Herberts, Florries and Nellies; old fashioned names

[BoppinBruce 10]

I like the name Connie so you have one admirer and Fanny is usually the shortened form of Francis.

[muddycoffee 10]

I once met a bloke from singapore who had a traditional cantonese name, but wished that everyone called him ALAN

[Guest Pauly]

Originally posted by BoppinBruce

.....Fanny is usually the shortened form of Francis.

 

You learn so much on this forum.

[BoppinBruce 10]

Nellie is usually shortened name for Penelope

[feargal 21]

Or Helen, I think.

[muddycoffee 10]

My grandma was called Madge,

a name I have never heard of before or since, but it sounds very old fashioned. It was short for Beatrice.

 

My other Grandma was called Winnie, short for Winnifred. And Her hubby was Dick.

[dawny1 10]

My Grandma was called Freda! My sister wanted to call her daughter the same but thankfully we persuaded her not to - she would have sounded like a tortoise!

[Guest Pauly]

Lucky escape for the poor kid eh. You really have to think of how the other kids in school will react when naming your children. I won't go into this though as it'll get merged with the Children's Names thread.

[LoopyLou 10]

my tortoise is called tess..... not freda

[Don_Kiddick 11]

You don't see many Percy's around these days...

 

 

Or Norma's or Joan's. And Cadwalladah... what ever happened to those?

[Shiesh 13]

Originally posted by Kristian

I was served by someone in Sainsbury's yesterday who's name badge said Ethel on it; was quite surprised because it was a young boy. Maybe it was short for Ethelred?

 

I never read peoples name badges....well not unless I fancy them or want to complain about them.......which one was it eh Kristian?????

 

 

[Sam Miguel 10]

Originally posted by BoppinBruce

I like the name Connie so you have one admirer and Fanny is usually the shortened form of Francis.

 

Connie Francis?