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in reply to a message by Ann
A Dictionary of First Names by Hanks & Hodges has the following entry:
Bunty (f) Nickname and occasional baptismal name, relatively popular in the early twentieth century, but of uncertain derivation. It seems most likely that it derives from what was originally a dialectical pet name for a lamb, from the verb bunt, to butt gentley.
Withycombe's The Oxford Dictionary of English Christian Names says:
apparently dating from 1911, when the popular comedy Bunty Pulls the Strings had a great success of the London stage.
Bunty (f) Nickname and occasional baptismal name, relatively popular in the early twentieth century, but of uncertain derivation. It seems most likely that it derives from what was originally a dialectical pet name for a lamb, from the verb bunt, to butt gentley.
Withycombe's The Oxford Dictionary of English Christian Names says:
apparently dating from 1911, when the popular comedy Bunty Pulls the Strings had a great success of the London stage.
This message was edited 7/28/2006, 11:09 AM
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