Nicknames

[hotchpot.livejournal.com]

What are some of your favorite *unexpected* nicknames? I don't mean like Jack for John or Jess for Jessica, but Sadie for Sarah, or as somebody posted earlier, Tate for Nathaniel (both of which I like a lot).

I like:

Robert: Beau
John: Jacques, Jock
Daniel: Denny
Anne: Anouk, Anoushka, Nan, Annika, Annick, Hannah
Elizabeth: Bette, Ilse, Elspeth, Liesl/Liesel
Alexander: Alec, Sandy
Helen: Lena
Eleanor/Elinor: Nora
Margaret: Daisy, Gretchen, Gretel/Gretl
Catherine: Kitty
Christopher: Kit
Charlotte: Lottie
Mary: Polly
Martha: Patsy
Sarah: Sally

Comments

[http://users.livejournal.com/-----citylight/]

I really like Posey as a nn for Josephine.
And I love Lottie and Chuck for Charlotte.

[snailrevolution.livejournal.com]

Posey for Josephine is awesome. :D