/name_u]
[name_m]Nicholas[/name_m]
[name_f]Penelope[/name_f]
[name_m]Cedric[/name_m]
[name_f]Veronica[/name_f]
[name_f]Aurora[/name_f]
[name_m]Salvatore[/name_m]
[name_m]Samuel[/name_m]
[name_m]Solomon[/name_m]
[name_f]Marisol[/name_f]
[name_f]Araceli[/name_f]
[name_m]Theodore[/name_m]
[name_m]Vincent[/name_m]
[name_u]William[/name_u]

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Andy - Cassandra / Oleander, Orlando, Endymion, Ferdinand, Cassander
Annie - Annabel, Endymion, Benedict (Enny)
Ari - Arabella, Araminta / Arthur
Ben/Benny - Bennett, Benedict
Beth/Bethy - Elizabeth
Bunny - I’d use it as a (family) nickname for any name
Candy - Caroline
Cas/Cassie - Cassia, Calista, Celeste / Caspar, Casimir, Cassander
Dan/Danny - Daniel
Dell - Delfina, Delfi, Adele, Adelina

Etta - Juliet, Violet, Charlotte, Violetta / Beckett, Bennett, Edmund & Edouard (if pronounced the same as Edda)
Freddie - Frederick
Gin/Ginny - Genevieve, Jane (Jinny), Jonathan (Jin)
Gus - Augusta / Augustin, Auguste, August
Jem - James, Jeremy
Kat - Catarina
Kit/Kitty - Cordelia, Catalina / Christopher (but I prefer Kit on its own)
Len/Lenny - Lenore, Lenora, Valentina / Lenn, Lennart, Valentine
Liz/Lizzy - Alice, Elizabeth, Eliza / Lysander
Lucy - Lucinda, Lucia / Lucius, Lucian
Maggie - Margot
Max - Maxima / Maximilian
Mickey - Michaela / Mick
Nick/Nicki - Nicolas, Nicanor
Penny - Penelope / Peregrine
Rickie - Frederica / Frederick
Ron/Ronny - Rosalind
Rory - Rosalind, Rose / Robert
Sol - Isolde
Ted/Teddy - Theodora, Edwina / Edmund, Edgar, Theo
Vin/Vinny - Valentina, Lavinia / Vincent
Will - Wilhelmina / Willem

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