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?

Comments

[sunshinefleur.livejournal.com]

my name's Samantha, but my mom calls me "Missantha" most of the time (a twist on "Miss Samantha", which she and my grandma called me when I was being a brat when I was little). that's all I can think of, tho.

[nobodynomore.livejournal.com]

My brother in law is named Christopher, and he goes by Topher (pronounced Topper)

[snoglobel.livejournal.com]

I'm Leslie and sometimes go by Lessle (Like vessel with an L)
My SO is Ryan sometimes goes by Bo (from Rybo, then shortened)

Thats all I can think of now.

[penguiny7.livejournal.com]

I went to high school with a Jeremiah who sometimes went by Miah. I think Ebee as a nn for Elizabeth is absolutely adorable! Tophie would be really cute on a little boy. I don't think Ted or Rick are very unexpected, and Jos isn't totally unexpected to me, but nice to see as an alternative to Josh.

I don't think I've ever known anyone with a particularly unexpected nickname.

[misskimh.livejournal.com]

Kimberly- Kiki (me lol)

[kaoriz.livejournal.com]

My suitemates:
Connie -> Conbon
Caitlin -> Cait
Alison -> Alidon
Stephanie -> Stephy

Fun :)

[velkoria.livejournal.com]

oh my family has this fascination with nicknames! I guess it's a bit of a thing in my country since people have weird nicknames but here are some I can think of:

Mona Lisa (From my name Monica Eloisa) - My mother calls me this, I love it.
Mamina - Also mine, from my brother.
Moonie/Moon - My ex didn't speak Spanish so this was the way he figured of saying my most used nickname (Moni) with a 'Spanish accent' and no, it sounds nothing like it but it kinda stuck.

Riny (From Irene) - It's pronounced Reen-ee

Misty - (From Stephanie) Comes from Miss T and then just shortened to Misty.

Vicky - This would not be weird, if it didn't come form the name Victor.

Gobo - Gabriel tens to be shortened to Gabo and we called him Bobo too so it became Gobo.

Blu (like the color blue)- My friend Lucía gets called this a lot, not entirely sure why.

Fofo - From Rodolfo.

Teby - From Esteban.

[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.)

[lipsty.livejournal.com]

I know an Eb (pronounced e-bee).

My brother is Jonathan and we've called him Jonjo since he was born.

[harvestlunacorn.livejournal.com]

Jeremy - Remy
Enrique - Kiki

[ifancylust.livejournal.com]

i know someone who went by mandy as a nickname for samantha. i always thought that was kind of weird.

[lind-saay.livejournal.com]

joseph nn seph

[velkoria.livejournal.com]

lol well ti's kid of hard to say because the accent is complicated from one language to another but I will give it my best shot ^.^

Elle-oh-EE-suh

[th3-unicorn.livejournal.com]

My mom's name is Janis and her friends call her Nis
A girl I know is Lauren but her aunt calls her La (as the musical note).
Also, said aunt is named Geraldine but goes by Gigi.
I've also heard of emo girls named Jessica going by Sicka. Yuck.

[lethe-cat.livejournal.com]

My friends in highschool would call me Elmer. My name is Amy.

[soul-inside.livejournal.com]

Elizabeth=Eli except pronounced like the male version. That's me and I promise it totally fits.

[classiestkid.livejournal.com]

a gut I work with is named Egbert and he goes by Edgie, and I know a guy named Branislaw who goes by Brani.

[snailrevolution.livejournal.com]

Ebee is cute. The only one I'm not a fan of is Tophie.

I knew a Robert who went by Bert, which isn't much of a stretch. I just always assumed his full name was Bertram or something. :p And I knew an Elizabeth called Ellie.

[requiem-morrow.livejournal.com]

I adore Eli as a nn for, well, all Eli- names lol!

[thellamaqueen.livejournal.com]

My best friend in middle and high school's given name is Amanda but she has always gone by Amy.

[thellamaqueen.livejournal.com]

ohhh. My husband's grandpa's name is Egbert and he goes by Ep.

[requiem-morrow.livejournal.com]

Alexandra -Zan
Alex(etc) - Lex
Anna Lee - Anally (sorry, its one of my friends names and she was teased ALOT)
Rowen - Wren
Eliot - Leo (to explain - Elle-EE-0(ott, how my great grandma pronounced zero..like "Bob was born in "ott" 9 ('09) instead of saying "oh")

[starskye.livejournal.com]

I really don't like the nn Topher for Christopher. I just think it sounds funny.
I know someone named Amelia who gets called Meel.

[kilobites.livejournal.com]

I'm Tasha and my boyfriend calls me Bo, if that counts for a nonintuitive one =P

[cremepuff.livejournal.com]

Anna Lee just makes me think of Family Guy. Quagmire's daughter was named that, and yes he did it intentionally.

[cremepuff.livejournal.com]

I knew a Frederick who went by Rick, as well. I'm guessing he didn't like Fred or Freddie.

Some others:
Garland > Gerry (m)
Keely > Kiki
Christina > Rini
Kristina > Nina (Extreme Makeover Home Edition)
Cassandra > Casey
Kathleen > Kaht (pronounced just like cat)
Joaquin > Kikas (kee-kiss)
Melissa > Missy
Monica > Nicki
Nicole > Colie (MTV's Real World)
Gisela > Gigi
Theresa > Thera (pronounced like Tara)

[requiem-morrow.livejournal.com]

That reminds me, my aunt Tracey's real name was Theresa.

[wolfbane.livejournal.com]

Yep, I know one of these too!

[mossmade.livejournal.com]

I went to school with a Jennifer who didn't want to be "Jennifer _" so she always went by Gigi.

[karatelunch.livejournal.com]

I knew a girl named Catherine who, for no reason that I could discern, went by Lara.

[requiem-morrow.livejournal.com]

I remembered one yesterday! When I was in college I was introduced to a guy named Pete....not strange until I realized I had gone to elementary school with him...and his name wasn't Pete, it was Billy. So, how do you get Pete from Billy?

His last name is Moss.

Pete Moss

[gregs-wife1201.livejournal.com]

I know a Reen-ee (Irene) as well. I immediately thought of that when I was reading the post.

[gregs-wife1201.livejournal.com]

My name is Erica, but my mom calls me Rica...pronounced like Rico, but with an A.

[twolefts.livejournal.com]

My bf's dad name is Yancy but he goes by Yankee or Yank. A manager at my work's name is Charles and goes by Mike. lol. Random. My grandma's name was Barbara but nobody even knew that. She went by Anne because she hated her name.

[ray-of-light09.livejournal.com]

One of my roommates was named Catherine, but goes by Kiki. Her little brother had problems saying Catherine when he was little, so he called her Kiki, and the name kind of stuck.

I also had a girl who was in one of my classes whose name was Elizabeth who went by Audney for some reason.