Nicknames are not only cute names that show your affection for your baby they also make pretty fantastic first names, if you choose wisely!
Here are 40 names for boys or girls that started out as nicknames and would make a great first names for your son or daughter.
Girls:
1. Abby – from Abigail
2. Bella – from Isabella
3. Bea – from Beatrice
4. Cleo – from Cleopatra
5. Connie – from Constance
6. Dolly – from Dorothy
7. Edie – from Edith
8. Ellie – from Eleanor or Ella
9. Evie – from Eva or Evelyn or Evangeline
10. Frankie – from Francesca
11. Gracie – from Grace
12. Issie – from Isabella
13. Jules - from Julie
14. Katie – from Kathryn or Kate
15. Kitty – from Kathryn or Kate
16. Libby – from Elizabeth
17. Livia – from Elizabeth
18. Lottie – from Charlotte
19. Maisy – from Margaret or Mary
20. Nell – from Eleanor
Boys:
1. Alf – from Alfred
2. Andy – from Andrew
3. Bennie – from Benedict
4. Bobbi – from Robert
5. Benji – from Benjamin
6. Bert – from Albert or Robert
7. Billie – from William
8. Cal – from Calvin
9. Charlie – from Charles
10. Dex – from Dexter
11. Drew – from Andrew
12. Eli – from Elijah or Elliot
13. Fitz – from Fitzgerald (while the original is more a surname we loved it so much we had to pop it in!)
14. Griff – from Griffith
15. Gus - from Augustus
16. Lou – from Louis
17. Quinn – from Quentin
18. Remy – from Jeremy
19. Rudy – from Rudolph
20. Johnny – from Jonathan or John