Old Lady Names with Cutesy Nicknames?

[Disney1818]

I love old fashioned, southern sounding names. I'm trying to find one that I love the full version of as well as the nickname!

Also, does the nn Minnie work for full name Margaret?

 

[MrsBop]

I adore Florence nn Florrie but DH hates it

 

[Disney1818]

I like that, too! I definitely couldn't see DH liking it, either, though.
I like several nn but no full names!

NN I love:

Emmie
Minnie
Lucy
Millie
Tillie
Ellie

 

[AngelofTroy]

Elizabeth has so many lovely nicknames;

Bessie
Betty
Lizzie
Libby
Ellie
Ella
Beth
Eliza
Liza

 

[Disney1818]

Yeah, I like a lot of the nn for Elizabeth, I'm just not a fan of the full name Elizabeth. I know sooo many!

 

[MrsButterfly]

I know a Margaret called Min, so guess Minnie would work too.

 

[CloverMouse]

Most Margaret I know go by Peggy. I like Margie too, but Minnie works.
Katherine/Kitty
Beatrice/Bea/Bitty
See if I can come up with more.

 

[CloverMouse]

Harriet/Hattie
Tabitha/Tabby
Eleanor/Nellie/Ellie/Nora

 

[CloverMouse]

Ooh
Ginger/Gigi

I too love old lady names!

 

[star_faces]

I didn't realise that Trixie could be a nn for Beatrice, thought that was cute when I figured it out!

Also stalking cause I'd love to use a old name with cute nn

Edith nn Edie?

 

[star_faces]

I didn't realise that Trixie could be a nn for Beatrice, thought that was cute when I figured it out!

Also stalking cause I'd love to use a old name with cute nn

Edith nn Edie?

 

[Cheska]

Millicent - Millie
Evelyn - Evie
Dorothy - dotty

 

[wannabemomy37]

Emmie = Emmaline, Emma, Emily
Minnie = Clementine, Margery
Lucy = Lucille, Luciana
Millie = Millicent
Tillie = Matilda, Talia
Ellie = Eleanor

Evie = Evelyn
Edie = Edith
Lily = Lillian, Lilith

 

[Paperhearts]

Margaret/Maggie
Lucille/Lucy

 

[SweetWitch]

If you love Minnie, I'd suggest Winifred (not sure about US, but in UK some Winifreds are called Minnie) and your daughter can also use Winnie and Fred/Freddie if she doesn't like Minnie later. Another option is Minerva.

 

[Disney1818]

Thank you all so much for all of your suggestions so far!

It's funny that someone mentioned Kittie because that's my SIL's name.

I love Winifred nn Winnie but DH vetoed that quickly. It's a "strange" name for where I live. lol

 

[becstar1]

Margaret ---- Meg, Daisy, Margy, Maggie

I love Edith and Edie!

Emmeline?

Florence can be flo or flora

Tabitha and Tibby

I love libby short for liberty

 

[JJKCB]

Margaret ---- Meg, Daisy???, Margy, Maggie

thats completely unrelated nickname personal to whoever you knew with it, they only share an 'a' - like my friend Laura being nicknamed 'mouse' because shes small, cute and timid but it in no way is a variant of Laura

 

[modified]

My mum is a Margaret and got Minnie when she was really young - now it's Maggie

If we have a girl, her mn will be Maggie. I love Maggie as a first name too.

 

[Eleanor ace]

Margaret ---- Meg, Daisy???, Margy, Maggie

thats completely unrelated nickname personal to whoever you knew with it, they only share an 'a' - like my friend Laura being nicknamed 'mouse' because shes small, cute and timid but it in no way is a variant of Laura

Margaret, nn Daisy, was pretty common in my Grandmas generation. My grandma was Margaret nn Daisy, my Grandpa's cousin and my aunts husbands sister were margaret nn daisy, and I had a few friends at school who's grandmas were too.