Nicknames

[th3-unicorn.livejournal.com]

What are possibile nicknames for Joshua? (besides Josh)
Does Joey sound reasonable, considering here in Italy it would be pronounced JAW-ee, not JOE-ee? That way it shares the same sound as Joshua.

What nicknames can you think of? No matter how out there, I'd like to hear it
And what did/do the Joshua's you know go by? :)

TIA!

Comments

[poohbaby.livejournal.com]

i know a Joshua that goes by Joe...

[waitingonsunday.livejournal.com]

Jos is the only other nickname I can think of. All of the Joshuas I know go by Josh or Joshua.

[lind-saay.livejournal.com]

I didn't think of that one. Joss like Joss Whedon (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joss_Whedon).

[istytehcrawk.livejournal.com]

This is not a serious suggestion, but I guess Osha (http://www.osha.gov) (long o sound) could be a nickname for Joshua. :)

[lind-saay.livejournal.com]

I've never met a Joshua who went by anything other than Josh or Joshua.

Joe(y) could work, though. It'd be a stretch, but no more than nicknames like Meg for Margaret (or Peg, which I STILL don't get) or Hank for Henry. I mean, at least the letters are kind of there.

[i12bmore.livejournal.com]

Margaret gets shortened to Marg, with a hard G.

R drops out really easily in a lot of accents, so that gives us Mag (MAHG).

The vowel flatens out to an EH sound--Meg.

Finally, M is a labial--pronounced with the lips--just like P, so M morphs to P--Peg.

I'm afraid I can't explain Henry-to-Hank like that. :-P

[moldycelery.livejournal.com]

To be fair, Meg has been a nick-name for Margaret since the 1300s or so, whereas I've never seen Joe used as a nick-name for Joshua.

[envyed.livejournal.com]

I know quite a few Joshua's.
The nicknamse for them are Jay, Josh, Joe.

[deer-lanterns.livejournal.com]

Jonty!

[i12bmore.livejournal.com]

I knew a Joshua who went by Jos (JAHS). One nickname the little guy could grow out of quickly would be Joshie.

[lifehitmeoneday.livejournal.com]

My husband goes by Josh.

But because his dads name is Joe, they call him Little Joe sometimes.

[blue-suspenders.livejournal.com]

I dunno why but a lot of people who go by initials include a J. If it works well with their middle or last name.

[chirpygirly.livejournal.com]

Jasha, sounds like Sasha, as in "Saw-sha".

And, long ago I found the name Ossian in the dictionary, and from it I made the name Ozzian, with my own, different prn. "Oz-zhun", and I cam up with the nick names Oz/Ozzy. I mention all this because "Oz-zhun" to me sort of has the same sound as Joshua, so maybe the nick name Oz, or Ozzy could work for it too?

[wormslearntofly.livejournal.com]

I know a Josh that gets called Jibz by some of his friends

[nandy-pandy.livejournal.com]

Shoe.