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Re: Nicknames
« Reply #18 on: Sunday 31 May 15 20:22 BST (UK) »

My husbands family has two Ellen Alicia's  -  I can never understand why an Ellen would prefer to be called Nellie  ???
In my own family we had Happy, Pip, Nobby (not a Clark ???) and Muffin.  None of which bear any relation to the persons given Christian name.

Nicknames to go with surnames also make me wonder..ie "Nobby" Clark - "Bunny" Austin - "Knocker" White  ???
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Re: Nicknames
« Reply #19 on: Saturday 06 June 15 15:15 BST (UK) »
My grandma's aunt was Martha Ann known as Pattie.
Gran's dad and brothers were known as Funny (Edward), Darkie and Mick (Kenneth and Teddy)

I've no idea where any of these came from x
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Re: Nicknames
« Reply #20 on: Saturday 06 June 15 15:36 BST (UK) »
I can't remember my dad ever calling my Mum anything but "Mac"!  Her name was Jessie!  Surname McAughtrie!

Everyone else called her Jess or Jessie, he was the only person to call her Mac!  Mum told me that he had called her that since she first met him as a 17 year old!

Dad was Robert, but called Bob by Mum, & Bob or Wally by family and friends!  Only his parents and his brother and 2 sisters called him Robert.  Of course their kids called him Uncle Robert! 

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Re: Nicknames
« Reply #21 on: Saturday 27 June 15 22:22 BST (UK) »
My Father was called John William and was Bill to family but friends called him Paddy....he was from Newfoundland but people thought he was Irish. Mum was called Rose Kathleen but got Kay.
My late brother was called John but was known as Tony all his life as our surname was Anthony.
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Re: Nicknames
« Reply #22 on: Saturday 27 June 15 22:29 BST (UK) »
My grandmother trained as a nurse pre-WWI and the student nurses were all called by their surnames. Fifty years, and more, later I remember them still using their original surnames when visiting rather than first names or married surnames.
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Re: Nicknames
« Reply #23 on: Sunday 28 June 15 12:22 BST (UK) »
What might "Minnie" be a nickname for.
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« Reply #24 on: Sunday 28 June 15 12:25 BST (UK) »
Wilhemina....but it is a name on its own.
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Re: Nicknames
« Reply #25 on: Sunday 28 June 15 12:27 BST (UK) »
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Tony all his life as our surname was Anthony. 

We know a chap whose name is Graham, but always known as Andy - his surname is Anderson  :D

Minnie?  Wiki P says
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   Minnie is a diminutive of Minerva, Winifred, Wilhelmina, Hermione, Mary, or Amelia. 
 
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Greenwich/Woolwich. - Clowting. Davis. Kitts. Ferguson. Lowther. Carvalho. Pressman. Redknap. Argent.
Hertfordshire - Sturgeon. Bird. Rule. Claxton. Taylor. Braggins

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Re: Nicknames
« Reply #26 on: Sunday 28 June 15 12:32 BST (UK) »
Quote from: Magh Itha on Sunday 28 June 15 12:22 BST (UK)
What might "Minnie" be a nickname for.

If Ulster then usually Mary.
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