Nickname ideas

[th3-unicorn.livejournal.com]

Not expecting nor TTC, but our settled name for a girl is Alma, meaning "apple" in hungarian. Long story, which many of you probably know by now.
We have thrown ideas around for a middle name, but I guess the right one will just pop up at the right time when needed.

What I keep wondering about is possible nicknames. So I'd like to know what are the most common (but most far-fetched are very welcome too) nicknames that come to your mind for Alma (prn. AHL-mah)? What's your first reaction?

My ideas will be in the answers, to avoid influencing yours.

Thank you all! :)

Comments

[th3-unicorn.livejournal.com]

I think in italian the most automatic nickname would be Ally (prn AHL-lee).
But diminuitive forms are also quite common, so she sometimes could be adressed as Almina (Ahl-MEE-na), which practically would produce the nn Mina.
I like the sound, but Mina is a very famous retro italian singer (but not the charming type) and "mina" is also the word for "mine", as in bomb.

I'm looking for other options, but can't seem to find any.

[freezemyazaleas.livejournal.com]

Allie/Ally/Ali. So cute.

[ifancylust.livejournal.com]

there was a crazy character on desperate housewives who was named alma..so i immediately thought of her. haha. but other than that, i always sort of saw it as an old lady-ish type name.

[ivegotbaggage.livejournal.com]

My neighbor's name is Alma, and though she's grown with a little one of her own, now, her parents still call her Almy. Which, I realize, isn't technically any shorter than Alma, but that's what they call her. :-)

[th3-unicorn.livejournal.com]

ah in italian that is bound to happen too!
There is a huge tendency to turn names into nicknames that always end in -y, so Almy is definitely a possibility! thank you for your input! :)

[chirpygirly.livejournal.com]

I think possible nick names that some people might use are:

mama
mammy
mamie ("may-mee")

And for those who will find out or know it means apple in hungarian, who knows, maybe someone will use 'blossom', as in apple blossom.

[juniorfan29.livejournal.com]

The first thing that comes to mind, for me, is Ali

[fleckerbug.livejournal.com]

It's cute, but really it's so short that other than Allie/Ollie and maybe Mama, I can't think of anything. Do you know od Hungarian nicknames for it?

[th3-unicorn.livejournal.com]

Nope, because as far as I know it's not used as a name, as it doesn't just mean "apple", it's actually the word for "apple" :)
But I really appreciate your suggestion on Ollie, because "alma" in Hungarian is not exactly pronounced AHL-mah, but closer to Awl-maw, so the O sound in Ollie is actually more accurate :)
And I like Ollie lot better than Allie, so your comment was really helpful!
I can quite say it was THE nickname I was looking for but couldn't find!

[fleckerbug.livejournal.com]

Glad you like it so much! :D After I wrote Allie I realized that Ollie was a lot more like the sound of 'Al' in Alma. You could even write it Ahllie, but that might be weird since the name doesn't have an H in it, and I think 'Ollie'. spelled that way is just cute. :)

Anyway.. yay!

[songspell.livejournal.com]

I think Alma is short enough that it doesn't need a nickname, really....

But if I had to:
Ali/Allie/Ally
Mimi?

[th3-unicorn.livejournal.com]

Aw Mimi is lovely! And it could definitely work in place of Almina :)
thank you for your suggestion!!

[snailrevolution.livejournal.com]

Even though it's not part of the sound, I immediately thought "May." If you're into masculine names on girls, just "Al" could work too.

Alma is a lovely name. :)