Has anyone ever heard of the nickname of "Tate"? What does it stand for? Thanks, Bev ----- Original Message ----- From: "Gerald Gieger" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: August 26, 2000 8:57 PM Subject: [GEIGER] Nicknames > Forwarded from another List - hope this helps someone... > > > > Allie is usually Alice, Aline, or Aletha > Bell is usually Arabella, Annabelle, Isabel, Rosabel, etc. > Cindy is usually Lucinda or Cynthia > Daisy is usually Margaret > Delia is usually Cordelia or Adelia > Dora is usually Theodora, Eudora, or Dorothy > Effie is usually Euphemia (but sometimes Sarah) > Elsie is usually Elizabeth > Fanny is usually Frances > Greta is usually Margaret > Hal, Hank or Harry is usually Henry > Hallie is usually Harriet or Henrietta > Hettie is usually Hester, but sometimes Esther or Henrietta > Jack is usually John > Jake is usually Jacob > Jenny is usually Jane, Virginia, Janet, or Jennifer > Larry is usually Lawrence > Lena or Lina is usually a name ending in those letters (Eme-, Se-,He-, > Magda-, Pau-, Ange-, etc.) > Lettie is usually Letitia > Libby is usually Elizabeth > Madge, Midge, Meg, Maggie, or Maisie is usually Margaret > Mattie is usually Martha, but sometimes Matilda > May or Maisie is usually Mary > Millie is usually Mildred, but sometimes Amelia or Millicent or even Mary > Minnie is usually Mary > Molly is usually Mary > Nancy is usually Agnes or Ann(e) > Nannie is usually Nancy > Nell is usually Ellen, Helen, or Eleanor > Nora is usually Eleanor, Honora, or Lenore > Patsy is usually Martha or Patricia, but sometimes Matilda or Patience > Peggy is usually Margaret > Polly is usually Mary > Sally or Sadie is usually Sarah > Sukie is usually Susan > Tillie is usually Matilda > Xr is Christopher > Zeke may be Ezekiel, or Hezekiah > > > ________________________________________________________________________ > Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com > > > ==== GEIGER Mailing List ==== > Check out our GEIGER homepage at: http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~geiger/ > > ============================== > Join the RootsWeb WorldConnect Project: > Linking the world, one GEDCOM at a time. > http://worldconnect.rootsweb.com/ > >