I prefer full names with nicknames, but having nicknames as first names has become SO popular here in the UK, I don't really notice any more.
If I meet an Ellie, I don't think "I wonder what that is short for", I assume she's just Ellie.
**Emma**
http://www.behindthename.com/pnl/54547
Favourites: Eve, Alice, Norah, Isla // George, Charlie, Arthur, Oscar