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Gordon

Gordon Report 24 Mar 2007 13:44

Hi can anyone please tell me if Janet was used as a sort of nickname for someone born with a different Christian name. e.g. Born Elizabeth called Janet. No she was not given a second name. Thanks Gordon

Fifer

Fifer Report 24 Mar 2007 14:22

Hi Gordon, please see list below I hope you and others find this usefull regards Name Variations To Look Out For Christian names. - Isabella - Bella, Isa, and Isobel. - John - Jack or Jock. - George - Tod or Dod. - Thomas - Tam or Tom. - Alexander - Eck or Sandy. - James - Jim, Jimmy or Jas. - Robert - Rab, Rob, Bert, Bob or Rabbie. - Margaret - Maggie, Meg, Peggy or Marge. - Euphemia - Eupham,Effy or Euphane. - William - Will, Wullie or Bill. - Walter - Wally. - Patrick - Pat or Peter. - Elisabeth - Liz, Lizzie, Beth or Betty. Note: Jean, Jessie, Jane or Janet could be the same person and are interchangeable. Many male names were given the ending 'Ina' which made them female. Examples are: - Roderickina - Georgina - Alexandrina - Willimina and so on.

Helena

Helena Report 24 Mar 2007 17:04

Sometimes people are named as one name but known by another and after a time their 'real' name is forgotten or only used for official documents. Helena

Elizabeth

Elizabeth Report 24 Mar 2007 19:00

Just a few days ago a Scottish relative named and baptised Janet became Jessie as she became older. My great-great-grandmother Isabella appears as Bella on the 1891 census.

Helena

Helena Report 24 Mar 2007 22:38

I think it may also be a name on its own but can't be certain. Helena

Gordon

Gordon Report 25 Mar 2007 08:45

Thank you Michael for your list it will be very useful not only to me but a lot of others on here. I have an ancestor listed as Janet on her daughters OPR image (1792) and on the 1841 census but finding her birth is proving impossible. I remembered once seeing someone had found their Janet under a diferent name. Thanks again Gordon

Hilary

Hilary Report 25 Mar 2007 09:20

Hi, try looking for the names of Janette & Jeanette. Janet sometimes used in Scotland for these 2 names. Also anyone in Scotland called Ian could be a John, Ian is Gaelic for John. Only found this out last year when I went to my cousin's funeral up in Scotland, always knew him as Ian but vicar read out John. Apparently his real name was John but always called Ian. Hope this helps. Hilary.

Elizabeth

Elizabeth Report 25 Mar 2007 09:28

I forgot another (obvious) one: In my family Elizabeth became 'Bessie' on the census.

Pat Kendrick

Pat Kendrick Report 25 Mar 2007 10:02

Thank you Hillary and Elizabeth. Jeannette and Janette how obvious I never thought of those. Doh. Perhaps we should start a theme for names