Unexpected nicknames

[i12bmore.livejournal.com]

It's occured to me that I've known a lot of people who've used nicknames that were an unexpected twist on their names. These are all I can think of off the top of my head:

Aaron > Ron
Christopher > Tophie
Elizabeth > Ebee (pronounced EE-bee)
Roosevelt > Rose
Thomas Edward > Ted
Amanda > Ami (pronounced like Amy)
Malik > Mike
Farid > Fred
Frederick > Rick
Joshua > Jos (pronounced like Joss)
Jeremiah > Miah (pronounced MYE-uh)
Nathaniel > Than (pronounced with a soft "th")

Any of you encounter unexpected nicknames?

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[bloomingtulip.livejournal.com]

My brother is Christopher but he went by Tiffer when he was little because I couldn't pronounce his name correctly. (I'm assuming -topher turned into tiffer somehow- I was two when he was born so I don't remember.)