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?

I had to read out a name on a list, overthought it and got completely tongue tied:
McGoughan

(Macgowan, maguffan, macgoogan, mucgoogawn, macgoufan, macguggan, macgowgan)

Turns out they used the third version!

And James. Anne of Green Gables' oldest son was James and always known as Jem.

It can be as well, yes.

Wilfreds used to be known as Wilf.

Im irish and my son is named Liam after my dad who was will and his father who was William and his father before him who was bill.
My other ds is Sétanta and my dd is aoife

Didn’t we all 😬

I don’t understand what you mean? It was very, very common for Irish people to have the English form of their name on their birth cert but to use the Irish form day to day.

The Irish form of William is Uilliam and Liam is short for that.
https://forvo.com/word/uilliam/
Loads of Irish Williams were known as Liam (also Johns as Seáns etc).

Jem in To Kill A Mockingbird is a Jeremy.

I only found out recently that Oaf can be a short form for Andrew.

It’s very normal. No explanation necessary 😊

I've just discovered this....we all know about the labels on the back of T-shirts/clothing etc. but I have realised that there is also a label on the left seam of all clothes 😄

Willie was very common in Catholic communities too.

Frank short for Francis

well I really never knew that!

Still is. I know many Willies, mainly older.

Younger boys are Billy or Liam.

PP mentioned Shuggsie/ Shuggy/Shugg - common here in Scotland for Hugh.

Paddy is the main one for Patrick.

Chick is an older Scottish diminutive of Charles.

Finn is the diminutive of Finlay but also Finnian (DS1's uni flatmate who is English).

In my family we have Liz/ Lizzie/ Betty/ Beth/ Betta - all Elizabeths.

My mam was Helen but called Eleanor by family, & my sister Helen is Nell.

I take it you're not Scottish, as it's clearly MucGoogan. The others are just wild/ plain wrong!😅

That's Will or Willie isn't it?

Ditto 😂

Yes, I don’t think Willie is used for boys anymore. It’s dying out.

Finn (or Fionn) is a name in its own right too, its not just a diminutive.

I’m in Ireland and Eibhlís/Eilís (Eye-leesh) is used for Elizabeth too. Eileen (Eibhlín) or Eily (Eye-lee) were very commonly used as forms of Helen, but not anymore really. Eily was also used for Ellen and Nell was well used as a diminutive too.

Wait until someone tells you about Jack.

I knew this when I was 5 as it was my grandad's name.

Oh god 💡

He can call himself what he likes, but Liam is not a dimutive of Liam, no matter how much some people would like it to be. In fact, when my Granda (Liam, after whom my son Liam is named) was a boy, Liams tended to be referred to as Billy.

I've never heard Daisy, as the shortening for Margaret. I've heard Pegg, Margie, Margo and @Maggie.

Daisy is a standalone name as far a I know, but I just saw this:

Common short forms for Margaret include Meg, Maggie, Marge, Margo, Peggy, and Margie, but surprisingly, names like Daisy, Molly, and Greta are also diminutives, stemming from historical rhyming trends and the French connection between Marguerite and the daisy flower.

Common short names (nicknames) for William include Will, Bill, Billy, Liam, and Willy, with Bill often arising from a rhyming tradition (William > Will > Bill) and Liam being a popular short form of Irish origin.

Other variations include Wills, Billie, and creative options like Whit, Wally, or Willem.

Nope they are Gerry’s! Or Ger, like one of my uncles. My uncle is Jim or Seamus when he’s home from England. His given name is James.

Yes, why? I don't know, except that I had the name pegged in my mind as a diminutive of James and so I was shook when I heard it for another name!
I like things 'proper'