Also, on the female side, I have a very good friend from Donegal who's name is Antoinette and has been called Anto by friends and family all of her life. Regards Catherine Fitzgerald ----- Original Message ----- From: "Margaret Spearin" <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Thursday, July 2, 2009 4:51:45 PM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern Subject: Re: [IRL-TIP] Any thought on personal forname Ant/Anto/Anta Hi Claire Ant and Anto are short for Anthony. my son is Anthony and has been called Ant and Anto all his life Margaret ----- Original Message ----- From: "Clare Tuohy" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]>; <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, July 02, 2009 5:03 PM Subject: [IRL-TIP] Any thought on personal forname Ant/Anto/Anta > Hallo all > I have come across this personal name in a number of forms and at times > have had difficulty in deciding if it was referring to a female or male. > > Ant Anta - Assuming female > Anto - Assuming male > > Am also interested to find out what Ant is a contraction for - I'm > thinking of Anastatia which was quite a common personal name in some parts > of Tipperary. Would welcome any views. > > Clare Tuohy > > -- > I am using the free version of SPAMfighter. > We are a community of 6 million users fighting spam. > SPAMfighter has removed 450 of my spam emails to date. > Get the free SPAMfighter here: http://www.spamfighter.com/len > > The Professional version does not have this message > _______________________________________________________ > Griffith's Valuation: http://www.failteromhat.com/griffiths.php > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > _______________________________________________________ Griffith's Valuation: http://www.failteromhat.com/griffiths.php ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message