Josephine? Nickname pepper?

[Lollipoppit]

Has anybody come across a Josephine with the nickname pepper?
Apparently the Spanish equivalent of Joe is pepe and Google lists pepper as an option for a nickname for Josephine?

Any thoughts on Josephine?
Would sephy be too boyish for a girls nickname?

Yes if you're all plummy, then this can happen. I know a Christina known as "Bumble" and a Donald known as "Badger" and am Emma known as "Tigs." But that's because they are frightfully posh.

I wouldn’t say it’s reserved for the posh. Loads of people have nicknames that aren’t anything to do with their given names. My WC dad and all his brothers have nicknames that are nothing to do with their names. They came from personality traits or maybe a funny thing they did as a teen or the sound they make when they laugh.

If you want to call her Pepper, call her Pepper.
I wouldn’t link it to Josephine though.

These nickname threads alway leave me scratching my head. Where I am from (Ireland) friends give nicknames.

Parents give you your name, and a person can have several nicknames, but they are not give by their parent!

They are usually because of something that happened or an incident growing up, or a shorter version of a surname.

I can’t understand why a parent would want to give a child two names, just call the child Pepper if you like that name, don’t be bothering with the other name at all.
Pepper is nothing like Josephine.

Sorry this is nothing to do with the your question. I hope that make sense without offending you.

And also, parents usually hate nicknames

Our dog was called Josephine when I was growing up, we called her Joey.

My DD is called Lucy and her nn is Boo - not a clue where it came from

In Spain, Peppa absolutely IS the diminutive of Josephine actually. I’ve known two!

Likewise Pepe is short for Joseph

If you want to go for it, do it. @Lollipoppit

Yes, my family all have ridiculous nicknames. We definitely are not plummy!

But they aren't nicknames my parents decided for us before we were born. I don't think that really works. Even with common shortenings, it can jar a bit sometimes.

It’s generally Jose Maria/Pepi or Maria Jose/Pepa. Never heard of Josephine with nickname Pepper. Makes about as much realistic sense as Amelia nickname Bunny. Or Goldie, short for Olivia.

Josephine is a lovely name. Josie, Jo and Jojo are all understandable and nice shortenings.

@Lollipoppit front runner is Hazel we already have a Bryony.

@MaryAndGerryLivingInDerry

Yes if you're all plummy, then this can happen. I know a Christina known as "Bumble" and a Donald known as "Badger" and am Emma known as "Tigs." But that's because they are frightfully posh.

I wouldn’t say it’s reserved for the posh. Loads of people have nicknames that aren’t anything to do with their given names. My WC dad and all his brothers have nicknames that are nothing to do with their names. They came from personality traits or maybe a funny thing they did as a teen or the sound they make when they laugh.

Because being nicknamed "Foghorn" due to your earsplitting laugh, or "Legs" because of your height, is really not the same as being nicknamed "Binky" or "Bumble"

Because being nicknamed "Foghorn" due to your earsplitting laugh, or "Legs" because of your height, is really not the same as being nicknamed "Binky" or "Bumble"

Why are binky and bumble called binky and bumble?

my family call me phina for short

@MaryAndGerryLivingInDerry

Because being nicknamed "Foghorn" due to your earsplitting laugh, or "Legs" because of your height, is really not the same as being nicknamed "Binky" or "Bumble"

Why are binky and bumble called binky and bumble?

Well, Binky, I don't know.

Bumble is just Bumble because that's how they are. The whole family (Bumble and Badger are same family, they're the two I know, there's also a Kitten and a Muffy?!?!) are just posh and it's almost the "done thing" to have these twee sounding names.

"Tigs" is from another family I know. And I also know a "Munch".

@Runningandhungry My Josephine is a Joze or JoJo

I really don't think Pepper works as a nickname for Josephine. Sephy is nice.

To be honest though with nicknames it is better to let them arise naturally rather than plan and allocate them before birth. You're essentially trying to give your child two names?

*Well, Binky, I don't know.

So could be from a funny story when she was a child? Or a teddy she used to own

Bumble is just Bumble because that's how they are. The whole family (Bumble and Badger are same family, they're the two I know, there's also a Kitten and a Muffy?!?!) are just posh and it's almost the "done thing" to have these twee sounding names.

Right, but the point I was making is that names that sound nothing like the given name isn’t just reserved for the posh people.

Josephine is gorgeous, why ruin it by calling the baby Pepper?

My aunt is Mexican and her name is Josephina.
We call her "Pepa".

But the Josephine's I know are usually called, "Josie".
I've never come across a Pepper. That's just odd.

Right, but the point I was making is that names that sound nothing like the given name isn’t just reserved for the posh people.

Yes but they do it to "sound the part" where as you are referring to someone being given a nickname because of a characteristic they have/a reason related to that person.

I think Josephine is destined to be Jo for short really, certainly at school and work.

I wasn’t talking about why people have names that sound nothing like their given name. I was just stating that it isn’t reserved fir posh people. This isn’t difficult.

Is assume Sephy was a Seraphina.

I know that, in Spanish-speaking countries, Joseph (José) goes to Pepe because Joseph is the father of Jesus.

Geeky stuff from the internet:

"In Latin, putative father is pater putativus, which is commonly abbreviated as p.p. If you read that abbreviation in Spanish out loud, you'll find why we call José “Pepe” instead."

So then Pepa is the feminine form of Pepe.

(and by 'father', obviously I mean that in a broad, don't-mention-the-visitation-by-the-angel kind of way)