Message: "Re: nicknames that became names in their own right"

[Opinions] Re: nicknames that became names in their own right

by jeziana

5/29/2008, 5:45 AM

Megan
Margot
Elise
Sadie
Adeline
Anita
Annika
Carlotta
Natasha
Jeanette and other ette names like Annette
Janet (basically any elaborated nickname that is longer than the name itself)
Gretchen
Carrie
Nadia / Nadya
Kate

Billy
Hank
Liam
Feivel
Larry
Nick
Tony
Sam
Terry (also for girls)
Frank

But then again, it’s OK in the current English culture to have business people, MPs etc called just Tony or just Nick. No one really cares. Most people don’t even realize Jack is a nickname for John or that Janet was originally an affectionate nickname for Jane.

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nicknames that became names in their own right · Murasaki · 5/29/2008, 4:07 AM

•Yes all of them & there are plenty more. nt · Pink Princess · 5/30/2008, 12:38 AM

•Re: nicknames that became names in their own right · lac · 5/29/2008, 4:43 PM

•Re: nicknames that became names in their own right · Snuffles · 5/29/2008, 4:17 PM

•Re: nicknames that became names in their own right · Rosa · 5/29/2008, 2:00 PM

•Yes, some · REM · 5/29/2008, 1:08 PM

•Nope! Just Nora. · Tippins · 5/29/2008, 11:34 AM

•Re: Nope! Just Nora. · 1066 · 5/29/2008, 12:29 PM

•Re: nicknames that became names in their own right · Jonquil · 5/29/2008, 9:04 AM

•Re: nicknames that became names in their own right · Laura W · 5/29/2008, 8:14 AM

•Lucy and Ana are not nicknames nt · jeziana · 5/29/2008, 8:33 AM

•Neither is Leo, and Clay has a non-nickname etymology as well as being a nn for Clayton. · Dot · 5/29/2008, 12:33 PM

•yes to jack nt · 1066 · 5/29/2008, 7:44 AM

•Re: nicknames that became names in their own right · Bettina · 5/29/2008, 7:37 AM

•Re: nicknames that became names in their own right · Bettina · 5/29/2008, 8:50 PM

•Re: nicknames that became names in their own right · Rosa · 5/29/2008, 1:53 PM

•Re: nicknames that became names in their own right · Elinor · 5/29/2008, 6:15 AM

•Not necessarily... · 1066 · 5/29/2008, 12:38 PM

•Molly and Jack · Lauren B · 5/29/2008, 8:26 AM

•Re: Molly and Jack · Elinor · 5/29/2008, 10:53 AM

•Re: nicknames that became names in their own right · CN · 5/29/2008, 7:04 AM

•Adding Evie, Lola, Libby and Tilly ... nt · Elinor · 5/29/2008, 6:16 AM

•Re: nicknames that became names in their own right · penguiny7 · 5/29/2008, 5:54 AM

•Re: nicknames that became names in their own right · queenv · 5/29/2008, 5:53 AM

•Re: nicknames that became names in their own right · jeziana · 5/29/2008, 5:45 AM

•Re: nicknames that became names in their own right · CN · 5/29/2008, 4:51 AM

•Re: nicknames that became names in their own right · Murasaki · 5/29/2008, 5:45 AM

•Re: nicknames that became names in their own right · Hannah Ruth · 5/29/2008, 4:23 AM

•Re: nicknames that became names in their own right · Rooster · 5/29/2008, 4:08 AM

•I knew a Polly in high school and that was her full name. nt · queenv · 5/29/2008, 5:49 AM

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