Nicknames

Some of these names are found in my family and some are those others have told me about. I guess our ancestors liked 'nicknames'. Some of these do not even seen remotely related as nicknames, such as Polly being another name for Mary.

Adelaide - Addie, Ada, Della, Ida
Adeline, Adelaide - Addie, Ada, Ida
Agnes - Nessi
Alice - Elsie
Antoinette - Nellie, Toni
Arabella - Belle, Bella

Bartholomew - Bat, Bart, Bartle
Beatrice - Trixy
Bridget - Biddy

Caroline - Carol, Carrie, Cay
Carol - Carrie
Catherine - Carrie
Cecelia - Cece, Cele, Celia
Charlotte - Carla, Cay, Lottie
Cornelia - Nell, Nellie

Derrick - Dirk
Dorothy - Dody, Dora, Dolly

Edward - Ed, Ned, Ted
Edmund - Ed, Ned, Ted
Edwin - Ed, Ned, Ted
Edgar - Ed, Ned, Ted
Eleanor - El, Nell, Nellie, Ellie, Ella, Nora
Elijah - Eli
Elias - Eli
Elizabeth - Betty, Bessie, Betsy, Liz, Lisa, Libby
Ellen - Nell, Nellie

Frances - Fannie
Florence - Flo, Florry, Flora
Francis - Frank
Frederick - Fritz

Gretchen - Greta

Hannah - Anna
Helen, - Nell, Nellie
Harold - Henry, Harry, Hal
Harrison - Harry
Henrietta - Etta, Harriet, Hester, Hattie
Hester - Esther

Isabel - Belle, Bella

Jacob - Jack, James
Jennifer - Jennie, Jane
John - Jack

Katherine - Kate, Kay, Kit

Madeline - Maddie, Lynn, Maude
Mary - Polly, May, Mimi, Minnie
Martha - Marti, Marta, Matty
Matilda - Tilda, Mattie, Tillie
Matthew - Matty
Minerva - Minna, Maime, Minnie
Melissa - Mary, Missy, Lisa
Millicent - Mary, Missy

Nancy - Ann, Anna
Nicholas - Cole

Patrick - Paddy, Patsy
Paula - Polly
Preston - Pret

Roland - Rollie, Rollo
Rudolph - Rollo

Sarah - Sadie
Susan - Sukey, Suzie, Sue

Theodore - Ted, Tad
Teresa - Tess

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