Malcolm Bull's Calderdale Companion : Foldout
Abbreviated Names
This Foldout lists
some common abbreviations for forenames which may be encountered in
older documents
- Abm: Abraham
- Alex: Alexander
- Alexr: Alexander
- Benj: Benjamin
- Bernd: Bernard
- Chas: Charles
- Dd: David
- Do: Dorothy
- Dy: Dorothy
- Ed: Edward
- Edm: Edmund
- Edw: Edward
- Eliz: Elizabeth
- Em: Emily
- Fredk: Frederick
- Geo: George
- Hon: Honour
- Hum: Humphrey
- Humy: Humphrey
- Hy: Henry
- Jas: James
- Jno: John
- Jonth: Jonathon
- Jos: Joseph
- Josh: Joshua
- Js: James
- Marg: Margaret
- Mart: Martha
- Matt: Matthew
- Mattw: Matthew
- My: Mary
- Ric: Richard
- Richd: Richard
- Robt: Robert
- Saml: Samuel
- Ste: Stephen
- Tam: Thomasin
- Tho: Thomas
- Thos: Thomas
- Wm: William
- Xian: Christian
- Xpr: Christopher
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