Historical Nicknames Are Less Confusing When You Know the Facts
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M Nicknames
Madge – for Margaret
Maggy or Meg – for Margaret
Mame – for Margaret or Mary
Mandy – for Samantha
Manny – for Emanuel
Marge – for Margaret or Marjorie
Mare – for Maria
Mattie – for Martha
Maud – for Magdalene or Matilda
May – for Margaret
Meta – for Margareta
Mickey – for Michael
Midge – for Margaret
Millie – for Amelia, Emeline, Mildred, or Millicent
Mimi – for Mary
Mina – for for Wilhelmina
Minnie – for Minerva or Philomena
Mira – for Elmira or Mirabel
Moe – for Maureen
Molly – for Martha or Mary
Myra – for Almira
N Nicknames
Nab – for Abel
Nan – for Ann, Hannah, Joanne, or Nancy
Nancy – for Ann, Anna, Agnes, or Frances
Nannie – for Nancy
Ned – for Edmund or Edward
Ned – for Norton
Neely – for Cornelia
Neil – for Cornelius or Edward
Nell – for Cornelia, Eleanor, Ellen, or Helen
Nessie – for Agnes
Nettie – for Annette, Henrietta, or Jeanette
Nicie – for Eunice
Noni – for Ione, Nora, Eleanor, or Elnora
O Nicknames
Ollie– for Olive, Ophelia, Olga, Ola, Olympia, Olena, Olva, Olinda, Olivette or Olivia
Ora – for Aurillia
Ora – for Corinne
Orie– for Victoria, Aurelia, Aurilla, Aura, Isadora, Orianna, Oriana, Oredie, Orressia, Orlena or Orcelia
Ortie – for Orthha, Ortha, Orthelia
P Nicknames
Pablo – for Paul
Paco – for Francisco
Paddy – for Patrick
Patsy – for Martha, Matilda, Patricia
Peg – for Margaret
Peggy – for Margaret
Penny – for Penelope
Polly – for Mary or Paula
Pug – for Raymond
Prissy – for Priscilla
R Nicknames
Randy – for Miranda
Reba – for Rebecca
Rena – for Irene
Rick – for Eric
Rick – for Frederick, Garrick, Patrick, Richard, or Roderick
Rita – for Margarita or Norita
Ron – for Aaron or Reginald
Ronnie – for Veronica
Ronny – for Ronald
Rosie – for Rosalind, Rose, Rosemary, Rosetta
S Nicknames
Sadie – for Sally or Sarah
Sattie – for Sarah
Sandy – for Alexander
Sena – for Sarah
Senga – for Agnes
Shirley – for Charlotte
Si – for Cyrus, Matthias, or Silas
Sis or Sissi – for Cecilia, Frances, or Elizabeth
Sol – for Solomon
Stacia – for Eustacia
Stan – for Stanislas or Stanley
Stella – for Estella, Estelle, Esther
Sukey – for Suzanna
T Nicknames
Tad – for Edward or Thadeus
Ted – for Edmund, Edward, Theodore
Tempie – for Temperance
Telly – for Aristotle
Terza – for Theresa
Tess – for Elizabeth or Theresa
Tia – for Antonia
Tibbie – for Isabella
Tilda or Tiily – for Matilda
Tina – for Albertina, Augustina, Christina, Earnestine, Justina, or Martina
Tish – for Letitia
Trixie – for Beatrice or Beatrix
Trudy – for Gertrude
V Nicknames
Van – for Evangeline
Vangie – for Evangeline
Vi – for Violet
Vida– for Violet
Vina – for Alvina or Lavina
Virgie – for Virginia
Vonnie – for Yvonne
W Nicknames
Wally – for Wallace or Wlater
Walt – for Walter
Wendy – for Gwendolen
Winn – for Edwin
Winnie – for Edwina or Winifred
Woody – for Woodrow
Z Nicknames
Zac – for Isaac, Zachariah, or Zachary
Zeb – for Zebulon
Zed – for Zedekiah
Zeke – for Ezekiel
Zena – for Albertina
Zeph – for Zephaniah
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