Nicknames
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Sometimes
the name by which one is baptised is
not the name by which one is generally known. If you’re stuck, try searching
using one of these Nicknames …and don’t forget that often
rather than the first baptized name, the second name is used. |
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Alf……Alfred Alfred……Alf or Fred Albert……Bert Anthony……Tony Anton……Tony Bert……Albert, Bertram or Herbert Bertram……Bert Bill or Billy……William Bob or Bobby……Robert Carl……Charles Charles……Carl or Charlie Christopher……Kit Daniel……Danny Danny……Daniel Dick……Richard Eddie……Edmund, Edward or Edwin Edmund……Eddie Edward……Eddie or Ted Edwin……Eddie Francis……Frank Frank……Francis or Frederick Fred……Alfred or Frederick Frederick……Frank or Fred Gerald……Jerry Hal……Henry Harold……Harry Harry……Harold Henry……Hal or Harry Herbert……Bert or Bertie Jack……James, Jasper or John Jake……James James……Jack, Jake or Jim Jasper……Jack Jerry……Gerald John……Jack or Johnnie Johnnie……John or Jonathan Jonathan……Johnnie Jos……Joshua Joshua……Jos Kit……Christopher Larry……Lawrence Laurie……Lawrence Lawrence……Larry or Laurie Len……Leonard Leo……Leonard Leonard……Len or Leo Philip……Pip Pip……Philip Richard……Dick Robert……Bob or Bobby Sam……Sampson or Samuel Sampson……Sam Samuel……Sam Tony……Anthony or Anton William……Bill or Billy |
Agatha……Aggie
Aggie……Agatha or Agnes
Agnes……Aggie
Ann or Anne……Hannah
Bella……Isabelle
Bessy or Betsy……Elizabeth
Beth……Elizabeth
Betty……Elizabeth Bobbie……Roberta
Catherine……Cathy or Kate
Cathy……Catherine
Charlotte……Lottie Clara……Clary Clarissa……Clary Clary……Clara or Clarrisa Dolly……Dorothy Dorothy…...Dolly or Dot Dot……Dorothy Eleanor……Ellen or Nellie Eliza……Lizzie Elizabeth……Bessy, Beth, Betty or Lizzie
Ellen……Eleanor, Helen or Helena Encie……Hannah or Margaret
Fanny……Frances Frances……Fanny Hannah……Ann, Annie, Encie or Nancy Hattie……Henrietta Helen
or Helena……Ellen,
Nellie or
Peggy
Henrietta……Harriet, Hattie or Hetty
Hetty……Henrietta Isabelle……Bella
Kate……Catherine or Katherine
Katherine……Kate or Kitty
Kitty……Katherine
Letitia……Lettice
Lettice……Letitia
Lizzie……Eliza or Elizabeth
Lottie……Charlotte Madge……Marjorie Margaret……Encie, Meg, Peggy or Polly Marjorie……Madge Meg……Margaret Minnie……Wilhelmina Nancy……Hannah Nellie……Eleanor, Helen or Margaret Peggy……Helen or Margaret Penelope……Penny Penny……Penelope Polly……Margaret Roberta……Bobbie Sally……Sarah Sarah……Sally Sukey……Susan or Susannah Susan……Sukey or Susannah Susannah……Susan or Sukey Wilhelmina……Minnie |
These are some of the
more popular diminutives but there are many others,
some of which will be strictly
personal to your family.
If you can contribute
more, please tell me.
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