From Birth to Death. Found one today. Bill in Melbourne. Graham Knight. I have a child named Willie on his birth cert in and on his death cert less than a year later, whether he would have adopted a different name had he lived to adulthood I don't know. The best explanation I could find is that it stems from a sort of rhyming slang, it was common years ago to shorten a name and sometimes change the first letter to make it into something different, Will iam to Bill, Rob ert to Bob etc Originally Posted by Graham Knight.
Could it be that some letters are easier to mouth for very young children learning their relatives' names for the first time? There are classic stories of family nicknames that arose because little Johnny always pispronounced the real name. Anyone with a youngster care to experiment? Harry Potter Wiki Explore.
Rowling Story. I know a guy named William, and he goes by Billy. That's pretty common. Where does Dick come from? Are Richards just Dicks? But people named William shorten their names to either Will, Bill or Billy.
In , it was the rd most popular name for boys in the United States. One reason for its upsurge in popularity is the huge success of those amazing Harry Potter books. There are no definitive theories on how Jim became the commonly used nickname for James, but the name dates back to at least the s.
Jim has since shed its racial past, and is once again a popular first name for boys all by itself, sans James. Sally was primarily used as a nickname for Sarah in England and France.
Same is true for Molly, a common nickname for Mary. Though Sally from the Peanuts never ages, the name itself does and has declined in popularity in recent years.
Today, most girls prefer the original Hebrew name Sarah. BY David K. Why is Dick from Richard? Why is Bill from William? Why is Hank from Henry? Why is Jack from John? Why is Chuck from Charles? Why is Peggy from Margaret? Why is Ted from Edward? Why is Harry from Henry?
Why is Jim from James? Why is Sally from Sarah?
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