One of my assistants is named Elmer. He’s about 20 and goes to Cal State L.A.
What’s the big deal?
I’ve got a 33 year old friend who’s a white dude named Eugene. Everyone calls him Gino but his name on Facebook is Eugene. Hehe
I know people are pressed for time these days, but it’s not always necessary to shorten a two-syllable name. 
And there are infinite ways to come up with a nickname. But “Ollie” is definitely the short version of Oliver.
Is his nickname Fudge? All the talk about Oscars cracks me up…I keep thinking “Oscar the Grouch”
I know a ten year old Sylvester, as I mentioned in another thread.
checks Nope, age is a little young or I’d think we knew the same guy. This guy got his name from an older relative, Italian descent. He’s just glad he didn’t get the other Italian name that produces the nickname of Gino - Ginocchio. Swear to god, I’ve seen it in Italian cemeteries and the like.
I went to high school with a Eugene. We are both 34. My wife and I almost named our son Felix. It was the second choice on the list after the name we chose. I really wanted to name him Ulysses.
My dad’s name is Hubert Eugene.
Forgot to mention - though these two guys have absolutely no relation to each other, nor even know each other, they also have the same last name.
One of my choice names is Ransom. It’s kind of historic, from a specific movie I like, and has the awesome nicknameability of “Rance.”
Only problem is the potential awkwardness of having a kid named Ransom. I don’t know if the term for kidnapping money came after the name or what.
No way. That’s a first name?! Seems rather odd to call your kid “Knee”, but then the Italians do have some interesting names.
Incidentally, the Nicaraguan who live next door to me in college was named “Wilbert” (IIRC).
I know of an under-10 named Melvin. ‘Round here in Sweden it’s still apparently a very popular boys’ name. Kicker is, he’s a relative on my mother’s side of the family, so he’s ended up with the same first name and surname as my favorite grandfather. I’m hoping to meet him at the next family reunion.
A couple of years ago, I taught a first grader whose name is Chauncey.
Wyatt was the #62 most popular boys name in the US for 2008. It’s been in the top 100 for four years now, ranking higher every year, so there are lots of little Wyatts running around.
I did know a couple of Randals (both went by Randy) now in their early-to-mid 30s, which is kind of unusual considering that #492 was the highest that name ranked between 1975 and 1980.
My middle name is Elmer. Old family name - I was named after my grandfather and this was the first name of my great-grandfather as well.
I’m nearly forty - don’t know whether I’m young by the standards of the OP but I’m not a geezer quite yet.
How about a roughly 12-year-old Walter (sometimes called “Walt”)? (I like it.)