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If Stephen or Steven can be Stevie or Steve; or perhaps a Stephen who goes by Steph (with the same short /e/--which a Stephanie may also use); why couldn't a boy named Julian naturally shorten to Julia or Julie? Would this make him a "girly girl"? Certainly not!

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With Julian, Julien, Julianne, and even Julius - there are a myriad of different spellings--with pronunciations that may (or may not) differ by varying degrees, so why can't these all be held within the same aggregate?