Old fashioned names

[GenesA]

Dorothy seems very early 20th century to me but I have found quite a few Dorothys in the 1600s and 1700s.

I have a long line of Deidemia's which is relatively unusual and a Britannia who was born in 1837 - the year Queen Victoria came to the throne.

[C_W]

My husbands ancestors had several generations called Agnes.
Also some called Lillias, which I quite like.

[jaybelnz]

Here's a couple - some are friends of my parents and some are related.

Gwendoline, - known as Gwen
Madena - known as May, her daughter Madena known as Maisie
Agatha - known as Aggie
Agnes  - known as Agnes
Fanny. -  known as Fanny, a friend of my Mum and Dad - I don't know what her actual name was.
Winifred - don't know what she was usually called, but incorrect transcription in a census states her   Christian name as "Banfree" of all things! I looked at the record, and it was clearly Winifred!  Obviously other people with her in the family hadn't even bothered to check the census entry, but just copied willy nilly from an Ancestry tree.

Leonie and Leone, Merilyn, all old school friends of mine.

[Greenvale]

Not so much old fashioned but it used to be a bit confusing at my Nan's house. Grandad was named James but known as Jim. Dad (His son) was named James but known as Jimmy. My name is James but I was called Little Jimmy. I'm now 67 ys old, 6' tall but still called "Little Jimmy" by the existing members of my Dad's family !

[GenesA]

Not so much old fashioned but it used to be a bit confusing at my Nan's house. Grandad was named James but known as Jim. Dad (His son) was named James but known as Jimmy. My name is James but I was called Little Jimmy. I'm now 67 ys old, 6' tall but still called "Little Jimmy" by the existing members of my Dad's family !

My father was called James and called Jimmy/Jim by friends and family except by my mother who insisted on calling him Jem!

[clairec666]

My great-grandfather was known as Jim. But his "real" name is Alfred Edwin. No idea why!

[GenesA]

My great-grandfather was known as Jim. But his "real" name is Alfred Edwin. No idea why!

I once spent months searching for the birth of my great great grandfather's sister Cissie. It turned out she was actually called Annie. She was the youngest sister 

[Greenvale]

My mother-in-law was named Cissie. As far as I know she's the only one of that name in either my or my wife's family. She was born in Chesterfield and I think that that name seems more prevalent in the north of the country.

[Milliepede]

My grandmothers sister was called Cissie but her actual names were Eva Alice.