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  • Do other countries apart from English speaking ones have basic nicknames like Tommo, Jonno, Smithy, Nashy etc?

  • basic nicknames

    Depends what you mean. Many languages have diminutives, e.g. Alexander=Sasha in Russian.

  • Frenchies are pretty basic
    'Wawa' Warren Barguil
    'Jaja' Julien Alaphillipe

  • Just add -ito and -ita in Spanish.

    There are more complicated options, too. Here's a list.

  • Do other countries apart from English speaking ones have basic nicknames like Tommo, Jonno, Smithy, Nashy etc?

    In Germany it's common to shorten / add an i at the end, like
    Michael > Michi
    Andreas > Andi
    Susan > Susi
    Franziska > Franzi

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