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Eccentric nickname names like Buffy, Saffy, Bunty, Tiggy, etc.

93 replies

Canone · 14/05/2018 13:34

Girl or boy, the sort you’d find in Jeeves and Wooster. Hit me!

Don’t worry, these are not for a human baby Grin

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puppymouse · 18/05/2018 12:09

You can't be anything but ridiculously lovely and posh with a name like that, to be fair, can you?! Grin

Cliveybaby · 18/05/2018 11:36

@puppymouse and @anonymousbird - my cousin had a friend pandora, who was "pandy" for short.... so it could be worse
She was exactly as posh as it sounds too - sussex private boarding school job...

midsomermurderess · 16/05/2018 19:29

Nannies to the landed gentry.

MaidofEyes · 16/05/2018 19:25

Lolly
Buffy
Toots

I once met a v posh Helen who introduced herself to me as Hell's Bells. Not sure what my face did with that information, but I recall that the conversation ended with me saying 'Err, I'm Maid.' I'm quite the conversationalist....

Florin · 16/05/2018 15:54

I know a Pandora but is called Panda for short, it really suits her.
I know a Binkie too.

Scabbersley · 16/05/2018 07:52

I also know a Southerly and a Madge (Suzanna and Matilda)

mollysmammy · 16/05/2018 07:15

I was nicknamed 'Cloudy' all throughout my childhood and teens Grin

morningconstitutional2017 · 16/05/2018 07:11

In an old B&W film the 'romantic' hero was called 'Bilge.'

AthenaAshton · 16/05/2018 06:53

Dinny
Fliss

Dixiestampsagain · 16/05/2018 04:01

I knew a Jugsy and a Chopper.

Bouncingbelle · 16/05/2018 01:25

Tufty

CoolCarrie · 15/05/2018 23:35

Dandy
Zuzu
Toppy
Fizz

BertrandRussell · 15/05/2018 20:48

My childhood nickname was Google. Shana nobody copyrighted it........

SleightOfMind · 15/05/2018 20:45

Figgy
Nifter
Sneaky
Butty
(DH’s schoolfriends Blush)

Bouledeneige · 15/05/2018 20:35

I've met some lovely poshies:
Bunny
Pussy
Minty

aliasjoey · 15/05/2018 20:34

Is the OP Jamie Oliver?! Perhaps looking for inspiration as he’s run out of ideas Grin

HobbitsAndPinkGinMammyOfFour · 15/05/2018 20:34

I have a Biff (my son refused to call my daughter Violet by her actual name for 7 months,calling her ‘this baby’ but mispronounced ‘this’ so it was ‘Biff baby’
And a Taffa (Tabitha,but once again the little ones couldn’t pronounce it!)
They’ve both stuck 💜

BonnieF · 15/05/2018 20:25

Anyone involved in the horsey world will have heard of the international rider Piggy French.

Scabbersley · 15/05/2018 20:18

I know a:
Patch
Minty
Pumbaa
Boo
Tiny
Finty
Tinks
Jinks

Methven · 15/05/2018 20:14

Frippy (also quite posh)

Doilooklikeatourist · 15/05/2018 18:57

Pebbles
Wombat
Nimrod
Pinky
Tufty
Toots

SingingSands · 15/05/2018 18:54

I went to school with a Bambi.

No idea what her real name actually was!

PuppyMonkey · 15/05/2018 18:50

My cat is called Buttercup👍

cardoon · 15/05/2018 18:48

Oh, and a Tootie!

cardoon · 15/05/2018 18:47

I love Pinky and Poppet - have known one of each and they always seemed a bit exotic to me with their unusual names Smile