Nicknames

Nicknames with a story behind them.

On NamesLeaf, nicknames are not random lists copied from everywhere. Every name here comes with the nicknames that honestly grow out of it, its sounds, its history and its meaning, and you will find them inside that name’s own meaning post, where they belong.

Pick a name you love from our girl names, boy names or unisex names, open its story, and its nicknames are waiting for you there, the short forms families really use, the sweet pet names, and the cool modern twists.

Girl Nicknames

Short forms and pet names that grow out of girls’ names, each told with the story of where it comes from.

Boy Nicknames

Short forms and pet names that grow out of boys’ names, each told with the story of where it comes from.

Unisex Nicknames

Nicknames for names that suit any baby, each told with the story of where it comes from.