I need help with a character name. He's in his mid 30's and a mid-level bureaucrat with the DMV. I'm looking for a strong first name, with a weak sounding common nick name. Can anyone help?
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Austinius SillyVilles Resident Lothario
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Ummmmm ... -- Strong name: Leonard Strong nickname: Leo Weak nickname: Len -- Strong name: Michael Strong nickname: Mike Weak nickname: Mikey (sorry, idea came from an old cereal commercial lol) Your directions are hard. Often if the name sounds strong, the nickname does too! Thomas and Tom. Joseph and Joe. On and on. Well, who knows .. maybe more will come to mind.
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Richard, shortens to Dick!
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Craig Barnes
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Vincent:strong Vinnie:weak
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Robert and Bob? Andrew and Andy? James and Jimmy/Jamie?
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Robert, Bert Andrew, Drew Edward, Eddie/Ed or Ned Edmund, Eddie/Ed or Ned Harold, Hal Laurence, Larry Leonerd, Lenny Anthony, Tony Walter, Wally Howard, Woody
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The Beaver/ Theodore
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Theodore aka Teddy?
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Oliver/Ollie Hudson/Nickname Huey. (artistic license, lol. How did a man named Hudson become a Huey?) Igor/Iggy Jonah/Joey Lance/Lanny Nathan/Nat Patrick/Paddy Roman/Romy
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Jason / Dad
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Henry, shortened to Hank?
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Benjamin Sutcliffe Benny Sutcliffe Nathaniel Stevenson Nate Stevenson
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Arnold Brumbauer. An easy weak nickname could be Arnie or Brumby. Or it could be something like Bradford Martin Woodcock and he would be called BMW. Seeing as he works with the DMV it would add a bit of humor. That's all I've got at the moment.
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Strong name: Richard. Nick name: Dick
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Derrick - Rick. but i like the brumby / bmw answer best. lol
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Tennessee Armstrong. Nickname Tenn. How plain is that? Tenn. But his initials will actually be T.A. so he could imagine himself a ladies man!! LOL
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I'm always partial to James; there are a couple of goofy sounding nicknames that go with it (Jimmy, Jimbo). Howard (Howie), Conrad (Connie; weak and feminine to boot), Abram (Abe), Alexander could have several possibilities with it. Anything levelled to Joey (Joseph, Jonah, etc.). Or Jonathan to Jonny. Bartholomew to Barty or anything to Barry. Also, you could always give him a strong first name but have him called by his surname or initials. Or have him be called by an acquired nickname that others have given him, because those are usually silly. I'm guessing you're trying to convey that he's perceived as weak, or that that perception has made him so? If so, a nickname unrelated to his actual name would do this perfectly, as it originates wholly from the outside.
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