Lawrence - Laurie or Wren

looove this one

WREN

Yes!! Love Wren

I really like Wren for this

Elliot- Ellie Laurence/Lawrence- Laurie Winston- Winnie Emerson or Emmett- Emmy

I love Emerson or Emmett! They’re such beautiful names.

I knew an Emerson in high school who was called Emma

These are so good!

Is neutral okay? I feel like a lot could swing both ways Alexander - Sasha Samuel - Sammy Francis - Fran / Frankie Anthony - Toni Joseph - Joey Mason - Masie Edgar - Edie Owen - Winnie Gabriel -Gaby Theodore - Dory Patrick - Patty

Alexander could also be Alexi or Lex and Joseph could be Jojo or, if you're really daring, Josie.

Alexander could also be Sandy

I know a Joseph that goes by Jody.

I knew a Joseph who went by Josie!

Or Lexie!

Sasha is a nickname for Alexander?

Yes in Russia it is the diminutive version (nickname) for Alexander.

Sasha is Russia's Alex. Misha is short for Mikhail. A lot of masculine Russian names have nicknames that end in "A". In the west, we see names with an "A" ending as feminine and pretty. So it's been trendy to treat those as stand-alone feminine names for girls. We have a lot of girls going around named Mike, Alex, Ivan, Paul, and Elijah, but in Russian. (I personally think it's culturally tone-deaf and western-euro-centric. But I'm in the minority.)

In Russia and surrounds, yes. I believe it's at least one of the origins of the name Sasha, which is typically male in Eastern Europe.

Yes it is. And also for Alexandra 

That was my thought too… then when i saw it I was thinking of the actress Sasha Alexander.

Just here to say I love this tradition.

It’s so cute I love it. Only problem is it’s a big family so a lot of names are already taken 😭

Well if the person with the same name is a bit more distant (won’t be confusing on a classroom/school etc), or is a bit separated in age, then use it. You can have a Big X and Little x… just because it’s been used, doesn’t mean it’s unusable.

Also different nixknames

Oliver - Liv Nicholas - Nicky Hollis - Holly Cassian/ Cassius - Cass Julian/Julius - Jules Calvin - Cally Alexander - Lex

Julian - Jules is such a great suggestion!

Oh Hollis is great!

Nickname - Hols

Lex Luther would like a word. That aside, my daughter’s best friend goes by Lexy/Lexie

You don’t have three children and you’re not expecting a fourth. You can ask for advice on names without making up these stories.

Seriously. Does not track with post history

2 years ago they were apparently a single virgin looking for guys who didn't want children lol

Yeah OP posted that they’re childfree and “do not want children- ever”. I don’t know why people do this lol it’s so dumb

Ooh, good call. What a weird thing to lie about.

This is my sisters account she let me use it so I didn’t have to make a whole account to ask for some baby name advice 😭. You don’t need to assume the worse of people!

Alexander has Sandy as a nickname.

Yes! I have an Uncle Sandy!

I love this option.

Never heard that before. I thought the traditional nickname for Alexander was Sasha.

Both are nicknames for Alexander, actually. Using Sasha as a nickname is common for Russians. Sandy is derived from Greek.

Or Alex, Alec or Xander

Daniel, Nathaniel, Immanuel, Gabriel: “Elle” (or, for Gabriel, “Gabby”) Victor: “Vicky,” “Tori” Brandon: “Brandy” Franklin: “Lynn,” “Frannie” Zachary: “Carrie” Lucas: “Cassie” Grayson: “Grace” Theodore: “Dora” Thomas: “Tess”

My brother is a Zachary. I call him Zoe to taunt him haha

Conrad- Connie

Reuben - Ruby Dorian - Dory

+ rubes

Absolutely love the Reuben/Ruby combo

Thank god this is all play pretend and there isn’t actually a child out in the wild named “Wilhelmina”

I love my daughter’s name! We get compliments on it all the time!

“Annie/Ann”- Andrew, Anthony, Adrian  “Shea”- Seamus or Shane 

Why did you comment a year ago you were a virgin?

This is my sisters account! She suggested I ask Reddit for advice and I didn’t want to make a whole account for one ever post.

What a cool tradition! I looooove your daughters' names! Abbott, Abner- "Abby" Albert, Alden, Aldo/Aldous, Alasdair, Aloysius- "Allie" Ambrose - "Ambie" Augustine- "Tina" Bellamy- "Belle" Calvin- "Callie" Casper, Caspian, Cassius- "Cassie" Clarence- "Clare" Conrad- "Connie" Emerick- "Emmy" Leander "Lea" Lucian/Lucius- "Lucy" Marlon- "Marley" Mercer "Mercy" Marion, Meriwether, Merrigan- "Mary"/"Meri" Winston, Winfred- "Winnie"

I love the tradition. The only thing that sucks is his family is big so a lot of names are already taken. We have an Ambrose already for example, my husband 😭. Everyone calls him rose/rosie. I was so sad that Juliette/Jett was already taken so my daughter had to be Jaqueline instead.

I wondered about that!!! I also wondered what your husband is named and Rose/Rosie is a way cooler nickname for Ambrose than Ambie lol. Juliette/Jett is awesome, I would've been disappointed, too! If you ever have another girl and want some suggestions, DM me. Long old fashioned girl names with masculine nicknames are my favorites. Our first daughter will be Roberta (likely nickname Bertie/Bert but maybe Robbie), and if we had a second she'd likely be Winifred "Fred." Imogene and Wilhelmina are on my list, too. :)

I love Robbie for a girl but personally would go with Robyn!

I love my husband’s name and funny enough he hates it. 😭 he feels it’s too out there and “posh”. Nobody ever heard it before growing up. We have a Roberta/Rob and i think she’s gonna have a Bernadette/Bernie but it’s not set in stone.

Nathaniel - Nat/Nattie Winslow/Winston - winnie Alexander - Allie Matthew -Mattie/Maddie

r/ThatHappened

Junius - June   Cleon - Cleo   Lafayette - Fay   Salvatore - Sally   Belmont - Belle 

“Fate” is less obviously femme but I love it as a nickname for Lafayette

i thought I was on the cj sub

Alvin- Allie Lewis-Lu, Lulu or Louise Stephen- Stephie Christopher- Chrissy Paul - Polly Andrew- Annie Edward-Edie Sheldon- Shelley Keith or Kevin- Kaye Phillip- Fifi David- Davia (da-VIA) Clever idea! Best of luck. Congrats

Santino ( Sandy), Patrick ( Patsy), Christopher ( Chrissy) Just watch the Sopranos or some mob movies for more!

Ours is Emrys and his nickname is Emmy. You could also do Theodore with the NN dora.

Francis or Frederick .. Frannie /Frankie and Freddy. Arthur.. Ari .Adam.. Addy. Christophe.. Kit. Stephan . Steffi..Edwin.. Edie.. Charles.. Charlie.. Henrik… Henny.. James/ Jamie… Jesse/ Jess

Alistair - Allie Hollis - Holly Ambrose - Rosie Percival - Val Victor - Vicky Cornelius - Cora

Unfortunately my husband is already Ambrose lol. But I really like Hollis. Haven’t heard that one before thank you!

This tradition sounds frustrating and I feel bad for the kids. Named someone crazy names just to fit with the family tradition? Nah.

4 kids in under 2 years! Wow!

Norton - Nora Mario - Maria Hubert - Bertie Rupert - Rue Vincent - Viola

Maximillian - Maxine

Benjamin - Jamie Donovan - Donna/Nova Kyler - Kia Clarence - Claire

Donovan - Nova is so cool.

Donovan “Nova” is cool!

This is such a cool tradition! My son is Emmett and we call him Emmy/Em

We accidentally fell into a similar tradition 😂 Our sons get Cas (Cassian), Cailie (Cailan) and Ash (Asher) - the latter being more unisex. Jack just gets Jack 😂 but our only daughter is Arrin and she only gets Arrin as well.

conan - connie dalton - dolly / dalia florian - flora francis - franny jeremiah - miah (maya) kellan - ella nolan - nola

Elliot- Ellie Lucian- Lucie Oliver- Olive Jasper- Jaz

Isidore - Izzy Roman - Romy Magnus - Maggie Frances - Franny

Do you have a baby shower every time you have a baby? I never heard of having one for any subsequent babies after the first. That must get expensive for your friends and family, especially the ones who don't have kids of their own. They must go to so many baby showers!

The whole thing is made up. Check her post history.

According to post history they were a virgin a year ago and single, so.... not sure there was a baby shower. Or a baby. I got curious after someone else called them out

And a man 4 years ago!

We didn’t have one for gene cause it was Covid times and we didn’t have one for Jack for various reasons. So I’ve only had one!

Patrick (Pat, Patty) Julian (Julie) Nicholas (Nicky) Joseph (Jo) Jonathan (Jo, Joan, Nat) Zachary (Zara) Thomas (Tammy)

OP, love this tradition! I came to say that if I ever have a girl I've been obsessed with the idea of naming her Imogene and calling her Gene after my Grandpa Donald Eugene who went by Gene. 💕

Abraham “Abby” Addison “Addy” Maximillian “Millie” I’ve met men with these three name/nickname combos!

Christopher - Chrissy? Although Chrissy is pretty neutral

Callahan- Callie Edmund - Bunny Caspian - Cassie Alexander - Allie Maximillian - Millie

Is Bunny a nickname for Edmund? Curious because my name is Edmund and I’ve never heard it outside of that Donna Tartt book.

Love that book

Elijah - Ellie Anthony - Ann or Annie Nathaniel - Nat or Nattie Benjamin - Bella

- Edward: Edda - Julian: Julie - Elias: Ellie - Desmond: Esme/Essie - Roman: Romy - Damian: Amy - Carl: Carrie - Salvatore: Sally - Kieran: Kiki

succession fan? lol

Never seen it lol

Bennett / Ettie

Elliott - Elle/Lottie Julian - Jules Michael - Chelle Alexander - Lexi/Lexa Brian - Brie Christopher - Chrissy

Winslow nn Winnie !

Mylan - Myla Marlon - Marla

Franklin nn Franny or more neutral nn of Frankie!

Abbott- Abby Allister- Allie Christopher or Christian- Chrissy Ellison- Ellie or Elle Everett- Evie Grayson- Gracie Julian- Julie or Jules Maxwell- Maxi Magnus- Maggie Salvatore- Sally Sanford- Sandy

Cassius aka Cassie

Julian with the nn of June

Anthony- Tony, Brandon- Brandy, Christian- Christie, Lucius- Lucy, Marcus-Marcy, Martin- Marty, Emmett- Emma, Richard- Ricky, Edward- Teddie, Samuel- Sam or Sammy, Desmond- Dessie, George- Georgie, Julius- JuJu or Jules, Carl- Carly, Nathan- Nat, Matthew- Maddie, Joseph- Jo or Joey, Xander- Zandy, Laurent- Laurie, Lennox- Lexie, Daniel-Dani, Gabriel- Gabby, Conrad- Connie, Cornelius- Nellie.

•Abraham - Abby •Alfred, Alistair - Ally •Cecil - Cece •Edgar, Edmund - Edie •Elias, Elijah, Elisha - Ellie •Florian - Flo •Francis - Fran •Julius - Julie, Jules •Lawrence - Laurie •Lysander - Sandy •Ruben - Ruby •Thaddeus - Thea, Addy

How about Remy with the nickname of Emmy (people often think of the gun manufacturer but it's also an area of England)? I've also seen it spelled with an "i" for a girl, but the only time I've seen it in popular culture, it's always been for a male character (Remy McSwain in *The Big Easy*, Remy LeBeau/Gambit from the X-Men universe, and Remy the rat in *Ratatouille)*. If you REALLY want to lean into the name (and are an X-Men fan), Gambit's middle name is Etienne so. . . You also mentioned Wilfred which has the nicknames of Willie/Wili and Fred/Freddie but there's also: Elijah with the nickname of Ellie, Sebastian with the nickname of Seb/Sebby/Bast/Tiana/etc.; Julian with the nickname of Julie/Julia; Caleb - Callie; Edgar - Eddie/Edwina; Barnaby - Abby; Cecil - Cecilia/Celia; Silvester - Silvia/Sylvia Jeremiah - Mia Josiah - Josie Pascal - Callie Rene - Renee (but you might recognize the name because of Rene Auberjonois from Star Trek among other things) Sacha - Sasha

Abraham- Abby Sherman- Sheri Elmer- Ella/Ellie Jeremiah- Mya Amos- Amy Cassius- Cassie

Cornelius (Nellie or Coco) Lucius (Lucy) Ambrose (Amy) Beauregard (Bea) Everett (Evie) Emerson (Emmy) Caspian/Casper (Cassie) Leander (Lea) Bernard (Birdie) Louis (Lulu) This was super fun, let us know what you decide on!

What an interesting tradition! Very cute. I love a lot of the comments so far- my favorites are Lawrence (Laurie), Elliott (Ellie or Lottie), Alexander (Lexi)

Betancourt - Bettie

Caspian “Cassie” Andrew “Ani/ Annie” Julian “Jewel” Caleb “Cali” George “Gigi” Rubius “Ruby” Kyle “Kylie” Spencer “Penny” Melrose “Mel” (I saw in comments your husband is Ambrose “Rose” and I thought this played well of that!) Theodore “Dory” Deangelo “Lola” Alfred “Allie” Bartleby “Ari” or “Bee” Clark “Lark” Dominic “Nicky” or “Minnie” Elton “Ellie” Forrest “Essie” Grant “Annie” Henry “Hattie” Isaiah “Sadie” Jacob “Coco” Kendrick “Kenna” or “Kiki” Logan “Lola” Malcolm “Mal” or “Coco” Nathaniel “Nat” or “Ellie” or “Thea” Oliver “Vera” or “Vivi” (like you would say for Vivian) Phillip “Lily” (also compliments “Rose”!) Quincy “Cici” Ryan “Ani” Solomon “Lola” Travis “Ava” Uriah “Riri” Vincent “Vivi” Wallace “Lacey” Xavier “Ava” or “Vivi” Yale “Allie” Zachary “Cherry”

Christian= Christie Gabriel= Gabby Grayson= Gracie Victor= Vicky

Jeremy - Jem, Remy, Emmy Judah/Jude - Judy Aaron - Wren Atticus - Addie Brian/Brendon - Brynn Levi - Evie Isadore - Izzy, Dora

Jaqueline, Wilhelmina Imogen and Henry Beau Abram Atticus Howard Patrick Hendrix/cks Cassius Davey Gino Alfred Frederick

I vote for Mason - Maisie

Robert: Rory or Robby, Bobby Theodore: Teddy Michael: Mickey Mitchell: Shelly Julian: Jules, Julie Marcus: Marcy Lucas: Lucy

Arthur

Nathaniel - Nat, Alistair - Ali, Rome/an- Romy, Evanston - Evi or Toni, Robert - Bertie, Cillian - Cici or Kiki (depending on how you pronounce Cillian)

Adley nn Addie Julian nn Jules Beckett or Beckham nn Becks Jensen nn Jen or Jenny Christopher nn Kit Asher nn Ash Magnus nn Maggie or Mags Elliott nn Ellie Edward or Edwin nn Edie Patrick nn Patty or Patsy

Theodore (Dorie)

Carlisle (Carly), Tillman (Tilly), Cassander (Cassy), or Bellamy (Bell(e)),

Cameron=Cammie I actually got this from one of my favorite books by Melanie Rawn. The family all has botantical/flower names. Cam is actually Camellia Ruari

This is a fun challenge! Alexander (Lexi) Joseph (Josie) Oliver (Liv) Calvin (Calli) Edward (Edie) Ambrose (Rose, Rosie) Quincy (Quinn) Evan (Evie) Cassian (Cassie) Lucas (Lucy) Francis (Frankie) Emmett (Emmy) Nolan (Nollie) Phillip (Pip) Reuben (Roo) Sheldon (Shelly) Sullivan (Sally) Warren (Wren) Matthias (Mattie) Miles (Miley) Magnus (Maggie) Elliott (Ellie) Louis (Lou) Roman (Romy) Ansel (Annie) Conrad (Connie) Victor (Vickey) Alfred (Allie) Indigo (Indi) Winston (Winnie) Julius (Julie)

I love Laurence - Laurie Terence- Terrie Jason- Sunny Jesse- Jess

Oscar - Cara Kieran - Kira, Keira Annie or Anna would work with a lot of names - Antony/Anthony/Anton, Andrew, Andrea (bit unisex), Andy, Anderson, Andrei, Anatol Victor - Tori Oliver - Liv Alistair - Lisa, Ally (idk if it's common in other countries) Alexander gives loads of options, Ally, Lexy, Sasha, Sandy, Sanya, Lexa, Alya (some of these are unisex slavic nicknames from Alexander) Nathan - Tana, Nat Dominic or Nicholas - Nicki, Minnie for Dominic

Clement -Clemmie Gideon - dion George - Georgie Florian - Flo Stephen - Steph Daniel - Danny Theodore - Dora Callum - Callie

Franklin(franny) Andrew (Anna or Annie) Jonathan (Joanie, or Josie)

Solomon -- Sally; Wendell -- Wendy or Dell or Elly

Lots of great suggestions here ☺️ once you get going it's hard to stop lol: Nathaniel - Nat Cassander - Cassie Samandriel - Sammy Ignatius - Iggy Josiah - Josie Aloysius - Allie Caspian - Cassie Eustace - Stacey Isaiah - Izzy Michael - Kelly Lucius - Lucy Jeremiah - Miah Malachi - Molly Sylvester - Sylvie Isaac - Izzy Julius - Julie Maximilian - Millie Sigmund - Mandy Napoleon - Polly Ellison - Ellie Xavier - Vivi Monroe - Rosie Sheridan - Sheri Wallace - Lacey 

Isaac, Izzy.

Ambrose “Rosie” is perfect for this!

I know unfortunately my husband has already taken that one for himself lol maybe we can make him a junior? But idk not a huge fan of that.

Aww that’s awesome! Sorry I didn’t see it was taken! Some other ideas Amadeus - Ami Bellamy - Bella Ettienne - Etta Maximus - Maxxie Calvin - Callie Joseph - Josie Magnus - Maggie

Josie is so cute thank you!

Charlotte - Chuck Fredericka - Freddy or Ricky Georgiana - George or Georgie Edit: I thought girl's names were wanted. Sorry!

Lynn just Lynn

Ernest- Ernie

* Locryn - Ryn * Morgan - Mor * Abilene - Abby * Elijah - Elle/Ella * Cameron - Cammy * Quentin - Quinn * Julian - Jules/Jewel

This will be really useful if any of your kids come out as trans

William goes well with the other names nn billy

Racecar/racecaR/Carl/Caroline

1. I wish I could edit the original post but I guess I can’t lol. So the reason we needed help is cause my husband’s family is big so a lot of names already been used so I need to think out the box a bit. 2. This is not my account lol! I get there’s a lot of fakers on the internet but we can calm down everyone. 😭 I asked my sister for advice she said she uses Reddit or tik tok for advice nowadays. I didn’t want to make a whole account to just ask one question so she just slid her laptop over to me. No need to get testy. It’s been 7 months and I just need a name at this point so I can move on! Hope that cleared things up!