Hi there, Nettie or Netta was short for Janet also for some unknown reason was also used as a version of Agnes Regards Duncan ----- Original Message ----- From: <jimpolson@shaw.ca> To: <SCT-RENFREW-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, July 13, 2003 5:32 PM Subject: Re: [Renfrew] Jock & Other Names--Lydia > Hi, Ginny (Virginia, I presume?) > > The short answer is probably not. Nettie would come from possibly > Annette. Deriving it from Lydia I'd think was improbable. We can > get from Lydia to Liddy, but the substituting of L, R, N doesn't > happen at the beginnings of words (I can't think of any examples, > anyway), but only in the middle and at the end. > > It sounds like they just didn't like Lydia. Maybe there was a great > aunt Lydia who left her money to stray cats instead of to her > namesake, so they figured the bargain was off. You never know > with names. Sometimes it's just a whim. > > Jim Polson > > > While we are on this name topic Would it make sense to call someone > > named Lydia Jane, Nettie Jane? Perhaps it came about by way of younger > > siblings unable to pronounce Lydia? > > > > Ginny > > > ==== SCT-RENFREW Mailing List ==== > ********************************************************************** > The Renfrewshire Query board is at > http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/Scotland/Renfrew > > -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

Hi, Duncan Agneta was a form of Agnes and was often shortened to Neta. I thought it was just used in Scandinavia, but I guess these names get around. When I discovered that Mohammed had made the top 10 in names for newborns in Sweden I had to do a quick revision of my worldview. :-) Jim > Nettie or Netta was short for Janet also for some unknown reason was also > used as a version of Agnes > > Regards > > Duncan