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I've been having a soft spot for the nickname Chip lately, but the only person I know with the nickname, it's in no relationship with his name. Also, I would never use the name by itself, because not everyone can age that name. So my question is, what do you think would be a good name that Chip could be a nickname for?

So far I'm thinking perhaps Charles and Christopher.

Edit: Due to the amount of comments relating to this, I want to add in something, rather than comment to every person who has mentioned this. I know someone named Chip, and his legal name is Robert. He often talks about "being a chip off the ol' block", and I know he was named after his father. I just was taking it a step further, and began thinking if there was a way to use that nickname in a way other than in that sense. Granted, I don't see myself using that name any which way, simply because my dad knows the guy too, and his reaction would be, "You named your kid after Chip?" (well, and the fact that I'm not going to be pregnant any time soon). It was just the way my mind went.

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The Chip I know is a II and that's where his nickname comes from (the chip off the old block). I completely agree that nicknames don't always have to tie into full names; one of my nicknames is because I have a friend who one day decided to rename me for no rhyme or reason. And I know a girl with the nickname Tom because her face gets red very easily (Tom is short for Tomato). My point is, I completely agree with you that nicknames don't need to be related to a name, and at times I prefer they don't because I think that makes the nickname more personal to the individual.

The point of my inquiry (and I realize I didn't make it clear in the original post, though I did just add in an edit about it), was more I was thinking about the name, and began wondering if there was a way to connect it with a full name, more than thinking it needed to be.

I hope that makes sense. . .I know I have a tendency to babble and get people more confused when I'm trying to help.