Here are a few more to ponder over. All from my line of researching Heather in New Zealand Bell, Bella, Belle - Arabelle, Anabelle, Belinda, Elizabeth, Isabel, Isabella, Mirabel, Rosabel Belle - Mabel, Sybil Bess, Bessie, Bessy, Beth, Bette, Bettie, Bettie, Betsy, Betsey, Bitsy - Elizabeth, Elisabeth Bob, Bobby - Robert Bobbi, Bobbie - Roberta Boots - Bertha Bridey, Brie - Bridget Carrie, Carry - Caroline, Charlotte Cindy - Cynthia, Cinthia, Lucinda Daisy - Margaret Delia - Adelia, Adele, Cordelia Dick - Richard Dobbin - Robert Dode, Dody - Dorothy, Theodore Dolly - Dorothy, Doreen Dora - Dorothy, Eudora, Theodora Ed, Eddie, Eddy - Edgar, Edmund, Edward, Edwin, Edwina Effie, Effy - Euphemia, Evelyn Eliza - Elizabeth, Elisabeth Greta - Margaret, Margaretha Ella, Ellie - Eleanor, Elenora Fannie, Fanny - Frances Frankie - Frances (female), Francis (male), Franklin Genie - Eugenia Ginger, Ginny - Virginia Hal - Harold, Henry Hank, Harry - Henry Hattie - Harriet, Harriett Hettie - Esther, Henrietta, Hester Jack - John Jamie - James, Jameson Jenny - Jane, Janet, Jeanette, Jennett, Virginia Jim, Jimmy - James Jock, Johnnie, Johnny - John Kate, Katie, Katy, Kay, Kit, Kitty - Katherine Lena - Angelina, Helena, Magdalena, Paulina, Selena Lisa, Lise, Liz, Lizzie - Elizabeth, Elisabeth Lucy - Lucinda Madge, Maggie, Midge - Margaret Mamie - Mary Marty, Martie, Mattie - Martha May - Mary Meg, Megan - Margaret Millie, Milly - Amelia, Mildred Moll, Mollie, Molly - Mary Nell, Nellie, Nelly - Eleanor, Elenora, Ellen, Helen Nora - Elenore, Elenora, Honora, Honoria Ollie - Olive, Olivia, Oliver Pat, Patsy, Patty, Pattie - Martha, Matilda, Patricia, Patience Peg, Peggy - Margaret Penny - Penelope Polly, Pollie - Mary, Paula Rich, Richy, Rick - Richard Rob, Robbie, Robby - Robert Robin - Robert, Roberta Sadie, Sally, Sallie - Sarah Sam, Sammy, Sammie - Samuel, Samson, Samantha Sukie, Suchie, Suchy - Susan, Susanna, Susannah Tad - Theodore Ted, Teddy - Edward, Theodore Theo - Theodore Tilly - Temperance Tillie - Matilda, Mathilda Tina - Christina Trina - Catherine, Katherine Winnie - Winefred, Winifred ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ron & Mary Harris" <r_harris@sympatico.ca> To: <SCT-RENFREW-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, July 14, 2003 8:26 AM Subject: [Renfrew] Scottish Given Names > Hi all, > > Wow, I think we got a very useful discussion going there about given names & their often strange paths to becoming short forms or nicknames! For any researcher just starting out with Scottish genealogy & unfamiliar with their naming system, it must be quite a minefield, at first. I was just thinking of a family I know, in Argyllshire; cousins of my Dad & how only one of the eight actually went by their proper given name - Teena (Christina), Cathie/Kay (Catherine), Isa (Isabella), Neilly (Neil), Hughie (Ewan), Mamie (Mary), Nancy (Ann) & Iain! > > Then there's the other type of nickname. For instance, the McGregors of Balquhidder, Perth; Rob Roy's kin - practically every one was Peter, John, Hugh or a few other given names, all living there at the same time. So how did they sort them out? Big John, Red John, Dark John (in Gaelic, of course), but unfortunately these names rarely survived & all we are left with are the given names on the census - names they may never have been known by during their lifetime. > > My Dad knew a man, in Scotland, called Johnny Nan. His name was actually John MacDonald, but due to the overabundance of similarly named fellows in the area, he was John - Ann's (Nan) son - MacDonald, or just Johnny Nan. Now try & look him up on a census 100 years from now! > > My grandfather was Malcolm MacKellar, but went by Caldy for his first name. Has anyone ever heard of that one? > > Mary > > > ==== SCT-RENFREW Mailing List ==== > ********************************************************************** > To search the Rootsweb lists go to > http://searches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl > >