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I love Alexandria and like you hate the name Alex
I dislike Ally - it's one of my nn's and I find it annoying

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I love Sacha or Sasha as a nn for Alexandria or Alexander

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alice x

I like Ally the best, but prefer the spelling Allie.

Well I really don't think it is 100% determined her name will be shortened, but anyway. I guess Ally is the best.

I agree with you about the name Alex. And I love the nicknames Ally and Andi. How about the nicknames Andria or Dria?

Ally
Lex
Lexie
Lexa
Lessa
Andy
Dria

I love it with the nn Sasha.

I love Ali (I think of Ali McGraw)& Andi and I don't mind the less obvious Sandy & Sascha, but I much prefer Alexandra (love it) to Alexandria.

Ally and Andi both work, and I love Ally. There's also Lexi, Ria and Sandy / Xandy (prn Zandy).

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:-)

Lexie
Xandie
Zandy
Sandy
Dria
Andie
Alexie
Allie
Lexa
Andria

I knew an Alexandra nn Alexandria nn Alandria. lol

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Other ideas:
Alana (ah-lah-nah)
Anda
Andia
Alia
Andra
Andria
Andrina
Alette
Nana
Lala
Lili
Lilia
Nan

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Claire

I like the name Alexandria. I do not think parents should take nicknaming matters into their own hands. Just because you despise the nickname Alex, doesn't mean she would (and you may like Ally or Andi, and she may not). I think nicknames should be left up to the child, not planned by the parent(s). Parents choose the formal name, so let the child choose his/her nickname(s) (if they would even want one).

ALexandria:

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Alex
Ally
Andy
Lexa
Lexie
Andria
Dria (Dray-uh or Dree-uh)
Alana (a strech but it could work)
Alexa
Ria

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hope that helps!

Ally's quite common, almost as common as Abby. And it has a million spellings: Ally, Alley, Allie, Ali, Alli, Alleigh, Allee, etc. Ally and Allie are alright by me, but to me the nn is a little dull from overuse.

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Andi's not so bad, but I much prefer the Andie spelling. -i endings seem quite dated to me (just think of Lori, Kori, Dori, Sherri, Merri, Perri, etc.).

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Other nns:
Adra
Adria
Al
Alexa
Anda
Andra
Andria
Dria
Drie (DREE)
Ex
Exa
Exan
Lex
Lexa
Lexxie / Lexxy / Lexie
Ria
Sandra
Sandria
Sandy / Sandie
Sasha / Sacha / Sascha
Xan
Xana
Xanda
Xandra
Xandria
Xandy / Xandie

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That's about all I can think of.

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Miranda