Apellative names in your country/language

[Cristiano viejo]

Here in Spain is common calling Pepe to people called José.

Men:
Moncho to people called Ramón.
Nacho to people called Ignacio.
Quique or Kike to people called Enrique.
Paco to people called Francisco.
Chema to people called José María.
Goyo to people called Gregorio.

Lola to people called Dolores.
Maite to people called María Teresa.

I dont refer to diminutives

[Mikula]

Male names:
František is called Franta
Josef is called Pepa
Jan is called Honza
Jiří is called Jirka (Jura at Moravia)
Jakub is called Kuba

Female names:
Marie is called Mařen(k)a
etc.


But there are also numerous diminutive forms (Pepa: Pepík, Pepíček) and also alternative forms (partly depends on region):
Jan: Honza, Janek, Hanýz
Josef: Pepa, Jož(k)a, Ozef

[Moje ime]

Male names:

Aleksandar is called Aca
Branislav is called Bane
Dragan is called Gagi
Nikola is called Nidza
Petar is called Pera
etc

Female names:

Dragana is called Gaga
Milica is called Mica
Aleksandra is called Saska
Mirjana is called Mira
etc

[Mikula]

Male names:

Dragan is called Gagi

Is Dragan called also Draža?

[Moje ime]

Is Dragan called also Draža?

Not really.

[Mikula]

Male names:
František is called Franta
Josef is called Pepa
Jan is called Honza
Jiří is called Jirka (Jura at Moravia)
Jakub is called Kuba

Female names:
Marie is called Mařen(k)a
etc.


But there are also numerous diminutive forms (Pepa: Pepík, Pepíček) and also alternative forms (partly depends on region):
Jan: Honza, Janek, Hanýz
Josef: Pepa, Jož(k)a, Ozef

I forgote to add also Czech/Slavic names

Male:
Miroslav could be called Mirek or Slávek
Václav is colled Vašek or Venca
Vojtěch is called Vojta

Female:
Miroslava could be called Mirka or Slávka
Ludmila is called Lída or Luďka

[Moje ime]

Miroslav in Serbian is called Mire.

[Mikula]

Not really.

Draža is only for Dragoljub?

[Moje ime]

Draža is only for Dragoljub?

Probably but both are rare names today.

[vbnetkhio]

Draža is only for Dragoljub?

it can also be for Dragoslav

but all names and nicknames with the root Drag-/Draž- in them have the same meaning - "dear", but you probably know this already as a Slav