NICHOLAS NAMES II
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 12 names. Can you determine the nicknames? For example, given the clue UA, the answer would be JOSH, a common nickname for JOSHUA. Likewise, LIAN would lead to LILLIAN.

1. _______ AN
2. _______ ERT
3. _______ RENCE
4. _______ ARA
5. _______ IS
6. _______ OTHY
7. _______ BERT
8. _______ WARD
9. _______ ELA
10. _______ N
11. _______ R
12. _______ ERIE

Answers:

1. NORM
2. HERB/ROB
3. FLO
4. BARB
5. LOU
6. TIM
7. GIL
8. ED
9. PAM
10. STEVE
11. PETE
12. VAL