| Allie is usually Alice, Aline, or Aletha |
| Bell is usually Arabella, Annabelle, Isabel, Rosabel, etc. |
| Cindy is usually Lucinda or Cynthia |
| Daisy is usually Margaret |
| Delia is usually Cordelia or Adelia |
| Dora is usually Theodora, Eudora, or Dorothy |
| Effie is usually Euphemia (but sometimes Sarah) |
| Elsie is usually Elizabeth |
| Fanny is usually Frances |
| Greta is usually Margaret |
| Hal, Hank or Harry is usually Henry |
| Hallie is usually Harriet or Henrietta |
| Hettie is usually Hester, but sometimes Esther or Henrietta |
| Jack is usually John |
| Jake is usually Jacob |
| Jenny is usually Jane, Virginia, Janet, or Jennifer |
| Larry is usually Lawrence |
| Lena or Lina is usually a name ending in those letters (Eme-, Se-, He-, Magda-, Pau-, Ange-, etc.) |
| Lettie is usually Letitia |
| Libby is usually Elizabeth |
| Madge, Midge, Meg, Maggie, or Maisie is usually Margaret |
| Mattie is usually Martha, but sometimes Matilda |
| May or Maisie is usually Mary |
| Millie is usually Mildred, but sometimes Amelia or Millicent or even Mary |
| Minnie is usually Mary |
| Molly is usually Mary |
| Nancy is usually Agnes or Ann(e) |
| Nell is usually Ellen, Helen, or Eleanor |
| Nora is usually Eleanor, Honora, or Lenore |
| Patsy is usually Martha or Patricia, but sometimes Matilda or Patience |
| Peggy is usually Margaret |
| Polly is usually Mary |
| Sally or Sadie is usually Sarah |
| Sukie is usually Susan |
| Tillie is usually Matilda |
| Xr is Christopher |
| Zeke may be Ezekiel, or Hezekiah |
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