Roses and Cellar Doors

There are a few girls' that have arguably remained popular because of the wide variety of nicknames (or have they gotten so many nicknam...

While reading on another board about "name-stealing"--a subject I have mixed feelings about--I began to wonder if part of the prob...

As the centuries have passed, so have our nickname conventions. Most of the historical nicknames for Margaret  seem fusty or nonsensical now...

For such a long time, Alex  was the favored nickname for Alexander , but in recent years, you're just as likely to hear Xander . Thanks ...

Elizabeth  remains one of our enduring classics. Despite the fact that everyone is almost guaranteed to know at least one (probably more lik...

There are about as many different ways to form nicknames as there are cultures. While many nicknames for our most enduring classics seem out...