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[Opinions] Unexpected Full Name with Nickname
If you were to choose an unexpected full name for the following nicknames, what would you choose? (Example, instead of Louisa for Lou you would pick Lourdes). I'm sticking with male nicknames for now, but you can choose a male or female name to correspond with it.

Ned
Odie
Ben
Abe
Van
Alf
Kip
Sam
Tim
Sid
Tad
Lex
Pip
Rex
Max
Sal
Kit
Sid
Sol
Kai
Jed
Ace
Gil
Finn
Hal
Leo
Matt
Tom
Zak
Cam
Gus
Theo
Vin
Will
Cal
ZedP.S. I don't know if there really is an unexpected name to pair with each of these, just thought it was a fun exercise.

This message was edited 7/5/2019, 9:47 PM

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Ned - Edison
Ben - Reuben
Abe - Absalom
Kip - Crispin
Max - Mason
Gil - Gilligan
Hal - Harrison
Cam - Campbell
Will - Willoughby
Cal - CharlesYou 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.
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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 - 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
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I agree - this is a fun exercise. Sometimes I've ventured far, but isn't this the drawing board? 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 * 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!♡ 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
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Not sure how unexpected these are, but I tried not to use the first name that came to mind first. 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 I didn't have any ideas for Van, Sol, or Kai.
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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
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Here is mine: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
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