Familiar Names
Some personal names have a short,
or familiar, form
- Anne »» Nancy
- Catherine »» Kate
- Charles »» Charlie
- Christopher »» Chris / Kit
- Dionysia »» Diot
- Eleanor »» Nellie
- Elizabeth »» Betty / Isabella
- Ellen »» Nellie
- Frances »» Fanny
- Henry »» Harry / Hal / Hy [in writing]
- Isabel »» Bel
- Joanne »» Jennett
- Joseph »» Joe
- Katherine »» Kate
- Lillian »» Lily / Lil
- Madeline »» Maddy
- Margaret »» Meg / Molly / Maggy
- Mary »» Molly / Polly / Mally
- Matilda »» Tilly / Mally
- Nicholas »» Nick
- Robert »» Bob / Rob
- Sarah »» Sally / Sal
- Susannah »» Susan / Susie / Susey
- Thomas »» Tom
- William »» Bill / Willie / Will
See
Abbreviated Names
This & associated entries use material contributed by Joanne Backhouse
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Malcolm Bull
2024
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