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what can Rory be short for...

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moulesfrites · 15/05/2009 19:38

... because I like the name, but not Roderick, which I think it can be a nickname for, but don't really like the idea of giving a nickname as a proper name.

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lotspot · 16/05/2009 16:15

i know a Victoria shorterned to Rori (her dad is quite left wing and didnt like the Tori shorterning lol)

doesn't help if you're having a boy though

BunnyLebowski · 16/05/2009 16:11

Heehee JoPie - you beat me to it

JoPie · 15/05/2009 22:51

Lorelai

Pingpong · 15/05/2009 22:44

Rory is a proper name.
I like Rory & Ruaridh but not Roderick

dizzydixies · 15/05/2009 20:00
Grin
pointydog · 15/05/2009 19:49

I just meant rory could not be short for ruariosh as they are the same name, different spelligns

pointydog · 15/05/2009 19:49

yes, exactly

dizzydixies · 15/05/2009 19:47

pointydog in that case Rory is just the anglicised version of Rhuaridh/Ruiari

dizzydixies · 15/05/2009 19:46

Plonker regardless of how Scottish I am I still had to google it

Plonker · 15/05/2009 19:45

That was to my own post dizzy, not yours, lol

lou33 · 15/05/2009 19:45

i have a rory

pointydog · 15/05/2009 19:45

rhuaridh is just the scottish gaelic version of rory

Overmydeadbody · 15/05/2009 19:44

It's a proper name in it's own right.

MrsMattie · 15/05/2009 19:44

Ruiari is the Irish Gaelic spelling. Rory is the anglicised version. It's a proper name.

Plonker · 15/05/2009 19:44

Sorry Ruaridh

'tis a very difficult name to spell

dizzydixies · 15/05/2009 19:43

or Ruaidhri maybe?

pointydog · 15/05/2009 19:43

can be short for Roderick

bluebump · 15/05/2009 19:42

Gregory maybe at a push? I like is as a name on it's own, it's one of my new favourite boys names.

dizzydixies · 15/05/2009 19:42

its very much used in its own merit in Scotland meaning Little Red One or Red Haired
or just Red

does it have to be short for something?

Plonker · 15/05/2009 19:42

Rory is a name in its own right. There is another way to spell it, Ruiradh, I think its Scottish?

Lovely name

belgo · 15/05/2009 19:42

Aurora

Amapoleon · 15/05/2009 19:42

Rory is a name in its own right too.

madwomanintheattic · 15/05/2009 19:41

rory is a proper name lol.
think ruairidh.
roddy is short for roderick.
rory is just rory.

Tinker · 15/05/2009 19:40

I'm sure you can give it as a complete name but, yes, it is the short name for Roderic(k)

gibbberish · 15/05/2009 19:39

I thought Rory was a proper name. Can't think what it could be short for!