A few more nicknames: Polly or Minnie for Mary Bridie or Delia for Bridget Anne, Anna & Annie are interchangeable Marie, Maria & Mary ditto To make maters worse, in my family some women were called by their maiden name all their lives. Margaret On May 16, 2008, at 3:12 AM, [email protected] wrote: > Message: 1 > Date: Thu, 15 May 2008 08:08:34 -0400 (EDT) > From: Brian McConnell <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [IRL-MONAGHAN] Irish naming of children. > To: [email protected] > Message-ID: <[email protected]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 > > I have found this to be quite common as well. > > Something else, not to further complicate this, but I have also > encountered use of abbreviations or knicknames. > > Ones I have encountered include: > > Ted or Teddy for Edward > Bill or Billy for William > Jim for James > Maggie for Margaret > Alec or Alex for Alexander > Bob or Bobby for Robert > Lilly for Elizabeth > Rae for Rachel > Tom or Tommy for Thomas > Fred for Frederick > Joe for Joseph > > Many of these are to be expected but others a bit different. > > Brian