New Name - same nickname

[snoglobel.livejournal.com]

This is going to be a strange request...

I've got a friend who is undergoing gender reassignment pretty soon.  Her current name is John Paul.  What are some girl names that are similar, and might have the same nickname (JP)?  We're at a loss really, but she'd rather do a similar name than start completely over.  If she can't find something that "fits" she's going with Elizabeth, nn Liz.

I had a cousin that went from Raymond to Rachel, for example, keeping Ray as the nickname the same.  (Well it went to Rae, but same idea and pronunciation.)

Thanks!

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[http://users.livejournal.com/___heyvanity/]

Jacqueline? Jack is a nn for John, and I can see Jackie/Jac being the nn.

Some other suggestions:

Johanna/Joanna
Joanne
Josephine
Jocelyn
Juliet

Paulette
Pauline
Pearl
Penelope
Piper
Paloma

[sweetest-asylum.livejournal.com]

Piper is super cute
I like Jackie, too

[pleasure-past.livejournal.com]

Jacqueline Piper is really cute!

[theblameanxiety.livejournal.com]

I've never known anyone who was called jack when their name was john...

[laminy.livejournal.com]

Really? It's pretty standard/popular, JFK being the biggest example, but others like Jack Nicholson, Jack London, Jack Layton...I think Jack's been the standard nickname for John for centuries.

[jesuslovesbono.livejournal.com]

and Jack White's real first name is John.

[snoglobel.livejournal.com]

I was thinking of Johnny Depp who's a II and his son John III who goes by Jack.

[http://users.livejournal.com/___heyvanity/]

John F. Kennedy often went by Jack.

I found this: In Medieval England, "John" was used as a generic name for a person (the usage John Doe still survives). The French used the name "Jacques" with the same purpose, and the two became conflated.

[http://users.livejournal.com/_endangered/]

Love Piper!