http://wilstar.com/midi/jeannie.htm It goes back to 1854 after a song http://www.musicanet.org/robokopp/usa/jeanie.htm My grandmother was named Jeannie - it wasnt short for anything. Janet ----- Original Message ----- From: [email protected] > > In a message dated 2/10/2007 6:56:30 A.M. Central Standard Time, > [email protected] writes: > > Maybe a simple question but could Jeanie be a nickname for some other >> first name? > > > Perhaps Jeanette/Jeannette. I have Stewarts with that name from Edinburgh, > born in the early 1800s. > Bob Sommerfeldt