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Yeah! But in our defense, we don't use diminutives on official papers much nowadays (apart form names that are in diminutive form originally -like Danica) like the Brits seem to do. So no Alfie, Evie, Gracie, etc. for us. But we would use Ben or Maks if we didn't want him to be called Benjamin or Maksimilian.

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The diminutive forms were popular in my grandmother's generation and there are a lot of older women named - Barica, Marica, Dragica, Katica... (the thing is, they were all called Bara, Mara, Draga, Kata... when they grew up). It's considered very dated now.

This message was edited 10/29/2010, 4:15 PM