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

[duckduckcaboose.livejournal.com]

My grandmothers went by Peggy (short for Marguerite) and Helen (the Americanized version of her Italian name, Elena). I like both of their given names more, but their nns are cute, too.

I can't think of any other examples, I'm not too into nns... although I always take them into consideration before adding them to my list.

[duckduckcaboose.livejournal.com]

Oh, also, my aunt Patricia goes by Tish, which I like a lot more than, Trish, Pat, Patty, etc.