5 sisters... 1800's!!

[jasmine.lee]

I really need some fancy long names, with short spunky nicknames that you wouldn't normally see for that name.. It is for a book idea with 5 sister aged 13-17.

Ideas:

Cordelia nn Del
Cecelia
Felecity nn Flick or Liss
Elizabeth nn Zabby, Izzy
Evangeline nn Ange
Genevieve nn Viv, Eve

any more ideas??

Thanks Berries,

~Jasmine

[charlieandperry1]

Clarissa - Riss, Clare
Gwendoline - Wendy, Lina
Frederica - Freda, Freddie, Erica
Evangelina - Evvy, Angel, Lina
Wilhelmina - Willy, Mina
Hepzibah - Hep, Zibby
Ernestine - Ernie, Nesta, Tina
Francesca - Chessie
Winifred - Win, Freddie
Elisabetta - Lili, Betta, Etta, Lisa, Lib
Emmanuelle - Manny, Em, Elle
Constance - Connie, Stan
Gabriella - Gab, Bri
Juniper - Nip, Juni
Alexandrina - Lex, Rina, Xan, Andy, Al
Julianna - Ju, Leah, Ann
Anastasia - Ana, Stacy, Sia
Josephine - Fee, Jose, Seth
Clementine - Clem, Tina

[jasmine.lee]

Wow!! Thanks, hun!! That's heaps!!

~Jasmine

[megmarie]

Henrietta! It's a guilty pleasure of mine and I love the nn Henri on a girl or Hen. Other nn: Etta, Rhet, Ria, Ren

[namernames]

My cousin's name is Genevieve but she goes by Ivy. I think that's a cute nickname that could definitely work!

[jasmine.lee]

@namernames... Very nice!! I might actually use it!!
@megmarie... Love Ren for Henrietta!!

Keep them coming!!

~Jasmine

[lita28]

For unusual, I like Cordelia, Amelia, Elvira, Genevieve, Abigail (Abby), Constance, Henrietta (Ettie), Josephine, Dorothy, Florence, Jessamine, Hortence, Gertrude (Gertie), Matilda (Mattie), Virginia (Ginny).
More usual but also with an old feel... Beatrice, Rebecca (Becky), Elizabeth (Bess, Bessie, Beth, Betsy, Eliza, Liza, Lizzy), Esther, Grace, Hope, Jane, Isabella, Juliet, Katherine, Judith, Lorraine, Louise, Margaret, Maxine, Molly, Nancy, Natalie, Phoebe, Ruth, Savannah, Vivian, Victoria.
Hope it helped! :P

[buttonhead101]

Christiana - Chrissy
Madeline - Maddie
Kathrine - Kitty or Katty
Adelaide - Adel or Addy
Annaliese - Anny or Lissy
Josephine/Josephina - Josie
Annabelle/Annabella - Anny or Belle or Bella

[jasmine.lee]

Do you think I could use Carlotta nn Lottie or Carlo?? I know its Italian, and its a very English story.

@lita28: I might used Elizabeth nn Betty!!
@buttonhead101: Thanks a lot hun!! It really helps

~Jasmine

[essjay]

Funnily enough I created an Elizabeth as a character when I was younger who went by a different nickname every school year. Zab was one I came up with.

Long, older names with unexpected nicknames, hmm... trying not to repeat names already suggested.

Cassandra - Candy
Caroline - Oli/Roly
Rosemary - Rory/Romy
Eleanor - Lenny
Dorothy - Ro, Dora
Florence - Ren
Victoria - Tor/Tori/Ria

I don't think you could use Carlotta as a name for an 1800s English girl unless there's some Italian heritage in there. Names from other nationalities weren't very common at that time. If you like Lottie, Charlotte would work.