Apellative names in your country/language

[Mens-Sarda]

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

Aren't they diminutives? I think that every Romance language uses those kind of diminutives, both Italian and Sardinian use similar diminutives.

Sardinian :

1. Frantziscu -> Chiccu (Kikku), Cicciu (with CH sound), Tziscu
2. Servadore (Salvador) -> Tore, Tottóre, Doddóre, Battóre, Pattóre, Baróre, Faróre, Fovóre, Bovóre, Bobóre, Bore etc.ect. (it's the name with the highest number of diminutives, they change from zone to zone of Sardinia)
3. Servadorícu (diminutive of Servadore, with Greek suffix "ikos") -> Forícu, Borícu
4. Servadoríca -> Foríca, Boríca, Ica
5. Paulu -> Paulícu
6. Zuseppe (José) -> Peppe, Peppinu
7. Peppe -> Peppícu
8. Antóni -> Antonícu
9. Pedru -> Pedrigheddu (Latin diminutive "Petricellus" with classical pronunciation "Petrikellus -> Petrikellu -> Petrikeddu")
10. Madalena -> Mallena
11. Maria Luisa -> Mallisa
12. Sebustianu (Sebastian) -> Bustianu, Buccianu, Buthianu
13. Remundu -> Mundu
14. Remunda -> Momma
15. Deomídri -> Deomidreddu
16. Juanne Antóni -> Tottói
17. Juanne Maria -> Jommaria
18. Costantíne -> Antíne
19. Gaetanu -> Tatánu
20. Nicolina -> Lina
21. Alfonsa -> Losa
22. Luísi -> Lisi, Gigi

etc.etc.

[TheMaestro]

Does it make Slovaks more Balkanic than Czechs and Poles?

No until Felda and Oktavka cars disappear.

[Moje ime]

Bosniaks use -o, too? To be honest I know about Haso and Mujo, at least

Yes. Haso and Mujo are probably short variants from Turkish/Bosniak names Hasan and Mustafa.

[Seya]

Adrian becomes Adi
Alexandru→ Alex
Cristian→ Cristi
Gabriel→ Gabi
Stefan→ Fane, Fanel
Ionel / Iunut / Ion→ Nelu
Constantin→ Costel
Daniel→ Dan
Gheorghe→ Ghiță
Victor→ Vichi

Andreea→ Andra, Andre, Deea
Ecaterina→ Cati, Tina
Elena→ Leana, Lenuta
Valentina→ Vali, Tina
Constanța→ Tanța
Emanuela→ Ema
Florentina→ Flori
Georgeta→ Geta
Liliana→ Lili
Magdalena→ Magda

Pretty simple

[Archduke]

Some male names:

Georgi - Gosho

Hristo - Itso

Petar - Pepi

Pavel - Pafka

Kiril - Kiro/Kire

Dimitar - Mitko

Valentin - Valyo

Nikolay - Niki

Nikola - Niki/Kolyo

Mihail - Misho

[PAGANE]

In Bulgaria, men
Ivan-Vanko, Ivo, Vanyo
Georgi- Gosho, Getsa, Gogo / for a young child /
Vasil - Vasco
Dimitar - Mitko
Jordan - Dancho
Alexander - Sasho
Todor - Toshko
Nicholas - Kolyo
Peter - Petyo
Athanas - Nasco, Thanas
Angel - Acho
Hristo - Itso
Anton - Tony
Borislav- Bobby
Miroslav - Miro
Svetoslav - Svetlio
Radoslav- Rado
Denislav - Dany, Deny
Blagoy, Blagovest - Blago
Bozhidar - Bozho, Darko
Haralambi - Hary
Velichko-Vicho
Grigor - Grisha
Stefan - Checho
Velichko - Vicho
Valchan - Valcho

[Cristiano viejo]

kjk

Gica Hagi!

Aren't they diminutives? I think that every Romance language uses those kind of diminutives, both Italian and Sardinian use similar diminutives.

Not exactly. A diminutive for example for Ramón would be Ramoncito or Ramoncete but the appelative Moncho; for José would be Josito, Joselito etc, being the appelative Pepe.

Quique or Kike to people called Enrique sounds logical.
But I would never guess Chema is for Jose Maria or Paco for Francisco. How there were created?

People called José Maria are often called Josema (a simple abbreviation). From Josema-----Chema.

Paco:

In Spanish, people with the name Francisco are sometimes nicknamed "Paco": San Francisco de Asís was known as Pater Comunitatis (The Community father) when he founded their Franciscan order, "Paco" is a short form of "Pater Comunitatis".

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francisco

I had no idea about the mean of Paco

Josef is called Pepa

QUITE interesting that Josef (José in Spanish) is called Pepa, while here is called Pepe...

[Mikula]

QUITE interesting that Josef (José in Spanish) is called Pepa, while here is called Pepe...

Simillar nicks of this kind exists in several languages.
I have heard that one is originated from Italian nick Peppino (from Giuseppe)

[Roy]

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

Dumb me. I thought Honza was just a distinct and exclusive name for Czechs. But it surely functions also as an official given name (as in your ID).