Are you stressed, busy, leading a hectic lifestyle? Too time-poor to keep saying a full name every day? Then you need … a nickname for your child! A nickname can shave valuable seconds off each day, saving you minutes every year. Minutes you can productively spend saying, “No that’s his full name”. (Unless you’ve picked a pet form which is the same length as the original name, in which case no time will be saved).

Abe

Alby (as well as being short for Albert etc, this can also be an Anglicisation of the Irish name Ailbhe)

Alfie

Andy

Ardie (short for Arden?)

Augie (short for Augustus etc)

Bastian (short for Sebastian)

Benji

Bob or Bobby

Brax (short for Braxton)

Cam (short for Cameron or Camden)

Chas (short for Charles)

Clarrie (short for Clarence)

Danny

Dennie (short for Dennis)

Dion (short for Dionysus etc)

Drew

Ed, Eddy or Eddie

Franky

Fred, Freddy or Freddie

Gabe

Geordie (pet form of George)

Gus (short for Augustus or Angus)

Jace (short for Jason)

Jamie

Jax

Jed

Jens (short for Johannes)

Jez (short for Jeremy)

Jimmy

Joe or Joey

Jonty (short for Jonathan)

Jordi (short for Jordan)

Josh

Judd

Kal

Lex

Mack

Manny (short for Emmanuel etc)

Matt or Matty

Mick

Monty (short for Montgomery etc)

Ned

Oli or Ollie (short for Oliver)

Ozzie (short for Oscar et al)

Raffy (short for Rafferty)

Rafi (short for Rafael)

Randy (short for Randall et al)

Reggie (short for Reginald)

Ricky

Rino (short for Italian names ending in -rino)

Robbie

Sacha

Sandy

Sol (as well as being short for Solomon, can also be named after the sun)

Tavian (short for Octavian)

Ted or Teddy

Terry

Theo

Tom or Tommy

Tyler (short for Tyler et al)

Vinnie

Will

Zah (short for Zahmir et al)

Zeph (short for Zephaniah or Zephyr)

Zeke