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Fanny --another name for?

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AmazingGrace08

AmazingGrace08 Report 10 Mar 2010 01:56

Thanks all.

I have managed to track this relative down and it appears that she is a Fanny..her parents must have decided to have a break from tradition (or else ran out of names to use after having 14 girls in a row - Fanny being the 15th!)

FannyByGaslight

FannyByGaslight Report 9 Mar 2010 23:19

You would think of them AnnOGG,I have seen them on the "Strange Names" thread !!!

Mine of course is from Fanny Ann as my nickname.
Fan

Researching:
PLEASE REPLY ON YOUR POST AND NOT BY PERSONAL MESSAGE unless it is of a "sensitve"matter...Thank you

AnnCardiff

AnnCardiff Report 9 Mar 2010 23:15

I can think of a few other names for Fanny but best I don't put them on here!!!

Researching:
Breakspears of Berkshire and Cardiff, Williams and Harman of Whitchurch, Melingriffith &Tongwynlais,Glamorgan WE HAVE NO CONNECTION Do not share your tree with me

SylviaInCanada

SylviaInCanada Report 9 Mar 2010 23:12

OH's grandmother was born in 1877, and was christened Fanny Jane


sylvia

Researching:
My brother, photo taken in September 1991 just a couple of weeks before he died. ............................................................ To help us and to get better results, please post as much detail as you can, especially name, date(s) and place. Also say what you already know.

AnninGlos

AnninGlos Report 9 Mar 2010 21:02

I have a feeling it could be an affectionate name for Ann too. In the past sometimes my dad would call me Fanny Ann.

Researching:
Photo spring Researching Somerset, Dorset, Hampshire, Derbyshire, Staffs, Devon, Glamorganshire. Ingram, Masters, Tamblyn, Knight, Warner, Bate, Allen, Riggs, Dominey, Duffin

Christine

Christine Report 9 Mar 2010 20:22

One of mine was always Fanny but occasionally known as Annie

Researching:
Hill, Jewell - Cornwall. Langley-Shropshire,Cole, Neate -Wiltshire,Lott, Ewell- Kent.Punter, Gadd, Wapshott, White, Weston - Surrey. To say nothing of the other half's family!

MargaretM

MargaretM Report 9 Mar 2010 19:00

I have to agree with the first response, it's usually short for Frances.

Researching:
Great grandmother Dorothy Bean nee Abbott (1858-1908)

JMW

JMW Report 9 Mar 2010 08:47

Fanny was an incredibly common name in its own right in the latter 1800s

AmazingGrace08

AmazingGrace08 Report 9 Mar 2010 04:38

It's a bit out of the ordinary for this family. Every generation has used EXACTLY the same names as the one before with no variation until the most recent generations.

SylviaInCanada

SylviaInCanada Report 9 Mar 2010 04:04

It could also be a name in its own right




or a nickname that bears no relationship to the "real" name, for some completely non-understandable reason (at least to us!).



sylvia

Researching:
My brother, photo taken in September 1991 just a couple of weeks before he died. ............................................................ To help us and to get better results, please post as much detail as you can, especially name, date(s) and place. Also say what you already know.

AmazingGrace08

AmazingGrace08 Report 9 Mar 2010 02:55

Thanks, I would never have guessed either of those...

mgnv

mgnv Report 9 Mar 2010 02:38

Usually Frances - occasionally Euphemia

AmazingGrace08

AmazingGrace08 Report 9 Mar 2010 02:34

Hi just a quick one...

Could anyone please advise if Fanny is a shortened version of another name circa 1800?

Thanks

Rachelle