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Ned - Edison
Ben - Reuben
Abe - Absalom
Kip - Crispin
Max - Mason
Gil - Gilligan
Hal - Harrison
Cam - Campbell
Will - Willoughby
Cal - Charles

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You didn't have Bill or Mike, but wanted to add them. I had a college professor Bill that was short for Wilson. And Mike could be short for Mackenzie.

Ned - Abednego
Odie - I have a female friend named Odemaris pronounced O-da-mar-es that goes by Odie
Ben - Bennett or Benson
Abe - Abram or Absalom
Van - Donovan or Sullivan / Savannah or Evangeline(a)
Sam - Samson or Sampson / Sameera or Samara
Tim - Septimus
Sid - Cassidy
Tad - Tancred
Lex - Lennox
Pip - Piper
Max - Maddox
Kit - Nikita
Sol - Marisol, Soledad, Soleil
Kai - Kaiser / Kaia
Jed - Jared, Jerald, Jerard
Ace - Horace
Gil - Gilroy
Finn - Griffin
Hal - Hamilton, Harold/ Hallie
Leo - Leandro
Matt - Matteo, Matthias / Matea, Matilda

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Ned - Manfred
Odie - Otto
Ben - Reuben
Abe - Abner
Van - Valens
Alf - Alvin
Kip - Carl
Sam - Simon
Tim - Timon
Sid - Dennis
Tad - Titus
Lex - Lucas
Pip - Patrick
Rex - Reginald
Max - Malcolm
Sal - Alexander
Kit - Kenneth
Sol - Silas
Kai - Kyle
Jed - Jared
Ace - Avery
Gil - Giles
Finn - Stephen
Hal - Harley
Leo - Leander
Matt - Merritt
Tom - Bertram
Zak - Isaac
Cam - Camillus
Gus - Fergus
Theo - Theobald
Vin - Marvin
Will - Willard
Cal - Caleb
Zed - Eliezer

Ned - Eluned
Odie - Élodie
Ben - Iben
Abe - Amabel
Van - Vanessa
Alf - Alfeo
Kip - Kibwe
Sam - Sanem
Tim - Corentin
Sid - Sigrid
Tad - Tatjana
Lex - Dilek
Pip - Pepito
Rex - Mareks
Max - Macsen
Sal - Salvio
Kit - Kirsikka
Sid - Sidsel
Sol - Sulo
Kai - Zakkai
Jed - Judoc
Ace - Araceli
Gil - Gunilla
Finn - Dagfinn
Hal - Halvor
Leo - Leonidas
Matt - Matanel
Tom - Tumelo
Zak - Željko
Cam - Cambira
Gus - Gustav
Theo - Timotheos
Vin - Alvin
Will - Orville
Cal - Calisto
Zed - Cedric

Ned - Nedeljko
Odie - Dakota
Ben - Benvolio
Abe - Abel
Van - Radovan
Alf - Randalf
Kip - Kalliope
Sam - Samwise
Tim - Timea
Sid - Sidony
Tad - Trinidad
Lex - Pravoslav (pravo > law > lex)
Pip - Philadelphia
Rex - Kingsley
Max - Maddox
Sal - Sarah
Kit - Kermitt
Sid - Sigmund
Sol - Soledad
Kai - Mordechai
Jed - Jared
Ace - Horace
Gil - Virgil
Finn - Serafin
Hal - Halvar
Leo - Leocadia
Matt - Matisse
Tom - Tomislav
Zak - Zakiya
Cam - Campbell
Gus - Fergus
Theo - Theobald
Vin - Parvin
Will - Willoughby
Cal - Caledonia
Zed - Zdeněk

I agree - this is a fun exercise. Sometimes I've ventured far, but isn't this the drawing board?

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Ned - Eden
Odie - Ulysses (Odysseus / Ulysses)
Ben - Bernie
Abe - Gail
Van - Lucious
Alf - Fred
Kip - Conrad
Sam - Samantha
Tim - Tabitha
Sid - Susan
Tad - Theodore / Theodora
Lex - Lonnie
Pip - Priscilla
Rex - Eugene / Cunigunde
Max - Maxine
Sal - Sylvester
Kit - Constantine / Konstance (any conceivable spelling variation, yet this is always true or me anyway...)
Sid - Susan / Suzanne
Sol - Raymond / Rai
Kai - Kenneth
Jed - James
*Ace - Alice
Gil - Gail / Galen
Finn - Finster
Hal - Archibald
Leo - Lenny
Matt - Mathilde / Magdalene
Tom - Richard
Zak - Xavier (Zavier?)
Cam - Kalliope
Gus - Eustace - if I were Eustace, would I use Stacey, Tracy, or Trey??
Theo - Juno
Vin - Victoria
Will - Wilma
Cal - Cathy
Zed - Zoe

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* I had a paternal great-uncle known as "Uncle Ace" - who died during my early elementary school years. I think his name to have been Ace - but I had difficulty differentiating between "Uncle-Lace" & "Uncle Ace" during my early youth.

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Fun!

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♡ Eddard
♡ Odysseus
♡ Benedikt
♡ Adalbert
♡ Ivan
♡ Adolf
♡ Kipling
♡ Samwell
♡ Timaeus
♡ Sidonius
♡ Taddeo
♡ Lexington
♡ Pippin
♡ Rexford
♡ Maxence
♡ Salathiel
♡ Kitto
♡ Solon
♡ Kaito
♡ Jared
♡ Alister
♡ Giles
♡ Finnian
♡ Harald
♡ Leontios
♡ Mathieu
♡ Tommen
♡ Zechariah
♡ Camelot
♡ Angus
♡ Theodoric
♡ Vincas
♡ Willem
♡ Callahan
♡ Zedekiah

Not sure how unexpected these are, but I tried not to use the first name that came to mind first.

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Ned - Edgar, Theodore, Frederick
Odie - I don't know what this would normally be a nickname for, Otis?
Ben - Benedict, Bengt
Abe - Gabriel, Abdul
Alf - Alphonse
Kip - Crispin
Sam - Simon
Tim - Timur
Sid - Siddharth/a
Tad - Theodore
Lex - Alecto
Pip - Philomen
Rex - Alexander
Max - Macsen
Sal - Salim, Salman, Samuel
Kit - Crispin, Kajetan, Ketil,
Jed - Jordan
Ace - Andrew, Anthony, Alexander, anything starting with A
Gil - Giles
Finn - Thorfinn
Hal - Henrik, Harold
Leo - Lionel, Linus (with the lee-nus pronounciation)
Matt - Matthias, Matteo
Tom - Bartholomew
Zak - Zachariah, Zecheriah
Cam - Camden, Caedmon, Callum
Gus - Magnus, Agnus
Theo - Theophile, Theron, Theseus
Vin -
Will - Willis, Wilson
Cal - Callum, Cathal, Callan,
Zed - Zachary, Zebulon, Zavier - anything starting with Z

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I didn't have any ideas for Van, Sol, or Kai.

Some of these are better than others :)

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Ned - Nadia
Odie - Odilia
Ben - Thorben
Abe - Abel
Van - Vangelis
Alf - Alphonse
Kip - Kipling
Sam - Samir
Tim - Timaeus
Sid - Sidonie
Tad - Amistad
Lex - Lennox
Pip - Hippolyta
Rex
Max - Makarios
Sal - Salome
Kit - Kinneret
Sid - Sidonie
Sol - Marisol
Kai - Kaia
Jed - Jadzia
Ace - Asa
Gil - Gillespie
Finn - Finola
Hal - Halldor
Leo - Leelo
Matt - Matilda
Tom - Thomasina
Zak - Isaac
Cam - Camille
Gus - Gustav
Theo - Theophania
Vin - Alvin
Will - Willa
Cal - Callista
Zed -

Ned: Benedict, Kennedy
Odie: Odin, Odette, Odile, Odilia
Ben: Bennett, Benedict
Abe: Abram
Van: Donovan, Evander, Evangeline, Ivan, Ivana, Giovanni
Alf: Alfreda, Alfonso
Kip: Christopher
Sam: Samara, Samir, Samira
Tim: Fatima, Septimus
Sid: Sidonia, Siddhartha
Tad: Taddeo
Lex: Alexei, Lexine, Lexus
Pip: Penelope, Piper
Rex: Rexanne
Max: Macsen, Maxfield
Sal: Salamon
Kit: Christopher, Kirsten
Sol: Isolde
Kai: Kaitlyn, Kyle
Jed: Jedi
Ace: Alexander, Anastasia
Gil: Gillian
Finn: Griffin
Hal: Howard, Thalia
Leo: Eleonore, Leonie, Leona
Matt: Matilda
Tom: Tamara
Zak: Isaac
Cam: Camilla, Camellia, Campbell
Gus: Gustav
Theo: Theodora, Theodosia, Mattheo, Theona, Timotheo
Vin: Calvin, Mervin, Davina
Will: Wilhelmina, Willow, Willa
Cal: Callum, Caroline, Callahan, Caledonia
Zed: Azzedine

Here is mine:

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Ned- Nathaniel
Odie- Odysseus
Ben- Bastian
Abe- Auberon
Van- Valiant
Alf- Rudolph
Kip- Kipling? I am not sure its unexpected.
Sam- Balsam
Tim- Artem
Sid- Edison
Tad- Talmadge
Lex- Leophelix
Pip- Potiphar
Rex- Robichaux
Max- Mordecaix
Sal- Salem
Kit- Kermit
Sol- Somerled
Kai- Kylo
Jed- Jochebed
Ace- Achilles
Gil- Galileo
Finn- Franklin
Hal- Harlow
Leo- Napoleon
Matt- Mathis
Zak- Zlatko
Cam- Callum
Gus- Gaius
Theo- Matteo
Vin- Viking
Will- Willoughby? Not so sure its unexpected.
Cal- Chapel
Zed- Zayden