Nicknames

The 'nicknames' library provides a hand-curated dataset of English given names and their associated nicknames or diminutive names. It offers a Python API to query these relationships. The current version is 1.0.1, released on March 5, 2026, and follows a release cadence tied to data updates and feature enhancements. It is actively maintained by the Old Dominion University - Web Science and Digital Libraries Research Group. [4, 5]