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According to Cafe Mom, again.

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Bizzy (nn for Beatrice or Elizabeth)
Libby (nn for Elizabeth)
Sukie (nn for Susan or Susannah)
Tessie (nn for Theresa)
Birdie (nn for Beatrice, Elizabeth, Bridget, or Bertha)
Flossie (nn for Florence)
Tibby (nn for Tabitha)
Goldie (it doesn't say what this would actually be a nickname for. Maybe Golda?)
Dovie (nn for Deborah)
Polly (nn for Mary -- and that's my own contribution. Cafe Mom just says it's a variation of Molly, but it and Molly both started out as nicknames for Mary.)
Letty (nn for Letitia, Lettice, or Violetta)
Winnie (nn for Winifred, Winona, Edwina, Gwendolyn, or Rowena)
Essie (nn for Estelle, Estella, and Esther)
Billie (Cafe Mom doesn't say what this would be a nickname for, but I'd say Wilhelmina)
Dillie (nn for Delilah, Cordelia, Dahlia, Daffodil, or Odelia)
Georgie (nn for Georgia, Georgina, Georgiana, or Georgette)
Mellie (nn for Melody, Millicent, Carmela, or Melanie)
Hattie (nn for Harriet or Henrietta)
Effie (nn for Euphemia)
Trixie (nn for Beatrix, Beatrice, or Patricia)
Lottie (nn for Charlotte)

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Okay, so....which do you like? Which do you dislike? Which ones do you think actually cannot stand on their own?

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And, if you had to call your daughter one of these nicknames, along with one of the names that it's a nn for on her birth certificate, which would it be?