Well I never knew this!

[Jeanolly]

I've just had a lightbulb moment (at least I think I have!).

I never knew until about 2 minutes ago that Jimmy is a diminutive for Jeremy. I thought it was short for James. Or maybe it's for both?

Liam is an Irish name meaning "strong-willed warrior" and "protector." It's a shortened version of the Irish name Uilliam (which came from the Frankish name Willahelm) meaning "helmet of will." Liam is also a fun, modernized alternative to the traditional boy name William.

Your uncle (if not from Ireland) would not have had his name shortened from William to Liam it would most likely have become Will. Liam is originally from the Irish name Uilliam not the English name William.

That’s Wilf.

I know several Wills. All of them are Williams.

Never heard of Jimmy being used as a diminutive for Jeremy, only James.

The diminutive name "Jem" is also short for Jeremy and Jeremiah!

WOW, I didn't know that!!!

This has surprised me as much as finding out Paul McCartney's real first name is James!!!

I was 50 when I found that out about Paul James

Also, I don't think Jimmy is short for Jeremy @Jeanolly

Works that way too...

Chris can be short for Christopher or Christian.
Ben for Benjamin or Benedict

I have an Uncle Jim, whose Sunday name is Jeremy

Absolutely. I know a Benedict and everyone at uni called him Ben. When we graduated and they read out his full name at least two thirds of our mates went: "What?!" They all thought he was Benjamin!

Sally comes from Sarah

Lots of Irish people of that generation use the English/Irish version of their name Sean’s called John and vice versa is one of the most common. It is well understood in Ireland that Liam is the Irish version of William.

But Uilliam and William clearly have the same root.

My Irish Catholic granddad was a William known as Billy. Much like Glaswegian Catholic Billy Connolly. People's names don't always follow some simple set of rules.

I've never entirely forgiven my parents for giving me the most boring, monosyllabic name that has zero alternatives or diminutives (as it is only four letters to start with). Nowhere to go with it. 😡

I never knew that Polly was short for Margaret. I knew Peggy was, but all the Pollys I know are Pollyannas.

Love 'Sunday name' - yet people on here will tell you that no, it's not allowed for a Jeremy to be a Jim! I've just texted my Jeremy/Jimmy and he's replied: "Shall I come to UK and explain how I know three other Jimmys who are Jeremys? Kind of want to get out of Dodge right now anyway!!!"

Omg....say it's not so..

He definitely did go shopping because he bought a Wii Wii Wii to take all the way home to his younger brother.

Surely the Welsh translation of the Bible has a translation of John?
That would be the official translation of it?

Eion is used for John in the Gaelic bible but Eion then has various spellings, Eion, Ian, Iain.

Yep this. ^ I have never known any Seans or Shauns who were known as John either. OR any Sally whose real name was Sarah.

Pollyanna obviously 😉

I went to school with twins Will and Liam.

You'll think I'm making it up but I'm not, their surname was Williamson. Late 60's Wales.

I did know a Dickie Richards back in the 1980s... (a neighbour of my parents, he was born 1930s.)

I never knew if it was Richard Richards, and I never found out. 😆

That was the last piggy, 1st went to market, 2nd stayed at home, 3rd had roast beef, 4th had none, 5th cried wee wee wee all they way home.

You're not going to be happy when you meet Shuggsie.

Madness I bet they were called after the Granddads or something. Will/Iiam
Liam is definitely a variation of William.

Whatever. His full name was William and he was always called Liam. And he was from Ireland and quite some time ago. I can’t explain it but that’s the facts 🤷‍♀️

My dad was Scottish and it took me 30 years to realise Sandy is actually short for Alexander, not just a seemingly random nickname like Richard and Dick. We don’t shorten it to Sandy in England and it’s Alex-arn-der in the south so I thought the Scottish were just making up names

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