Attn: Guitarguy
Wikipedia article on hypocorism:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hypocorism#German
Selected quote:
Hypocorisms of first names are commonly based on truncation, only keeping the first (Max) or last (Hans) syllable(s), sometimes in contracted form as these examples show. Often the ending -i is added to these truncated nameforms.[...]
Ignaz → Nazi (Bavarian; out of use)
can't really imagine why
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