Why is William, Billy?

[Billyblue]

Another variation for Sally.

Indexing a Queensland country newspaper from 2002 for Ryerson Index the other day, I came across

BREDHAUER, Dorothy May Alexandra (Sally).



Dawn M

[Minimoo]

My father who was Charles Arthur was always known as Douglas or Doug. I have never known why.

[Jed59]

Mum's cousin was always knows Uncle Joe......his name was William Edward//   seems his wife didn't like thiose names and decided  on Joe!
Also another cousin of hers was called Mary but it seems   either she or someone else couldn't say that as a child ..it came out as Mamie!

[spices]

We had been looking for husbands cousin DUNCAN could not find any records-- Why not you might well ask, his name was LANCELOT

[LizzieL]

One of my great uncles was always known as Mont - so I thought it was short for Montague. Discovered later his name was actually Hungerford! Never knew why, the family was from Berkshire but not that close to Hungerford.  Certainly could never see how that became Mont.

[Kevinshouse]

If correct names were used all the time this family history research would be so easy 
I am called Susan and have never introduced myself as anything else (my mother would correct everyone and anyone who had the nerve to call me Sue with the words we call her Susan ,she is not an indian!) but yet people refer to me as Sue. In my family I am Susan, but after 50 odd years I have stopped correcting people, that is why I gave my daughters short names
Kind regards Susan

[lydiaann]

My mum was called Dorothy.  When she joined Affleck and Brown (Manchester) as a young apprentice in the early 1920s, Dorothy was one of the most common names around and in the residence where the apprentices were housed (and the older, single ladies of the store) was no different.  All the alternatives had been used: Dot, Dottie, Doll, Dolly, Dorrie, etc. etc. - so they named her Toni!  Go figure!

Happy New Year y'all!!

lydiaann

[suey]

Recently learned that someone's wife who has always been known as Gladys is actually Lucy    I know which I prefer

[catfordcrooner]

Was Barry originally a name in it's own right, or was it a shortening of Barrington or something else?
Bal, Baz, Bazza