NEW ROUTES TO OLD NICKNAMES

OK, here’s a thought. Suppose you find yourself beginning to really like some of those classic mid-century nicknames like the ones you’ve been hearing on shows like Mad Men and in movies like Revolutionary Road, but you don’t really care for the names they’ve been traditionally attached to. Some of them mght be too Grandma or pa, some of them overused in the recent past. As in ‘Don? Maybe. Donald? No, thanks.’ So what we’ve done here is put together a list of some possible, more contemporary and/or interesting and/or less widely used alternatives that manage to hold on to the desired nickname.

ALBY — ALBANY rather than Albert

ALEX — ALEXIO rather than Alexander

ANNIE — ANNABEL rather than Ann

ART — ARTEMAS rather than Arthur

BEN — BENEDICT rather than Benjamin

BETH — BETHEL rather than Elizabeth

CAL — CALLUM rather than Calvin

CAT — CATALINA rather than Catherine

CORY — CORMAC rather than Cordell/Cornel

CRIS — CRISPIN rather than Christopher

DAN — DANO rather than Daniel

DEE — DELILAH rather than Deanne

DON — DONOVAN rather than Donald

DOT — DORIT rather than Dorothy

EDIE — EDEN rather than Edith

ELLIE — ELODIE rather than Eleanor

EM — EMERY rather than Emily

EVIE — EVANGELINE rather than Evelyn

GUS — AUGUST rather than Gustave

JAN — JANUARY rather than Janet or Janice

JEN — GENEVA rather than Jennifer

JESSIE — JESSAMINE rather than Jessica

JO — JOCASTA rather than Joanne

JOE — JOSIAH rather than Joseph

KEN — KENYON rather than Kenneth

LIBBY — LIBERTY rather than Elizabeth

LIL — LILIA rather than Lillian

LUCY — LUCIA rather than Lucille

MARE — MARIBEL rather than Mary

MEL — MELISSANDE rather than Melissa

MIKE — MICAH rather than Michael

MILLIE — MILLICENT rather than Mildred

NAN — NANON rather than Nancy

PHYL — PHYLLIDA rather than Phyllis

RAE — REAGAN rather than Rachel

ROB — ROBINSON rather than Robert

ROSIE — ROSAMUND rather than Roseanne

SAM — SAMSON rather than Samuel

SAM — SAMARA rather than Samantha

TESS — TESSA rather than Teresa

WILL — WILLEM rather than Willard

WINNIE — WINTER rather than Winifred

Tags: first names, Mad Men, nicknames, Revolutionary Road, vintage baby names

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