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Joe - Josephine
Danny - Daniella
Johnnie - Johnna
Ben - Benedetta
Jim - Jamesina
Matt - Matilda
Ray - Rayna
Vince - Vincenza

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Elle - Elliot
Mia - Damian
Josie - Joseph
Rosie - Ambrose
Ada - Adair
Ava - Cavan
Kat - Katsumi
Lou - Louis

Josephine, Josephina, Josepha
Daniella, Danielle
Johna, Johnette, Joanne
Benedicta, Benedictine
Jamesina, Jamesine
Mattea
Raven, Rachel
Vincenza

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Elliott, Elijah, Elias, Eli, Elihu
Joseph
Jeremiah
Rosamund
Adam
Averill, Avery
Christopher
Louis, Louie

Joe - Josephine
Danny - Danielle
Johnnie - Joan?
Ben - Benedita
Jim - Jamesina
Matt - Matilda or Mattea
Ray - Rayna?
Vince - no idea

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Elle - Gabriel or Raphael
Mia - no idea
Josie - Josiah
Rosie - Ambrose
Ada - Aedan
Ava - no idea
Kat - Kato?
Lou - Louis

Joe - Josephine; usually Jo
Danny - Danielle or Daniela; usually Dani
Johnnie - Joan, or Joanna
Ben - Benedicta
Jim - Jemima
Matt - Matilda
Ray - Rachael
Vince - ?

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Elle - it's an initial, so anything from Larry to Luke
Mia - Jeremiah
Josie - Joseph
Rosie - Ambrose; Ross, perhaps
Ada - Adrian
Ava - ?
Kat - ?
Lou - Louis, or Lewis

Joe: Josephine
Danny: Danielle, Danica, Daniella
Johnnie: Joanna
Ben: Bernadette, Bernice
Jim: Jemima
Matt: Mattie
Ray: Raylee, Rayna
Vince: Vincenza

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Elle: Emmanuel
Mia: Amias
Josie: Joseph
Rosie: Ambrose
Ada: Bradley
Ava: Avery
Kat: Kristian
Lou: Louis

Joanna
Danielle

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Benita
Jimena
Mattea
Raylene
Vincenza

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Can't think of the boys names except Louis

Josephine “Joe”
Danica “Danny”
Johanna “Johnnie”
Benita “Ben”
Jemima “Jim”
Matilda “Matt”
Rachel “Ray”
Vincenza “Vince”

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Ellis “Elle”
Amias “Mia”
Josiah “Josie”
Ambrose “Rosie”
Adair “Ada”
Avery “Ava”
Katriel “Kat”
Louis “Lou”

Joe: I'd knock the e off it and use Joanna.
Danny: Daniela.
Johnnie: My stepfather has an elderly aunt called Johnnie. Her real name is Geneva. Apparently all her sisters were given boyish nns by their dad when they were little, and they always used those nns among themselves even as adults. Only Anna never got a boyish nn, and only Aunt Johnnie is still called Johnnie by everyone. (They had a brother, Tom.)
Ben: Not sure. I can't really see any girl going by Ben, though I've known a Robin who went by Bin or Binnie.
Jim: I know a lady named Jean Marie whose family nn was Jim. It came about by a slurring of Jean Marie into Jimmeree.
Matt: Again, can't really see this in real life. Matilda, maybe.
Ray: Rae would do. Or Rayna or Rayleen.
Vince: Can't see it.
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What boy full names would you use for these typically feminine nicknames?
Elle: Elmer? Elton?
Mia: I'm not seeing any boy allowing himself to be called Mia and still admitting to being a boy.
Josie: Joseph or Josiah. There is a famous western movie about "The Outlaw Josey Wales."
Rosie: Roosevelt.
Ada: Not seeing it.
Ava: This either. Ava isn't even a nn for a girls.
Kat: I can sort of see a guy with a Greek last name beginning with Kats being called this.
Lou: Louis or maybe Luke.

Josephine
Daniela
Johanna
Benita
Jemima
Mattea
Ramona
Vincenza

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Ellery or any name beginning with "L"
Amias
Josiah
Ambrose
Adrian
Flavian
Katsuro
Louis

This message was edited 4/7/2024, 5:55 AM

Josephine "Joe"
Danaë "Danny"
Jonquil "Johnnie"
Albena "Ben"
Jemima "Jim"
Matilda "Matt"
Rachel "Ray"
Vincenza "Vince"

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Pelleas "Elle"
Ermias "Mia"
Josias "Josie"
Ambrose "Rosie"
Adalia "Ada"
Gustav "Ava"
Katashi "Kat"
Elouan "Lou"