Roses and Cellar Doors

I know, it seems weird to group those together. But, Dolly & Dotty were nicknames for Dorothy thanks to that R-to-L/T/D shift that Middl...

The usual nickname for the classic Caroline , Carrie  also has a timeless feel, although its use as a given name  has tanked over the last t...

Quite a ways back, I did a post on mini-names (which could probably use an update, or maybe a sequel). In general, American names are getti...

Boys' names with stalwart, warrior-type names are pretty darned common-- Ethan ("enduring"),  Alexander ("defender of men...

Wow. This was a hard one. I challenged myself to not  use any Katherine-variants on this list. Consequently, this list has a lot less Weste...

Poor Minnie . Once at the top, she was toppled by a certain animated mouse. Of course, the fact that Minnie  was originally short for the c...

Fueled by  Isabella 's insane jump to the top, just-plain- Bella followed a few years after. The fact that it coincides with the Italian...

Again, not really a "usual" nickname, but the poor nickname of an outdated name. Another example of the archaic R to L shift , Lol...

Mia . At just three letters, it's easily the shortest female name in common usage today. That's probably why, despite it's overw...

*dies under avalanche of Ellas* I kid, I kid. Ella/Ellie is potentially one of the most popular nicknames right now, though, with Isabella,...

Back in the 1880s, L.L. Zamenhof believed that different languages led to division & misunderstanding amongst peoples. He sought to fix ...

K is a fairly uncommon letter in the English language. Because it's uncommon, it draws the eye and is becoming more and more popular in ...