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Scotland (Counties as in 1851-1901) => Scotland => Topic started by: jongle on Sunday 18 July 10 19:21 BST (UK)
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My Scottish great-aunt was called Bunty Munro and came from the Lenzie area.
Can anyone tell me what her proper christian name would have been?
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http://www.talkingscot.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=11130
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I know two Buntys, their real names are Christine and Mary - I can't help but think it's a general nick name because I see no rhyme nor reason for it.
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Came across a headstone in Lanarkshire today
Elizabeth (Bunty) Hamilton
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Thank you all for your replies. It would seem, from the variety of names put forward, that the term is used more for the person than for a name substitute. If only our ancestors knew the problems they were creating for us. :(
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Mr Grandfathers sister was known as Bunty - her real name was Jean! No idea who the name came about.
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The Scottish writer Graham Moffat wrote a play called "Bunty pulls the strings" in the early 1900s, and when I was young there was also a girls comic called Bunty, published, I think, by DC Thomson in Dundee. So I guess these 2 sources may have inspired some parents to name their children Bunty.
Elwyn
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Mums name was Barbara but she was known as Bunty or Babbie sometimes
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Thank you to: bairnj, Elwyn Soutter, and suzilad for your replies.
Unfortunately, there does not appear to be a definitive answer. :(
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The Scottish writer Graham Moffat wrote a play called "Bunty pulls the strings" in the early 1900s, and when I was young there was also a girls comic called Bunty, published, I think, by DC Thomson in Dundee. So I guess these 2 sources may have inspired some parents to name their children Bunty.
When I was a child I remember buying the very first issue of D C Thomson's 'Bunty' (and of her sister comic 'Judy'), so the comic must have started in the 1950s. The personal (nick)name 'Bunty' was well established long before that, because I remember lots of older acquaintances known as Bunty. However it has never featured as a given name in the lists published by the Registrar General for Scotland, and as has been pointed out, it doesn't seem to have been associated with any particular name.
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Thanks for your input Forfarian but, sadly, I don't think I'll ever know her real name.
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Have you traced her birth or death record to confirm her real name?
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Hi, sancti. The answer to your question is no as all I have is a photo of her from about the 1930s and I would guess her age to be in her 40s. Although the family came from the Lenzie area, the surname Munro is not uncommon. Also, I do not know for sure if she is a blood relation or one from marriage. All I do know is that my mother called her, "Aunty Bunty".