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I think that it would be a pain in the neck and that most people wouldn't get it at all. I like both Sally and Sara (this spelling). I think if I wanted to use Sally I'd just choose it as the full name. Sarah nn Sally is kind of cute and classic but non-namenerds would have troubles with it.

I actually don't think it would be that big of a pain, but I think most people would be pretty surprised to learn her full name is Sarah.

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Same answer for Sadie.

I think it does, especially with the trend for Edwardian names going on. Have to say, I really dislike both names

I'm not sure I would get it if I wasn't into names, but then again Jim/Jimmy as a nn for James was somehow a huge revelation for me. I do love Sally though, so I'd like to say it's okay.

I think by now it's a name in it's own right, and people wouldnt figure she's really Sarah.

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I have a really negative personal association with the name Sally.

Pain in the neck and nobody would get it.

I've known plenty of Sarah people and plenty of Sally people, and no Sarah was ever known as Sally; nor was any Sally an actual Sarah.

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What's more, I get a completely different vibe from them: Sarah is stodgy and unattractive and dull, while Sally is pretty and bursting with energy.

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Another thing: at two syllables each, surely both names are already short enough not to need a nn?

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A final thing: lots of people go through life with nns that have nothing to do with their given names: my uncle Harold was Mannie, my aunt Elsie was Toni and my FIL Ernest was Kew. So I think people would accept that this specific Sarah was known as Sally without necessarily feeling confused.

Big pain in the neck. I don't know any Sarahs who go by Sally, nor do I know any Sallys who are really Sarahs. I wouldn't bother.