I prefer names that have at least one nickname that I like, and that I like the first one or two syllables as a nickname, even if I don't plan to call them that (because there will always be people who automatically shorten a name to the first one or two syllables)
Elisabeth/
Elizabeth -
Elsie,
Lizzy,
Liz, Zabby
Catherine/
Katherine -
Kat,
Katy, Rinny
Alexandra - I really like
Alexandra, but I'm conflicted on the nicknames. I don't much like
Alex or
Allie, which would be inevitable, but I could warm up to it. My favorite nickname is
Xandra, followed by
Alexa and
Sunny. I might also use Xanna or
Andra. I hate
Lex,
Lexi. I love Xan as a nn for
Alexander, but not
Alexandra.
Annabelle -
Belle,
BellaMargaret -
Greta,
Pearl,
Maisie
What fn would you use these nn's for?
Ella -
Elena,
Eliana,
ElectraBella -
Amabel,
AbeloneLily -
Liana,
LilianaEmmy -
EmeraldAllie -
Alcyone,
Alyssa,
Allegra,
AltheaCassie - Cascadia,
Cassia,
Cassiopea,
DorcasAnna/
Annie -
Anastasia,
Andromeda,
Anemone,
Anise,
Anthea,
Ariana,
Susannah,
Liana,
Rhiannon,
Eliana,
Sylvana,
Valeriana,
SvetlanaJosie -
JosephineLexi/
Lexie -
AlexandraThis message was edited 12/16/2009, 2:27 PM