Parents are more often putting nicknames — such as Charlie and Remy — directly on the birth certificate these days. Sometimes they like the nickname better than the formal name, sometimes they want more control over what their child is actually called, and sometimes they simply see the short form as cuter, more modern, and more stylish than its proper equivalent. 
 
Along with Charlie and Remy, other nickname names in the US Top 1000 include Archie, Dash, Elsie, Gus, Hattie, Maisie, Rory, and Theo. Rare nickname names with the potential to be future hits include Alfie, Coco, Mamie, and Renzo.
 
Some nickname names you might want to consider for your own baby include the following. For even more choices, see our lists of <a href="https://nameberry.com/list/220/Nicknames-for-Girls">Nicknames for Girls</a> and <a href="https://nameberry.com/list/221/Nicknames-for-Boys">Nicknames for Boys</a>, and our <a href="https://nameberry.com/blog/nicknames-ultimate-guide">ultimate guide to nicknames</a>.
 
<h2>Nickname Names for Babies</h2>

Nickname Names

Uncommon choice too reminiscent of "bidet". Try Bridie instead.

Bidu

The quintessential midcentury nickname, famously found in Arthur Miller's play "Death of a Salesman." 

Biff is late 19th century slang meaning to "hit", so Biff may have originated as a nickname for a tough guy. We'd object to it as a name, but it's hard to imagine anyone using it today outside of a symbolic name in a play.

Biff

Most Bills today are dads...or grandpas. The younger Williams are usually nicknamed Will, or called by their full names. 

Bill

Cute kid with freckles, bouncing a Spalding ball. Cool couple Helena Bonham Carter and Tim Burton put the name Billy Burton on their son's birth certificate. While the classic William, name of the future king of England, may in fact be German, the nickname Billy along with such other classic short forms as Jim and Joe are authentically <a href="https://nameberry.com/baby-names/502/english-names-for-boys">English names for boys</a>.

Billy

When Kate Hudson named her second son Bingham and announced that she would be calling him Bing, it put this zingy nickname name out on the table. Before that, there was only one, further nicknamed Der Bingle -- and he was really Harry Lillis Crosby. 
 And nowadays it's also a Microsoft search engine--but in any case, Bing has a lot of zing and could fit in with the likes of Brooks, Banks, Riggs, and Briggs. No babies have been called Bing in recent years, however. 
 
Bing may also be associated with a Chinese name meaning "soldier" or "ice" depending on the kanji. While Bing is typically a surname, it may occasionally be listed as a given name in English speaking countries, due to the difference in name order in Chinese.

Bing

The archetypal diminutive, in every sense of the word. Bitsy enjoyed some use as a nickname in the era when children were named after family members and then called by a cute pet name: Chip, Skip, Babe, Bitsy. As a full name, it has made the US list only three times: in 1943, 1958 and 1962.

Bitsy

Bix is a cool and jazzy nickname name, thanks to that final x. It's largely associated with the legendary and influential cornet player (and inspiration for the novel Young Man With a Horn), Bix Beiderbecke. He was born Leon Bismark Beiderbecke and his nickname derived from his middle name.
 Bix could easily fit in with cousins Jax, Dax, etc.

 — directly on the birth certificate these days. Sometimes they like the nickname better than the formal name, sometimes they want more control over what their child is actually called, and sometimes they simply see the short form as cuter, more modern, and more stylish than its proper equivalent.

, other nickname names in the US Top 1000 include 

. Rare nickname names with the potential to be future hits include 

, are full names in their own right, they make the list because they can be short forms of longer names, such as 

, have been used as full names for so long that they're more widely used than their proper forms.

And then there are the nicknames that have more recently found their footing as proper names. We'd count 

Some nickname names you might want to consider for your own baby include the following.

Nicknames that are used as proper names, for baby girls and baby boys, with meanings, origins, and popularity, including Alfie, Rory, Maisie, and Coco (Page 44)