title: Database of common name aliases / nicknames of people
body: <p>I'm involved with a SQL / .NET project that will be searching through a list of names. I'm looking for a way to return some results on similar first names of people. If searching for "Tom" the results would include Thom, Thomas, etc. It is not important whether this be a file or a web service. Example Design:</p>
  
  <pre><code>Table "Names" has Name and NameID
  Table "Nicknames" has Nickname, NicknameID and NameID
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>Example output:</p>
  
  <pre><code>You searched for "John Smith"
  You show results Jon Smith, Jonathan Smith, Johnny Smith, ...
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>Are there any databases out there (public or paid) suited to this type of task to populate a relationship between nicknames and names? </p>