NICHOLAS NAMES I
Credit: GAMES Magazine - June, 1994
Stephen Sniderman

Many first names become nicknames simply by dropping one or more of their last letters. Below are the castoff letters for 16 names. Can you determine the nicknames? For example, given the clue LIN, the answer would be FRANK, a common nickname for FRANKLIN. Likewise, DOLYN would lead to GWENDOLYN.

1. _______ HUR
2. _______ ORD
3. _______ UA
4. _______ RICIA
5. _______ MOND
6. _______ ARD
7. _______ IAM
8. _______ HANIEL
9. _______ IP
10. _______ TINE
11. _______ ORAH
12. _______NETH
13. _______ LIAN
14. _______ JAMIN
15. _______ ANA
16. _______ WELL

Answers:

1. ART
2. CLIFF
3. JOSH
4. PAT
5. RAY
6. RICH
7. WILL
8. NAT
9. PHIL
10. CHRIS 
11. DEB
12. KEN
13. LIL
14. BEN
15. DI
16. MAX