“Miley” Cyrus was born “Destiny Hope Cyrus” but her dad (Billy Ray Cyrus) called her “Smiley” because she smiled so much, which became “‘Miley” - which she eventually changed her real name to a few years ago
Whoops I typed fish instead of fist somehow, but I like the idea of some old man shaking a fish instead of his fist at some kids some I'm going to keep it.
Her grandmother, Princess Margaret of Connaught (later known as Crown Princess Margareta of Sweden), was also nick-named Daisy, so it's probably a family tradition.
Johannes (Latin for John)-->Jan (Dutch variant) "by addition of the common suffix -kin we get Jankin, which as a result of French nasalization becomes Jackin [this is the same nasalization that gets us Harry from Henry], and was finally shortened to Jack."-from wordpress
This basically makes my family seem stupid...here's why: My great-grandmother is named Margaret, her daughter, also Margaret. My grandmother, Margaret, has a sister named Daisy, and a Cousin (that is also a sister-in-law) named Pearl. My mother, is Peggy. Basically I have like, 5 or more relatives within 3 generations that all have the same damn name.
Disdon in my family we have Marguerite all with different middle names! So some of them go by their middle names! One was told by a teacher that her name had to be Margaret as Marguerite doesn't exist! One goes by the nickname of coco as a fat infant it was said she resembled a coconut!
@@oldfogey4679 my real name is Margaret but I have been called Gretchen all my life. As a relatively new empty nester, I recently decided Gretchen hasn’t suited me too well, and I always liked my middle name, Alexandra. Thus, I am in the transition of switching to my middle name, which rolls off my tongue more easily.
Katherine has quite a few nicknames. Kath, Kathy, Kate, Katy, Kitty, Kat, Reen, Rina, Trina, Katrina, Katrina, Trini and then spell some of those with a C instead.
I had a friend named Owen and I would just call him things rhyming with Owen. If he was walking, I’d call him Goin’, if he was getting taller, Growin’, if he was drinking water, Flowin’, etc
Rue would be a cute modern literary nickname/honorary name for Gertrude. Tru(e)/Truly could also work too!!! Edie (pronunced like ee-dee), Dee, or DeeDee/DD would be a cute one as well!!!
In Spanish, we have two particullarly interesting nicknames: "Paco" and "Pepe". "Paco" comes from "Francisco", becouse of the famous saint called Francis of Assisi, who was the "PA"ter "CO"munitatis (father of the community) of the Franciscans. "Pepe" derives from "José". Yes, we are so bold that we made a nickname out of a four letter name. Deal with it. Anyways, this happens becouse of the fact that "San José" (Saint Joseph) was the LEGAL but not BIOLOGICAL father of Jesus, the og. And so, they would reffer to him as "P"ater "P"utativus, which means "alleged father".
This looks like folk etymology to me. In Italian we have the name Giuseppe, which gets shortened to Peppe or Beppe. In our case, you could see how it could happen, so it is probably something similar happening in Spanish
Pepe from Jose is also used in the Philippines. Our national hero is named Jose Rizal and his nickname is Pepe. My dad is also named Jose but his nickname is Joey. I think Paco for Francisco is also used here.
When I was a kid there was a girl in my class named Ruby Cox. That's bad enough, but her Mom worked at the school as a 'lunch lady'. Her name....Edith.
So we had a kid at my school and his nickname was Tripp but we nicknamed his nickname and it was Trippy-Wippy and if you called him the he would joshie-Squashie you
I know a handful of Claires who use/ get ‘Caz’/ ‘Cazza’. And one Claire who uses Luna- from the Debussy music, Clare De La Lune. It has always interested me, how many single syllable names become extended.
As an Ian, I didn't hold out much hope for a nickname until I started working in kitchens. The Spanish variation of Ian is Ignacio, the nickname of which is Nacho. I still respond to Nacho.
In Thai, everyone is given a nickname by their parents at birth. Back before internet and globalization, Thai nickname use to be just a short good meaning words such as porn(might seems weird but it means blessing), or short general vocab such as animal, color and adjective that can describe a person(ex: Nong= Bighead, Yong=Tall, Ouan= Fat). Nowadays, Nickname can be anything especially random English words such as Gift, Bank(My nickname), Beer, Lift, Garfield, Guitar, Ozone, Sand, France. Normal English nickname is also increasingly popular. Sorry for my English.
@@kylewilley9535 Kyle, your new nickname is Kylie Willey or Kylie for short. :D Or you can have a nickname that totally has nothing to do with your name. Mine is "Bowie" which actually comes from Bo Peep cuz I have a collection of lamb plushies. Or my sister's nickname which is Lambie... XD
Some of my friends and associates call me “Dolf” for a short “Adolfo”. However, when my aunt visited the states from Mexico once upon my childhood years, and nicknamed me “chimi”, because I loved eating El Monterey’s frozen chimichangas, it has stuck ever since.😅
Had a friend who had the “Two Emily’s”problem in a class. They called the other girl E 2 and called friend E 1, which after being said too fast enough times turned into “Ewok”. Nickname are weird.
I have a story I think you will love. In Morocco (and maybe other parts of North Africa) one nickname for Mohamed is Simo. The "mo" comes from Mohamed, but the "si" started as a honorific. The interesting part is this: as far as I can tell, si is not an Arabic word, but a coruption of the French "c'est," meaning "this is." But people started adding "si" to official names, such that now, people are named "Si Mohamed," litterally meaning "This is Mohamed." Anyway, "Si Mohamed" became "Si Mo".
Apparently my great grandma was named Margaret, but her sister (a toddler at the time) couldn't say it right, so she said "Maggot". My great-great grandparents changed her name real quick. So... Yeah
What a heartbreaking though amusing tale! My mom's oldest sister is Margaret, and I think Maggot stayed in the family as a nickname for her. They were raised on a farm in northern New Mexico so I never questioned it too deeply.
Wow! My 13-year-old nephew is named Xan (short for Alexander, but his parents chose his nickname as well), and I had never encountered another example.
My name is interesting because "Shawn" is the anglicized version of "Sean," which is the Irish version of "John," which, depending on whether it's short for "Jonathan," could derive from one of two unrelated Hebrew names. So basically, my name was translated back and forth so many times, it became an entirely different name.
I read a book once that had chapters titled with different nicknames for Margaret, using all the common and stranger ones including Gretchen, Rita, Daisy and Pearl. It took me a long time to figure out the trick and realize it was all about the same woman.
In Spanish we get some interesting nicknames from the time when copying books was very expensive and abbreviations would be used for Joseph and Francis (José and Francisco). You get Pepe (PP) for Joseph, from Pater Putativus (the “assumed father” of Jesus) and Paco (Francisco) which I’ve heard could come from either a phonetic transformation of Fco. or from Pa.Co. as a Latin abbreviation of “father of the community”, as saint Francis was known.
In DC comics, there's a character named Francisco "Paco" Ramon. His name on the TV show The Flash is Cisco Ramon. Thought I'd share since it came to mind while I read your comment
Pepe doesn’t really come from Pater Putativus. Popular etymologies stemming from acronyms are almost always mistaken. The earlier form of José was Josep (from the Latin Iosephus). And Pepe evolved from the last syllable in the name. Similarly, in Italian, Giuseppe (and its diminutive form, Giuseppino) is shortened to Pino. Luigi and Luigina are shortened to Gino and Gina.
@@Alex-fv2qs In Australia (as in Britain), it’s very common to have a nickname based on a shortened form of your surname. If your surname is Roberts, Robinson, Robertson (or something similar), you’re likely to be called “Robbo”. “Johnno” is more likely to be a nickname of someone with the surname Johnson, rather than the given name, John. My brother has spent most of his life being called “Legs”.
Never heard about "Emma" being a nickname for "Emily". Might explain actress Emma Watson's problem of often being referred to or addressed as "Emily Watson".
8:21. I learn something new every day. I am Persian and so when he said Margareth came from the Persian word for pearl I was confused since the current word for pearl in Farsi is "mrvaryd" pronounced mor-waa-reed. well anyways it turns out he is right and the *old* Persian word is margarite.
I'm from south america, and here, the people called "Ignacio" (kinda common name) are usually called "Nacho" (yeah, like the snacks) which comes from the pronunciation used in the latter part of the name, even though i think going from "Nah-See-Oh" to "Nah-Cho" its kind of a weird strech...
The snack actually got its name from a restaurant owner named Ignacio who put cheese on sliced fried corn tortillas and sold them as a "fancy" appetizer
Mentioning Pat from Patrick reminded me how some fans of the band Fall Out Boy, whose lead singer is named Patrick, call him Trick. It’s not common but I saw it a lot online.
10:54 - One nickname our family had for Margaret was 'Wicked Witch of the West', although since that applied only to one specific lady called Margaret, I don't think that really counts.
@@artemisios I understand... but how come this word came to be know as the name of a flower (daisy) in Portuguese, Spanish and Catalan? The same happens in French (marguerite). The name for pearl in Portuguese is “pérola”, and in Spanish is “perla”. How did the name Margarida/Margarita/Marguerite came from pearl in greek and ended up naming a flower? And does Margareth come from French, as many words in English do, inherited by the Normans?
That is a very interesting video! My mother is from the Czech Republic, and when she attended school, everyone formed nicknames based upon surnames instead of given names. For example, my mother’s surname is Schiffauerová, so her friends nicknamed her Schiffinka. Howbeit, your video was marvellous! Continue this impressive work!
i named my kitten Margret after Meg McCaffrey from the trials of apollo books, and so far she’s lived up to her namesake, she can eat surprising amounts of food for such a small kitten, she much prefers to be called meg rather than margret, and she’s got such an attitude, she loves cuddles but won’t let me touch her when anyone else is around and she acts big and tough (which is adorable since she was the runt and her much bigger sister is clearly humoring her)
thank you for also saying this. It is amazing how so many people make this oversight/mistake. Even some of my former teachers would shorten my name to "John" rather than "Jon" or they would spell my full name with the nonexistent "h." Its really bad when I had written my name on top of the paper they rate their note on.
When I changed my name to Theo, my family wanted to come up with new nicknames for me so now I'm: T, Thoo, Theodore, Thimble, Thumb, Thumbelina and probably some others. It's nice because my previous never really had many nickname options :)
Its funny how people who give their children names like Hope, Joy or Faith get lots of hate even though most names are like that, just from other languages
@@tompeled6193 The fuck are you on about? Those "very specific words" sound nice and represent good things. If naming my daughter Hope makes me a misogynist, then sign me up. In your channel description, you call yourself "Cringe autist". At least you're honest.
@@md_vandenberg These are religious virtue names invented by the Puritans. en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virtue_name No wonder they aren't unisex. They used these names to enforce purity on women. Also, shut up with the autistophobia.
Here are all the variations of Margaret I can think of: Marguerite, Margarita, Mairead, Margareta (all different language versions, French, Spanish, Irish and German respectively) Maggie, Mags (this seems to be a very Irish thing, I've never heard of a Mags that isn't Irish), Marge/Marj (though it's usually short for Marjorie, especially if it's spelled with a J at the end), Margo/Margot/Margaux, Margie, Meg (as far as I know, Megan is of Welsh origin), Peg, Peggy, Daisy Mary also has a lot of variations (e.g. Maria, Marie, Marian/Marion/Mariana, Marissa, Muriel, Molly, and even male forms in other languages like Mario/Marius/Mariusz (the last one is the Polish for Marius/Mario)) Some names like Ann(e) can ride on the back of another name to form a new name, e.g. Julianne and Leanne Some names like Melissa are good at making what I call "mixer names", where two names are joined together to make a new name, and Melissa is the only name I know ending in "-issa" that isn't derived from another existing name, so maybe all other "-issa" names are derived from it? Like, Alyssa comes from Alice, Clarissa from Claire/Clara, Julissa from Julie/Julia, Larissa from Lara/Laura, Marissa from Mary, but Melissa comes directly from Greek meaning "bee"
@@kylewilley9535 Margaret -> Maggie -> Meggy -> Peggy Or Margaret -> Maggie -> Mag -> Meg -> Peg -> Peggy It's a few different methods combined into one, like those used to get "Robert -> Robbie/Rob", "James -> Jim" and "William -> Bill" Which makes me wonder, what intermediate stage comes between James and Jim? As Jimmy is obviously a derivative of Jim Inb4 the Jimothy jokes
My kids are all mentioned in this video. Maisie is a nickname of Margaret that you missed, it’s a Scottish version. I’ve also got Ruby & Owen, both of whom have nicknames in the family. Ruby has become Rubles, and Owen is Winnie.
In Serbian (and other Slavic languages) nicknames have a pagan origin. Children were given nicknames to be used in public, and given names were (mostly) kept secret and used only inside the household. It was believed that if an enemy or an evil spirit knew your real given name, it could use it to put a curse upon you, and children were considered the most vulnerable. We also have some weird conventions in Serbian, for example nickname for Svetlana is "Ceca", Slobodan is "Beba", and Filip is "Ćofi". It's all quite fascinating.
The Caribbean convention of making a unique name flows from this same thought, which is why these unique spellings and pronunciations are so widespread there.
@@DouglasJenkins Yes. We call them pet names in Jamaica. Everyone knows you by your pet name, which most likely has no relation to your legal name that's on your government documents. It's just a whole other name. Sometimes, you go your whole life not knowing the real name of a friend or relative. LOL!
@@vbrown6445 I feel this (not carribean, but I am a Black American so I have family their) and we be making whole names up from celebrity stage names or simple characteristics we have. Also speculation of giving people your government name. Even the government XD.
My sister is called Ruby, my dad calls her ‘Roobs’. Not sure if this is the case for other Rubys or if this is just because we are Australian and we like to shorten everything
For the record, Jonathan and John are separate names with separate origins and separate meanings. Signed, a Jonathan (NOT Jon, and very definitely NOT John).
Yup, Yohanan = Graced by God, were John (and my name, Juan) come from Jonathan = God has given, but Jon, nathan, nathaniel are proper nicknames for it tho.
My real name is Scott, as a child I was called "Scooter" I'm in my 40s now and have had Dreadlocks since I was 17, people started calling me "Dredlox". I'm pretty fine with all of those. Honestly I really don't care what you call me, I just decide what I answer to. *shrugs*
My sister’s name is Lily Isobel, so I started calling her Lizzie, short for Lisobel. Then of course there’s my friends Matchu (Matthew) and Nomes (Naomi).
in malaysia, it is common to add "ah" to the front of a name to turn it into a nickname. My mother's name is judy, so she is called ah joo by her friends, and her sister ruby is called ah bee. polish inlaws also do a funny thing of adding a "k" to a name to nick it. e.g. alicja -> aliki, aurelia -> relki
i picked that up real quick when i was out in singpaore in oct... part of their singlish (sp) carried over so much stuff from chinese and use them as adverbs too lol
When reading Russian literature, the nicknames kill me. Took me 500 pages of Brothers Karamazov to realise that "Grushenka" is a nickname for "Agrafena"
The patronymics don’t help anything either ugh. My brother married a Russian girl and their son’s middle name is supposed to be his name with “ivich” at the end. He had to go through weeks of paperwork to get it changed to what he actually wanted to to be.
I’ve never been able to get on with much Russian literature due to the plethora of alternative names used for each character. By, say, the second chapter, my head is just swimming with names and I’m forgetting which name belongs to who.
the meaning of "eke name" reminds me of the turkish word "ek"('e' as in 'end' though). as a noun, it means "extension", "extra", "suffix". as a verb, it means "to plant"(mostly used for plants that aren't trees). as an adjective, it means "additional". EDIT: fixed some issues regarding technical terms.
Coming from the "additional" meaning, it also means "suffix". Also, "additional" is an adjective. I can't remember the English translation, but those extra things that come with magazines are also called "ek".
@@imagiguard thanks for clarifying some technical terms. those extras that come with magazines are usually "extras". but if they are inside the magazine/newspaper, they are called as "inserts".
I’ve always thought that adding harder consonant to nicknames was to make the names easier to be heard when yelling from afar. Men were often outside or working on noisy environments and had to yell to each other or get each other’s attention. Something like the hard D in Dick (no pun intended) makes it much easier to yell and hear than the softer sounds in something like Rich or even Rick. Bob, Bill, Jack all follow this pattern as well. It may also explain why this is more common in male nicknames than female.
I had a friend Ruby who was called Rubes by her family but when by Red at school and with peers. Which adds the more complex symbolic nicknames as a layer if depth. Another friend became "Summer" to us because my name Julian and her name Julie Ann were so close and we both responded to Jules and Julie because of diminutives and family. Summer came about because of the root of our names being July, and Summer traditionally being more feminine. In all honesty thats probably what made me get into the meaning of names, and thus this channel.
Something I didn't realize until fairly recently is that some nicknames are pretty regional. For instance, in New England (and probably somewhere else too) Jack is usually not a name, but a nickname for John. In many places however Jack is just a name.
Never knew that my nickname of “Geffy” was hypocoristic! I got the nickname from a little kid at a summer camp I worked at, he couldn’t say the “r” in Geoffry. I liked the sound, and it stuck!
In my country we have people whose full names are Peggy, Maggie, Jack, Bobby, Billy, Harry, Mike, and so on. We started using the language recently and never bothered with the culture. We also got completely new "English" names by unwittingly changing the spelling to suit how we pronounce names like Penlope and Royd (yes, Royd is a different name from Lloyd in Zambia. Deal with it). Deborah is distinct from Debra, we pronounce the O. One of my best friends is called Suzen.
Some people even have 2 nicknames, for example, my sister has a nickname that we use in the family and another that her friends use, and it never gets confusing, really
Getting from "Peter" to "Spice nut" is a convoluted journey that only makes sense in dutch... These days online I go by the russian variant of the name, Pjotr, and one of my best friends has taken to calling me that way sometimes irl.
My late cat's name was Maggie. I sometimes called her Maggie-cat as a nickname. Which is weird because it was just making her name longer rather than shorter.
My late cat’s name was Maggie The Cat. (After Liz Taylor’s character in the Tennessee Williams play/film A Cat on a Hot Tin Roof). I also called her Maggie-cat sometimes among many other things 😹😻
As a German, I had to learn the concept of "natural nicknames". A nickname is often just a short version of a given name, however it was foreign to me to see people assume "you're called Bob? Your name must be Robert then!" because I'd just assume the name is Bob.
In Polish names Aleksander and Aleksandra have nicknames "Olek" and "Ola", I don't know why, but probalby at some point in time these names use to be "Oleksander", I know that Ukrainian counterpart of that name is "Ołeksandr". Anyway I'm little bit annoyed that some name have few unique nicknames, and other don't have any, or share nicknames with other names, for example both Bartosz and Bartłomiej are shortened to "Bartek", while Antoni can be "Antek" or "Tosiek", Joanna can be "Asia" or "Joasia" and Małgorzata can be "Gosia" or "Małgosia". In English names like William, Willard, Willis or Wilbert can all be shortened to Will, that has always fascinated me, how to distinguish these names? William can be Bill, but can Willard be Lard or something? Wilbert probalby can be Bert, but Robert, Albert, Norbert, Herbert, Hubert and others can be too. That's why I choose nickname Will on the internet, and I assume it's short for Willis. My real name is Albert, and I never liked it, in primary school I was sometimes called Bert or Bercik, my family called me Aluś or Alek when I was younger, which then became confusing, because my younger cousin Aleksander is also called Alek (ironically he think that "Olek" is stupid name :P ). Unfortunatelly no one calls me Al, which would sound cool, only one guy called me that once. I wanted to be called Al in my second school, after primary school, but I had classmate called Ala (short for Alicja) so I thought it would be confusing.
Same in the UK. But allot of names get changed to have -es. I belive this trend started around 70s and 80s to make it more personal. My dad does it to my name when he gets sentimental with me. (Edit: to my nickname not my actual name, He doesn't say Charles XD)
My mums name is Margaret, and those she worked with would often call her Pearl, so I knew the link between Margaret and Pearl as a child, but it always confused my friends!
My great Aunt was named Peg and I was shocked as a child to hear someone call her Margaret! I was soooo confused! I never understood how they got "Peg" until now, though! I have another aunt named Margaret but she just goes by Margaret.
I have a bunch of nick names, most of which are not derived from my actual name. Mostly because people tend to call me whatever pops in their head and I just got used to answering to any name.
There are also nicknames based on position in the family. Rather than a nickname based on the actual name, II is "Junior" or "Deuce" and III is "Trey" or "Trip". There are also nicknames based on the person's last name; in the US it is common for men, like my dad, with particular Scottish or Irish surnames to be called "Mac". Then there is the surname origin; "Scottie" is of course well known, and I knew a guy everyone called "Swede", who ironically was of Norwegian descent.
My friend's parents are named Elizabeth and Robert. They were so sick of people always calling them various nicknames that they gave their children names that did not have obvious nicknames. My friend's name is Sarah.
I knew of a close family who called their daughter, Margaret, Maggie. But they also gave her a cute familiar nick-name, Mag-pie, after the bird. I'd like to mention, here, that another way nick-names are given, is through the whim by a circle of friends. I was given the name "BatChic" at a dance club, because I was caught dancing to a live band, while wearing an item of unique clothing I created with a Batman fabric comic book panel appliquéd in front. They said, "Who is that chic dancing?" "Who is that BatChic?"
"Margarita" also means "daisy" in Spanish, and hence the name for the drink because it was colorful like the flower.. Meanwhile, I get Jon, Jonathan, Jonny, Nathan, Nate, Nat... and that's about it. And it wasn't until you mentioned it that I realized that, while "William" can become "Liam," I have never met anyone named Patrick who went by "Rick." As they shouldn't.
In Galveston, Texas they will tell you the Margarita was invented by the bartender at the legendary Balinese room and named in honor of the singer, Peggy Lee. There are other origin stories elsewhere.
I'm German and I went to school with a guy called "Joseph" (written like the English name, but pronounced differently), and he didn't like his name and had everyone call him "Juppi" instead. "Jupp" and "Juppi" are common nicknames for "Joseph/Josef" in my area of Germany (Rheinland-Pfalz/Saarland), but in Bavaria for example, the more common nickname for "Joseph/Josef" is not "Jupp/Juppi", but "Sepp/Seppel". But "Sepp" is not only a nickname for "Joseph", but also for "Sebastian", which is alternatively also shortened to "Bastian" or "Basti". I find it fascinating how you can get very different nicknames from the same name, just by focusing on a different syllable.
@@ichbinben. thanks. As for the Sepp for Sebastian, I remember the kid from Erich Kästner's "Flying Classroom" (read there somewhere, I might be wrong). That book had some good nicknames. The Nonsmoker for instance :) I liked that book as a kid back in the days :)
3:20 Hunter is another one that comes to mind. It’s also fun when 3 of them are in the same class and all 3 of them are the only Hunters in the school. The teacher quite simply would say Hunter then all 3 would look at him then he would have to emphasize a last name.
Another thing that's interesting is when two different names have the same nickname, like "Christina" and "Christopher" both being shortened to "Chris," or "Samuel" and "Samantha" both being shortened to "Sam."
I think you forgot a process too. Australiafication. By adding Z to the end of a nickname. So Barry become Baz, and Larry becomes Laz, and Garry become Gaz, and Sharon becomes Shazz.
@@workinggarlic On the other hand I do think English footballer Paul Gascoine had a nickname "Gazza" and this wasn't of Australian origin, but I might be wrong here.
Lisa can come from Lis(z)abeth too, therefore counts as a nickname even if it is often regarded as a name to itself. My own name Mats is actually short for Mattias or Matteus (although Mats IS my given name), which is similiar to Matt (or Mat) from Matthew. Kalle/Calle is a nickname for Karl/Carl, which is similiar for Charlie/Chuck be a nickname for Charles. Often in translation or dubs a lot of times Charles becomes Karl in swedish such as Charlie Brown from Peanuts is named Karl in Sweden. Tobbe is short for Tobias (which is the same as in english, though pronounciation is to-be-ah-s instead of toe-by-ah-s) similiar to Toby. Micke is short for Mikael which is the swedish equalevent of Michael (or russian Mikhail) to Mike. Like in english Dan is short for Daniell (which is spelt with one more L in swedish unlike english) but similar to the Danny, someone called Dan/Daniell can be called Danne. Jocke is short for Joakim (which is similiar to spanish Joaquin) but Kim can also be used as a nickname for that. Bettan is a nickname for Elisabet, similiar to how Betty is short for Elisabeth or nickname for Beth. My own sisters have nicknames as short for their given names, Lotta from Charlotta (simiiar to Charlotte or Carlota) and Lena from Helena (though it's pronounced Leh-nah instead of Lee-nah, which is by the way is how we say Lina instead of Lie-nah). Milla is short for Camilla (sometimes it's spelled with a K instead). Carro short for Carolina but also Lina can be used as a nickname. Like in english Mia is short for Maria. Fia is short for Sofia (similiar to Sophia). Hasse is a nickname of Hans. Lasse is a nickname for Lars (late comedian Brasse Brännströms real name was Lars-Erik Brännström and his stage name Brasse is combo of Lasse and Brännström, most likely a nickname from his school days as probably there was another Lasse in his class). Klasse is a nickname for Klas (similar to Claus). Jonte is a nickname for Jonas. Frasse is a nickaname for Frans. Johan is short for Jonatan/Jonathan, like John is short for Jonathan. Like in english Alex is short for Alexander. Britt is short for Britta. Sussi/Sussie is sort for Sussanna/Susanne similiar to Suzy but Sanna can also be a nickname for Susanna. There are so many that this comment would be come pages long so I'll stop it right here.
@@PrometheanRising I wonder if the name "Lilo" from "Lilo & Stitch" is a nick-name for Elizabeth Charlotte too? Either that, or it's a native Hawaiian name. Combining two "real" names into a nick-name is rather common in French, I think. Like for example "Malou" for Marie Louise.
I've had a few nicknames given to me by friends(my name is Connor) such as conrade, condor, con-con, and one unrelated to my name, Pikachu. Also one of my friends named Ezzera goes by the letter Z as a nickname.
9:15 Dang, and here I was thinking the name Meg was older than Maggie, simply because the latter was prolly the only nickname for Margaret *not* mentioned in the opera _Ruddigore_ by Gilbert & Sullivan, and its animated adapation by Halas & Batchelor (which both have a character named Mad Margaret).
I have friends, Navid but i call him Nav, James but i call him Jammy (His last name is Boswell so i also call him Jammy Biscuits), Even shorter I call him Jam!
I'm not sure about other countries, but especially in Australia, names like Claire, Ruby and Owen could have nicknames like; Clarice, Claireo, Clazza. Rubes, Rube. Owwie, Ozza. the commanality being the O sound or Z.
This seems like an appropriate video to ask this, though I'm fairly confident no-one will see it this late in the game. Why are people so damn insistent that 'Vlad' is *not* a nickname for 'Vladimir'? It's right there, in the name, and it sounds nice, too. I know when (positive thinking) my novel is published, I'm gonna get shit for nicknaming my Vladimir as Vlad, and I wanna understand *why*.
@@3173_Delta he can call his character whatever he wants to.. Vlad for Vladimir makes more sense to anyone calling someone by a shortened version of their name..
@@travellingcircus7658 well Chris is a different name from Christopher too.. but people named Christian, Christopher, Christine, Crystal, Krystal, Kristen, Kristy, Christoph and many others are also called Chris, Cris or Kris.. who really cares my Birth name is Christopher but if someone called me Christopher I'd never even think they were talking to me.. I've never answered to Christopher.. my son's name is Christopher and he's never been called Chris by anyone in the family or really close friends.. he's always been called Bubby by all of us.. if I was upset with him as a child I called him Christopher but that was very rare.. now it is weird because when his girlfriend calls him Chris I always think she's talking to me lol
I had a cat named Ruby for 17 years. I often times referred to her as Rubes because it's easier to say quickly but other times when she was affectionate, I'd call her Roo or Rooroo but Rubes was definitely the most common thing I referred to Ruby as. Oh! Sometimes I jokingly called her Ruby Tuesday because I was listening to music & the song Goodbye Ruby Tuesday came on & it got her attention, it was cute seeing her look around to try & figure out who was saying her name.
“Miley” Cyrus was born “Destiny Hope Cyrus” but her dad (Billy Ray Cyrus) called her “Smiley” because she smiled so much, which became “‘Miley” - which she eventually changed her real name to a few years ago
Darn celebrities and their weird baby names! *shakes fish aggressively* I'm looking at you X-Æ-A-12!
Whoops I typed fish instead of fist somehow, but I like the idea of some old man shaking a fish instead of his fist at some kids some I'm going to keep it.
@@JoshuaC34
Thanks for the image
@@JoshuaC34 I think shaking the fish aggressively is more impactful than shaking your fist. For me, anyway.
@@JoshuaC34 Visions of Veggie Tales.
Every time I turned up the volume, he got quieter.
Same here
Aaah. And I thought I accidentally turned down the volume...
I tried to listen. I eventually gave up. Was the video any good? I wouldn't know. I could not hear it at full volume.
this
LMAO I WAS TURNING MY VOLUME UP WHILE READING THIS HAHAHA
The queen of Denmark is named Margrethe. Her late french husband called her Daisy. I always wondered why, and now I know :-D
Also “margarita” also means daisy in Spanish too
@@edgarespino3005 and Rita is a name and also a short form of the italian name Margherita.
Other nicknames for Margherethe are Margo ,Magda and Maggie
Samme her
Her grandmother, Princess Margaret of Connaught (later known as Crown Princess Margareta of Sweden), was also nick-named Daisy, so it's probably a family tradition.
Came here needing answers why “Jack” is a common nickname for “John”… still seeking answers
John
Ron
Ronald
Ronaldo
Randy
Mandy
Manny
Manuel
Immanuel
Im
Tim
Jim
Jimbob
James
Jace
Jack
You’re welcome
Lol. Nice 😅
Johannes (Latin for John)-->Jan (Dutch variant)
"by addition of the common suffix -kin we get Jankin, which as a result of French nasalization becomes Jackin [this is the same nasalization that gets us Harry from Henry], and was finally shortened to Jack."-from wordpress
I've heard of people being called "John" after a relative called "Jack"
This basically makes my family seem stupid...here's why:
My great-grandmother is named Margaret, her daughter, also Margaret. My grandmother, Margaret, has a sister named Daisy, and a Cousin (that is also a sister-in-law) named Pearl. My mother, is Peggy. Basically I have like, 5 or more relatives within 3 generations that all have the same damn name.
I knew two sisters called nicole and collette. They had no idea they basically had the same name. Both devised from nicollette of course.
The boys on my father's side are all R names: Robert, Richard, Russell, and Ronald.
Disdon in my family we have Marguerite all with different middle names! So some of them go by their middle names! One was told by a teacher that her name had to be Margaret as Marguerite doesn't exist! One goes by the nickname of coco as a fat infant it was said she resembled a coconut!
This is my brother Daryl and this is my other brother Daryl
@@oldfogey4679 my real name is Margaret but I have been called Gretchen all my life. As a relatively new empty nester, I recently decided Gretchen hasn’t suited me too well, and I always liked my middle name, Alexandra. Thus, I am in the transition of switching to my middle name, which rolls off my tongue more easily.
Katherine has quite a few nicknames. Kath, Kathy, Kate, Katy, Kitty, Kat, Reen, Rina, Trina, Katrina, Katrina, Trini and then spell some of those with a C instead.
My name “Katja” is equivalent to the name Katherine.
My name can have some of those nicknames and is is not any form of Katherine . Tereana.
@CheetCat well spotted
my dad's nickname for me was Trinchen when I was a child. the "-chen" is a german diminutive
Katrina x 2 haha
If anyone has seen total drama, then they know quite well that “Big O” is a perfectly acceptable nickname for Owen
I had a friend named Owen and I would just call him things rhyming with Owen. If he was walking, I’d call him Goin’, if he was getting taller, Growin’, if he was drinking water, Flowin’, etc
And "Little O" (for children obviously)
The moment I saw the name and challanged myself to make a nickname for it my brain yelled "Owwie" lmao
My name is Owen and I'm an American but I live in Norway, and due to stereotypes they call me racist
I call my neighbour Owee. It seems to have taken off. Aussie humour.
Both of my grandmothers were named Gertrude, one liking the nick name Gertie, and hated Trudy, where the other loved Trudy and didn't care for Gertie!
At least it made it easier to identify them.
Douglas its nice that ur grandmas liked the different name derivatives! Made it less confusing!
And here I am, loving both Trudy and Gertie but not liking Gertrude much.
I bet they got along famously.
Rue would be a cute modern literary nickname/honorary name for Gertrude. Tru(e)/Truly could also work too!!! Edie (pronunced like ee-dee), Dee, or DeeDee/DD would be a cute one as well!!!
In Spanish, we have two particullarly interesting nicknames: "Paco" and "Pepe".
"Paco" comes from "Francisco", becouse of the famous saint called Francis of Assisi, who was the "PA"ter "CO"munitatis (father of the community) of the Franciscans.
"Pepe" derives from "José". Yes, we are so bold that we made a nickname out of a four letter name. Deal with it. Anyways, this happens becouse of the fact that "San José" (Saint Joseph) was the LEGAL but not BIOLOGICAL father of Jesus, the og. And so, they would reffer to him as "P"ater "P"utativus, which means "alleged father".
I thought Pepe was from the Italian name Giuseppe
This looks like folk etymology to me. In Italian we have the name Giuseppe, which gets shortened to Peppe or Beppe. In our case, you could see how it could happen, so it is probably something similar happening in Spanish
Pepe from Jose is also used in the Philippines. Our national hero is named Jose Rizal and his nickname is Pepe. My dad is also named Jose but his nickname is Joey. I think Paco for Francisco is also used here.
@@EmpaGalactica yes obviously in Italian pepe comes from giuseppe, but in Spanish pepe comes from josé
That’s really interesting.
We once hired a guy based solely on his name. His name was Richard.
Richard Slocum.
I had no idea parents could be so cruel.
Oh my god 😂
😂😂😂😂😂😂
When I was a kid there was a girl in my class named Ruby Cox. That's bad enough, but her Mom worked at the school as a 'lunch lady'. Her name....Edith.
There was animator who worked Disney who was called Dick Huemer. Lol!
Are You Being Served? memories flooding in. "I have to get home as soon as possible to take care of my 🐱"
"Nacho" is a nickname for Ignacio.
U been watchin better call Saul
“NACHOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOooooooooooooooo.....!”
NACHOOOO LIBREEEE
@@zakibbott
No, why?
best. movie. EVER
Joshy-Woshy?
Back in school he had a lad we called Joshie-Squashie and he would beat the devil out of us if we called him that
Lol I can’t say that I’d blame him.
I'm glad he did
Almost as if he squashed you
So we had a kid at my school and his nickname was Tripp but we nicknamed his nickname and it was Trippy-Wippy and if you called him the he would joshie-Squashie you
This is sincerely the most British comment I seen in youtube, bloody hell.
Every Claire I've known has responded to the nickname " Claire Bear"
My name is Larry. Some people call me Lar, mostly from my family. And I as well respond to "Lar Bear". They aren't alone.
Can't imagine my Grandmother being called that. But cute
I know a handful of Claires who use/ get ‘Caz’/ ‘Cazza’. And one Claire who uses Luna- from the Debussy music, Clare De La Lune. It has always interested me, how many single syllable names become extended.
ikr like there's this girl on yt named claire who calls her fans "claire bears"
@@larrytoons6220 A lot of Sarahs also respond to "Sar bear"
I don’t think i’ve ever known a single Claire that hasn’t been called “Claire Bear” as a nickname at least once, it’s super popular
As an Ian, I didn't hold out much hope for a nickname until I started working in kitchens. The Spanish variation of Ian is Ignacio, the nickname of which is Nacho. I still respond to Nacho.
Interesting
In Thai, everyone is given a nickname by their parents at birth. Back before internet and globalization, Thai nickname use to be just a short good meaning words such as porn(might seems weird but it means blessing), or short general vocab such as animal, color and adjective that can describe a person(ex: Nong= Bighead, Yong=Tall, Ouan= Fat). Nowadays, Nickname can be anything especially random English words such as Gift, Bank(My nickname), Beer, Lift, Garfield, Guitar, Ozone, Sand, France. Normal English nickname is also increasingly popular. Sorry for my English.
I heard somewhere the they use nicknames cuz their real names are too long
@@thelordnaevis4946 Yeah we do. Nobody uses real name because it's too long, we use nickname all the time
Your english is great. Dont apologise for that
I recall having a Thai public figure nicknamed Mobile. Yup, that's correct.
@@ankokunokayoubi That's quite common name actually
I have a cousin named Owen who I call “O” and when he was younger “o-e-o”. Also, Irish and Australian people can make a nickname for everyone.
Even us "Kyle"s? Never had one, myself.
@@kylewilley9535 I had a friend Eoghan once we called Yoggin, cos thats how a friend thought it was pronounced. lol
@@kylewilley9535 Kyle, your new nickname is Kylie Willey or Kylie for short. :D
Or you can have a nickname that totally has nothing to do with your name. Mine is "Bowie" which actually comes from Bo Peep cuz I have a collection of lamb plushies. Or my sister's nickname which is Lambie... XD
Same for me except I am the cousin
@@kylewilley9535 Kylo is your aussie nickname
So in Simpsons, Maggie is Marge Jr.
What
Marge is Marjorie. Only Maggie is Margaret. Edit: Aha, Marjorie is just a form of Margaret. Thanks!
@@j.s.7335 Marjorie is actually a form of Margaret as well.
Indeed, Matt Groening named Marge and Maggie after his mother and sister, who were both named Margaret.
@@TheAlexSchmidt Marge is Marjorie tho
Some of my friends and associates call me “Dolf” for a short “Adolfo”.
However, when my aunt visited the states from Mexico once upon my childhood years, and nicknamed me “chimi”, because I loved eating El Monterey’s frozen chimichangas, it has stuck ever since.😅
ma chum Chimi
Id just call you Hitler
@@Matthewsrevenge-ud4bd bruh.wav
@@Matthewsrevenge-ud4bd I can’t even begin to tell you how unoriginal that is. Try again buddy😆
Had a friend who had the “Two Emily’s”problem in a class. They called the other girl E 2 and called friend E 1, which after being said too fast enough times turned into “Ewok”. Nickname are weird.
We use surname to differentiate like Emily A or Emily B
I have a story I think you will love. In Morocco (and maybe other parts of North Africa) one nickname for Mohamed is Simo. The "mo" comes from Mohamed, but the "si" started as a honorific. The interesting part is this: as far as I can tell, si is not an Arabic word, but a coruption of the French "c'est," meaning "this is." But people started adding "si" to official names, such that now, people are named "Si Mohamed," litterally meaning "This is Mohamed." Anyway, "Si Mohamed" became "Si Mo".
That’s really cool!
Wow, thats interesting
are u Filipino? they use "Si" all the time 😅
@@jestophersan I don't think it is related. Si is Spanish, and the Philippines were Spanish colony. The Si in this case comes from French "c'est."
@@petermanou9083 but we got more Siya for he/she is, Sila for they. how wonderful words evolve
Apparently my great grandma was named Margaret, but her sister (a toddler at the time) couldn't say it right, so she said "Maggot". My great-great grandparents changed her name real quick. So... Yeah
Awe... that's like how my Aunty when she was little called her one brother Eggie cuz she couldn't say Errol. XD
Awww Maggot is kinda a really great in-family nickname haha
She should have said midget XD
@@MerkhVision That's the name of a brave mushroom farmer, too.
What a heartbreaking though amusing tale! My mom's oldest sister is Margaret, and I think Maggot stayed in the family as a nickname for her. They were raised on a farm in northern New Mexico so I never questioned it too deeply.
i'm alexander but most people call me xan, it's just taken directly from the middle of the name which i love.
We have lots at ‘Alexanders’ in my family,...Sasha, Sandy, Xander and even an actual Alex 🤣
Anyone call you “Xanax” yet?
Wow! My 13-year-old nephew is named Xan (short for Alexander, but his parents chose his nickname as well), and I had never encountered another example.
My names francis but my friends call me honk and honku I dknt even know
My Name 's Alexander but I'm Alex or My surname to all my friends but my brother occasionally calles me Xander
My name is interesting because "Shawn" is the anglicized version of "Sean," which is the Irish version of "John," which, depending on whether it's short for "Jonathan," could derive from one of two unrelated Hebrew names. So basically, my name was translated back and forth so many times, it became an entirely different name.
I read a book once that had chapters titled with different nicknames for Margaret, using all the common and stranger ones including Gretchen, Rita, Daisy and Pearl. It took me a long time to figure out the trick and realize it was all about the same woman.
Patrick: "I don't think nicknames are going away any time soon."
Me: you got that right, P. Money...
plz don't p on your money
- cashiers
Patrick - Pat - Rick - dick
"How did your father come up with Nick as your name?"
"He just came up with it one day, while shaving."
He nicked himself? 😂
Hope the brother isn't named "Bruce"
Matthew can be shortened to Hugh (Hew), which I really like. Also my partner's name is Andrew, and when he does something gross I call him Ew. 🤷♀️
Nice lol
Andrew andy and drew
Huh... so Hugh Jackman and Hugh Grant are Mathew Jackman and Mathew Grant?? Mindblown
The worst thing she can say is now :
Oh.. that's interesting... there were several people in my family named Hugh Matthews.
I have a friend named Oran so I call him Orange, sometimes Tangerine or Easy-peeler too
I hope he likes Pokemon
I have two nieces called Ruby. Nicknames for them are Roo/Ru, Bee and Roobs.
What about Rhubarb?
In Spanish we get some interesting nicknames from the time when copying books was very expensive and abbreviations would be used for Joseph and Francis (José and Francisco). You get Pepe (PP) for Joseph, from Pater Putativus (the “assumed father” of Jesus) and Paco (Francisco) which I’ve heard could come from either a phonetic transformation of Fco. or from Pa.Co. as a Latin abbreviation of “father of the community”, as saint Francis was known.
In DC comics, there's a character named Francisco "Paco" Ramon. His name on the TV show The Flash is Cisco Ramon. Thought I'd share since it came to mind while I read your comment
Also, it's not super rare in Spanish to get a nickname based on a shorter version of your surname
Pepe doesn’t really come from Pater Putativus. Popular etymologies stemming from acronyms are almost always mistaken. The earlier form of José was Josep (from the Latin Iosephus). And Pepe evolved from the last syllable in the name. Similarly, in Italian, Giuseppe (and its diminutive form, Giuseppino) is shortened to Pino. Luigi and Luigina are shortened to Gino and Gina.
@@Alex-fv2qs In Australia (as in Britain), it’s very common to have a nickname based on a shortened form of your surname. If your surname is Roberts, Robinson, Robertson (or something similar), you’re likely to be called “Robbo”. “Johnno” is more likely to be a nickname of someone with the surname Johnson, rather than the given name, John. My brother has spent most of his life being called “Legs”.
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Paul McCartney - Macca
Never heard about "Emma" being a nickname for "Emily". Might explain actress Emma Watson's problem of often being referred to or addressed as "Emily Watson".
I think that's simply the confusion with the actual Emily Watson, who was still in the 90's the only famous Em- Watson and still has more awards.
Emma Stone's name is Emily Stone
@@rahbeeuh cause there is someone with that name in the same industry or something
@@vaclav_fejt I just realise I phrased that as if I disagreed with you. I don't.
@@EmelyPhan yes
8:21. I learn something new every day. I am Persian and so when he said Margareth came from the Persian word for pearl I was confused since the current word for pearl in Farsi is "mrvaryd" pronounced mor-waa-reed. well anyways it turns out he is right and the *old* Persian word is margarite.
I could immediately spy similarities between the two.
I'm from south america, and here, the people called "Ignacio" (kinda common name) are usually called "Nacho" (yeah, like the snacks) which comes from the pronunciation used in the latter part of the name, even though i think going from "Nah-See-Oh" to "Nah-Cho" its kind of a weird strech...
They're borrowing from Italian.
The snack actually got its name from a restaurant owner named Ignacio who put cheese on sliced fried corn tortillas and sold them as a "fancy" appetizer
@@AtarahDerek oh i had no idea, thanks
@@kr460n thats so funny, Nacho's my idol now
The one that's always made me giggle a bit is how we get Chuck from Charles.
charles entertainment cheese
it makes me chuckle
My guess is it went Charles -> Charlie -> Chuckie -> Chuck
Mentioning Pat from Patrick reminded me how some fans of the band Fall Out Boy, whose lead singer is named Patrick, call him Trick. It’s not common but I saw it a lot online.
Yeah I’ve heard that, I think it’s pretty cute! I think they also call him Lunchbox but I have no idea how that started lmao
10:54 - One nickname our family had for Margaret was 'Wicked Witch of the West', although since that applied only to one specific lady called Margaret, I don't think that really counts.
That's kinda like how my friends shortened my name to Dick. My long name is Michael...
@@mykemech how do they get Dick from Micheal?
Fun fact: "Margareth" translates to Portuguese as "Margarida", which means daisy, the flower.
Same in Spanish: Margarita
@@omargerardolopez3294 yes
From ancient Greek margarita = pearl.
@@artemisios I understand... but how come this word came to be know as the name of a flower (daisy) in Portuguese, Spanish and Catalan? The same happens in French (marguerite). The name for pearl in Portuguese is “pérola”, and in Spanish is “perla”. How did the name Margarida/Margarita/Marguerite came from pearl in greek and ended up naming a flower? And does Margareth come from French, as many words in English do, inherited by the Normans?
margarine butter
That is a very interesting video!
My mother is from the Czech Republic, and when she attended school, everyone formed nicknames based upon surnames instead of given names. For example, my mother’s surname is Schiffauerová, so her friends nicknamed her Schiffinka.
Howbeit, your video was marvellous! Continue this impressive work!
i named my kitten Margret after Meg McCaffrey from the trials of apollo books, and so far she’s lived up to her namesake, she can eat surprising amounts of food for such a small kitten, she much prefers to be called meg rather than margret, and she’s got such an attitude, she loves cuddles but won’t let me touch her when anyone else is around and she acts big and tough (which is adorable since she was the runt and her much bigger sister is clearly humoring her)
In Wales we shorten Owen to just Owz usually
"Jonathan" (no "h") is a completely separate name from "John", and it's short form would be "Jon" (no "h").
And is where Jack comes from.... For reasons...
@@boli2746 though many Johnathon are called JACK too
And yet John and Jonathan mean essentially the same thing in the original Hebrew forms: gift from God. Same as Theodore in Greek.
@@PuzzledMonkey Jonathan is "gift from God"; John is "graced by God." Similar, but not the same.
thank you for also saying this. It is amazing how so many people make this oversight/mistake. Even some of my former teachers would shorten my name to "John" rather than "Jon" or they would spell my full name with the nonexistent "h." Its really bad when I had written my name on top of the paper they rate their note on.
My school friend Claire used to lift up her glasses and say, "Tis I, L'Eclair!" like the Allo Allo character.
When I changed my name to Theo, my family wanted to come up with new nicknames for me so now I'm: T, Thoo, Theodore, Thimble, Thumb, Thumbelina and probably some others. It's nice because my previous never really had many nickname options :)
I always thought of nickname like nicking something, making a cut in it, shortening it
Its funny how people who give their children names like Hope, Joy or Faith get lots of hate even though most names are like that, just from other languages
Those folx just cut to the chase
These names are misogynistic. They not just words, but very specific words.
@@tompeled6193 The fuck are you on about? Those "very specific words" sound nice and represent good things. If naming my daughter Hope makes me a misogynist, then sign me up.
In your channel description, you call yourself "Cringe autist". At least you're honest.
@@md_vandenberg These are religious virtue names invented by the Puritans. en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virtue_name No wonder they aren't unisex. They used these names to enforce purity on women.
Also, shut up with the autistophobia.
@@tompeled6193 phobia means fear, and I don't think he has demonstrated a fear of autistic people, he just called you one
In Terry Pratchet's Diskworld series there's a character named "Magrat" whose name was supposed to be Margaret but her parents misspelled it.
That's one of my nick-names
She ended with a daughter called Esmeralda (Esme) Note-Spelling.
Here are all the variations of Margaret I can think of:
Marguerite, Margarita, Mairead, Margareta (all different language versions, French, Spanish, Irish and German respectively)
Maggie, Mags (this seems to be a very Irish thing, I've never heard of a Mags that isn't Irish), Marge/Marj (though it's usually short for Marjorie, especially if it's spelled with a J at the end), Margo/Margot/Margaux, Margie, Meg (as far as I know, Megan is of Welsh origin), Peg, Peggy, Daisy
Mary also has a lot of variations (e.g. Maria, Marie, Marian/Marion/Mariana, Marissa, Muriel, Molly, and even male forms in other languages like Mario/Marius/Mariusz (the last one is the Polish for Marius/Mario))
Some names like Ann(e) can ride on the back of another name to form a new name, e.g. Julianne and Leanne
Some names like Melissa are good at making what I call "mixer names", where two names are joined together to make a new name, and Melissa is the only name I know ending in "-issa" that isn't derived from another existing name, so maybe all other "-issa" names are derived from it? Like, Alyssa comes from Alice, Clarissa from Claire/Clara, Julissa from Julie/Julia, Larissa from Lara/Laura, Marissa from Mary, but Melissa comes directly from Greek meaning "bee"
Never did understand how you get Peggy from Margaret.
@@kylewilley9535 Margaret -> Maggie -> Meggy -> Peggy
Or Margaret -> Maggie -> Mag -> Meg -> Peg -> Peggy
It's a few different methods combined into one, like those used to get "Robert -> Robbie/Rob", "James -> Jim" and "William -> Bill"
Which makes me wonder, what intermediate stage comes between James and Jim? As Jimmy is obviously a derivative of Jim
Inb4 the Jimothy jokes
Larissa has been a name since ancient Greece, though.
My Auntie Margaret was known as Minna.
I think it was a translation of the hebrew "Deborah" meaning bee.
My kids are all mentioned in this video. Maisie is a nickname of Margaret that you missed, it’s a Scottish version. I’ve also got Ruby & Owen, both of whom have nicknames in the family. Ruby has become Rubles, and Owen is Winnie.
"Henceforth, those named Henry will no longer be allowed to call themselves Hank. That's just too much of a stretch."
In Serbian (and other Slavic languages) nicknames have a pagan origin. Children were given nicknames to be used in public, and given names were (mostly) kept secret and used only inside the household. It was believed that if an enemy or an evil spirit knew your real given name, it could use it to put a curse upon you, and children were considered the most vulnerable.
We also have some weird conventions in Serbian, for example nickname for Svetlana is "Ceca", Slobodan is "Beba", and Filip is "Ćofi". It's all quite fascinating.
The Caribbean convention of making a unique name flows from this same thought, which is why these unique spellings and pronunciations are so widespread there.
@@DouglasJenkins Yes. We call them pet names in Jamaica. Everyone knows you by your pet name, which most likely has no relation to your legal name that's on your government documents. It's just a whole other name. Sometimes, you go your whole life not knowing the real name of a friend or relative. LOL!
@@vbrown6445 I feel this (not carribean, but I am a Black American so I have family their) and we be making whole names up from celebrity stage names or simple characteristics we have.
Also speculation of giving people your government name. Even the government XD.
I do believe this origin also applies to English.
My sister is called Ruby, my dad calls her ‘Roobs’. Not sure if this is the case for other Rubys or if this is just because we are Australian and we like to shorten everything
My dad has also called me Roobs or Roobers for pretty much my whole life :) At work it's Roobs or Ru, but I'm still the only Ruby in the building
I have a friend whose daughter is commonly called Roobs for Ruby. Also Australian 😊
yeah i knew a girl when i was a kid her name was ruby, we called her "roo" and of course her mom called her "roo-boo"
For the record, Jonathan and John are separate names with separate origins and separate meanings. Signed, a Jonathan (NOT Jon, and very definitely NOT John).
My husband always have to say “John, not Jonathan. My name has an H!”
Yup, Yohanan = Graced by God, were John (and my name, Juan) come from
Jonathan = God has given, but Jon, nathan, nathaniel are proper nicknames for it tho.
Now im kinda wondering where did the Malay name Johan falls in the connection
@@Morpheux1 They're different names, just as biblical, not nicknames of one another.
John
My real name is Scott, as a child I was called "Scooter" I'm in my 40s now and have had Dreadlocks since I was 17, people started calling me "Dredlox". I'm pretty fine with all of those. Honestly I really don't care what you call me, I just decide what I answer to. *shrugs*
My sister’s name is Lily Isobel, so I started calling her Lizzie, short for Lisobel. Then of course there’s my friends Matchu (Matthew) and Nomes (Naomi).
in malaysia, it is common to add "ah" to the front of a name to turn it into a nickname. My mother's name is judy, so she is called ah joo by her friends, and her sister ruby is called ah bee. polish inlaws also do a funny thing of adding a "k" to a name to nick it. e.g. alicja -> aliki, aurelia -> relki
In America we have a tendency to lengthen the nickname. So, for example, "Martin" becomes "Fart in a Jar Martin".
@@Robin-jk6wz and you wonder why americans are stereotyped as being rude
i picked that up real quick when i was out in singpaore in oct... part of their singlish (sp) carried over so much stuff from chinese and use them as adverbs too lol
my parents never explained much chinese to me so this makes a lot of sense on my grandma's name lol
So Malaysians can basically get Abby out of Ruby? Interesting.
When reading Russian literature, the nicknames kill me.
Took me 500 pages of Brothers Karamazov to realise that "Grushenka" is a nickname for "Agrafena"
The patronymics don’t help anything either ugh.
My brother married a Russian girl and their son’s middle name is supposed to be his name with “ivich” at the end. He had to go through weeks of paperwork to get it changed to what he actually wanted to to be.
I’ve never been able to get on with much Russian literature due to the plethora of alternative names used for each character. By, say, the second chapter, my head is just swimming with names and I’m forgetting which name belongs to who.
Don't try to find and sense in Slavic nick names in bulagaria Alexander most common nickname is sasho
This may be wrong, but I heard that the word for “vodka” evolved as a diminutive of “voda” (water) lol
@@christianzombievampire idk, we use "vodichka" as a diminutive for water and "vodochka" for vodka
the meaning of "eke name" reminds me of the turkish word "ek"('e' as in 'end' though). as a noun, it means "extension", "extra", "suffix". as a verb, it means "to plant"(mostly used for plants that aren't trees). as an adjective, it means "additional".
EDIT: fixed some issues regarding technical terms.
Coming from the "additional" meaning, it also means "suffix". Also, "additional" is an adjective. I can't remember the English translation, but those extra things that come with magazines are also called "ek".
@@imagiguard thanks for clarifying some technical terms.
those extras that come with magazines are usually "extras". but if they are inside the magazine/newspaper, they are called as "inserts".
It's cognate to Dutch 'ook' and German 'auch' which mean 'also' or 'too'. In that way it does literally mean extra name.
I’ve always thought that adding harder consonant to nicknames was to make the names easier to be heard when yelling from afar. Men were often outside or working on noisy environments and had to yell to each other or get each other’s attention. Something like the hard D in Dick (no pun intended) makes it much easier to yell and hear than the softer sounds in something like Rich or even Rick. Bob, Bill, Jack all follow this pattern as well. It may also explain why this is more common in male nicknames than female.
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Possible
Might be limited to urban settings, but guys who are "the third" of their name (i.e. John Smith III) are nicknamed "Trip" for "triple"
We call them Trey in the South & 2nds are often called Deuce or J. R.
I had a friend Ruby who was called Rubes by her family but when by Red at school and with peers.
Which adds the more complex symbolic nicknames as a layer if depth.
Another friend became "Summer" to us because my name Julian and her name Julie Ann were so close and we both responded to Jules and Julie because of diminutives and family. Summer came about because of the root of our names being July, and Summer traditionally being more feminine. In all honesty thats probably what made me get into the meaning of names, and thus this channel.
Something I didn't realize until fairly recently is that some nicknames are pretty regional. For instance, in New England (and probably somewhere else too) Jack is usually not a name, but a nickname for John. In many places however Jack is just a name.
Never knew that my nickname of “Geffy” was hypocoristic! I got the nickname from a little kid at a summer camp I worked at, he couldn’t say the “r” in Geoffry. I liked the sound, and it stuck!
In my country we have people whose full names are Peggy, Maggie, Jack, Bobby, Billy, Harry, Mike, and so on. We started using the language recently and never bothered with the culture. We also got completely new "English" names by unwittingly changing the spelling to suit how we pronounce names like Penlope and Royd (yes, Royd is a different name from Lloyd in Zambia. Deal with it). Deborah is distinct from Debra, we pronounce the O.
One of my best friends is called Suzen.
“There are at least a billion people”
-Name Explain, 2021
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Some people even have 2 nicknames, for example, my sister has a nickname that we use in the family and another that her friends use, and it never gets confusing, really
Getting from "Peter" to "Spice nut" is a convoluted journey that only makes sense in dutch... These days online I go by the russian variant of the name, Pjotr, and one of my best friends has taken to calling me that way sometimes irl.
Peternoot lmao
Whatever you say nutmeg
My late cat's name was Maggie. I sometimes called her Maggie-cat as a nickname. Which is weird because it was just making her name longer rather than shorter.
My late cat’s name was Maggie The Cat. (After Liz Taylor’s character in the Tennessee Williams play/film A Cat on a Hot Tin Roof). I also called her Maggie-cat sometimes among many other things 😹😻
That also happens with people's names. John becomes Johnny , or Ann becomes Annie or Nancy.
My dog's name is Molly but we always call her Molly-Dolly
My family has had 4 people names charles in a row, but none of use go by charles, it's Richard(idk how), chuck,chad,and Charlie
As a German, I had to learn the concept of "natural nicknames". A nickname is often just a short version of a given name, however it was foreign to me to see people assume "you're called Bob? Your name must be Robert then!" because I'd just assume the name is Bob.
In Polish names Aleksander and Aleksandra have nicknames "Olek" and "Ola", I don't know why, but probalby at some point in time these names use to be "Oleksander", I know that Ukrainian counterpart of that name is "Ołeksandr". Anyway I'm little bit annoyed that some name have few unique nicknames, and other don't have any, or share nicknames with other names, for example both Bartosz and Bartłomiej are shortened to "Bartek", while Antoni can be "Antek" or "Tosiek", Joanna can be "Asia" or "Joasia" and Małgorzata can be "Gosia" or "Małgosia". In English names like William, Willard, Willis or Wilbert can all be shortened to Will, that has always fascinated me, how to distinguish these names? William can be Bill, but can Willard be Lard or something? Wilbert probalby can be Bert, but Robert, Albert, Norbert, Herbert, Hubert and others can be too. That's why I choose nickname Will on the internet, and I assume it's short for Willis. My real name is Albert, and I never liked it, in primary school I was sometimes called Bert or Bercik, my family called me Aluś or Alek when I was younger, which then became confusing, because my younger cousin Aleksander is also called Alek (ironically he think that "Olek" is stupid name :P ). Unfortunatelly no one calls me Al, which would sound cool, only one guy called me that once. I wanted to be called Al in my second school, after primary school, but I had classmate called Ala (short for Alicja) so I thought it would be confusing.
What's even more fascinating, in Russia diminutives for Aleksander/dra are Sasha.
How did they end up with that, eh?
My name is Albert too some people call me Al, most just call me Juan or by last name
In Australia, we'd call Ruby- Rubes
I was gonna comment that that would be a possible nickname. I guess it’s done in America too.
Same in the UK. But allot of names get changed to have -es. I belive this trend started around 70s and 80s to make it more personal. My dad does it to my name when he gets sentimental with me. (Edit: to my nickname not my actual name, He doesn't say Charles XD)
I like it! :-)
@@charlenefaye I had a friend Charlotte who I nicknamed Charls. 😁
I call Ruby
one of the funniest bfb characters
My mums name is Margaret, and those she worked with would often call her Pearl, so I knew the link between Margaret and Pearl as a child, but it always confused my friends!
My great Aunt was named Peg and I was shocked as a child to hear someone call her Margaret! I was soooo confused! I never understood how they got "Peg" until now, though! I have another aunt named Margaret but she just goes by Margaret.
I have a bunch of nick names, most of which are not derived from my actual name. Mostly because people tend to call me whatever pops in their head and I just got used to answering to any name.
My mom has so many friends whose desi names use Ruby as a nickname, a lot of Rubeena
There are also nicknames based on position in the family. Rather than a nickname based on the actual name, II is "Junior" or "Deuce" and III is "Trey" or "Trip". There are also nicknames based on the person's last name; in the US it is common for men, like my dad, with particular Scottish or Irish surnames to be called "Mac". Then there is the surname origin; "Scottie" is of course well known, and I knew a guy everyone called "Swede", who ironically was of Norwegian descent.
So that's why they call Tucker Trip in Enterprise. I don't think I've met a single person with a II or III in their name up here in Canada.
My 10 yo grandson is Owen, and his sister and parents call him Owie. He loves it.
My friend's parents are named Elizabeth and Robert. They were so sick of people always calling them various nicknames that they gave their children names that did not have obvious nicknames. My friend's name is Sarah.
Classic Lisbeth and Bobby move
That's such a Lizzie and Bo Move.
I knew of a close family who called their daughter, Margaret, Maggie. But they also gave her a cute familiar nick-name, Mag-pie, after the bird. I'd like to mention, here, that another way nick-names are given, is through the whim by a circle of friends. I was given the name "BatChic" at a dance club, because I was caught dancing to a live band, while wearing an item of unique clothing I created with a Batman fabric comic book panel appliquéd in front. They said, "Who is that chic dancing?" "Who is that BatChic?"
I had a relative whose given name was Zane. He was frequently called “Zaney”. Fitting, given he was pretty crazy.
"Margarita" also means "daisy" in Spanish, and hence the name for the drink because it was colorful like the flower..
Meanwhile, I get Jon, Jonathan, Jonny, Nathan, Nate, Nat... and that's about it. And it wasn't until you mentioned it that I realized that, while "William" can become "Liam," I have never met anyone named Patrick who went by "Rick."
As they shouldn't.
In Galveston, Texas they will tell you the Margarita was invented by the bartender at the legendary Balinese room and named in honor of the singer, Peggy Lee. There are other origin stories elsewhere.
I'm German and I went to school with a guy called "Joseph" (written like the English name, but pronounced differently), and he didn't like his name and had everyone call him "Juppi" instead. "Jupp" and "Juppi" are common nicknames for "Joseph/Josef" in my area of Germany (Rheinland-Pfalz/Saarland), but in Bavaria for example, the more common nickname for "Joseph/Josef" is not "Jupp/Juppi", but "Sepp/Seppel". But "Sepp" is not only a nickname for "Joseph", but also for "Sebastian", which is alternatively also shortened to "Bastian" or "Basti". I find it fascinating how you can get very different nicknames from the same name, just by focusing on a different syllable.
A newer nickname I've seen for Sebastian is Bash
So, the names of the German football coaches Jupp Derwall and Sepp Piontek are both Joseph? (the latter can be Sebastian too though)
@@yorgunsamuray Yes, they both have the name Josef.
@@ichbinben. thanks. As for the Sepp for Sebastian, I remember the kid from Erich Kästner's "Flying Classroom" (read there somewhere, I might be wrong). That book had some good nicknames. The Nonsmoker for instance :) I liked that book as a kid back in the days :)
How did eke-names evolve into nick-names? Simple - they bought the surplus 'n' when naprons evolved into aprons.
3:20 Hunter is another one that comes to mind. It’s also fun when 3 of them are in the same class and all 3 of them are the only Hunters in the school. The teacher quite simply would say Hunter then all 3 would look at him then he would have to emphasize a last name.
Another thing that's interesting is when two different names have the same nickname, like "Christina" and "Christopher" both being shortened to "Chris," or "Samuel" and "Samantha" both being shortened to "Sam."
I think you forgot a process too. Australiafication. By adding Z to the end of a nickname. So Barry become Baz, and Larry becomes Laz, and Garry become Gaz, and Sharon becomes Shazz.
And Jasmine becomes Jazzy
my names Gary and I have an australian friend who always calls me Gazza
@@workinggarlic On the other hand I do think English footballer Paul Gascoine had a nickname "Gazza" and this wasn't of Australian origin, but I might be wrong here.
Jazza is Australian
Which sound italian-ish now that I think about it (I mean Gazza).
Lisa can come from Lis(z)abeth too, therefore counts as a nickname even if it is often regarded as a name to itself.
My own name Mats is actually short for Mattias or Matteus (although Mats IS my given name), which is similiar to Matt (or Mat) from Matthew.
Kalle/Calle is a nickname for Karl/Carl, which is similiar for Charlie/Chuck be a nickname for Charles. Often in translation or dubs a lot of times Charles becomes Karl in swedish such as Charlie Brown from Peanuts is named Karl in Sweden.
Tobbe is short for Tobias (which is the same as in english, though pronounciation is to-be-ah-s instead of toe-by-ah-s) similiar to Toby.
Micke is short for Mikael which is the swedish equalevent of Michael (or russian Mikhail) to Mike.
Like in english Dan is short for Daniell (which is spelt with one more L in swedish unlike english) but similar to the Danny, someone called Dan/Daniell can be called Danne.
Jocke is short for Joakim (which is similiar to spanish Joaquin) but Kim can also be used as a nickname for that.
Bettan is a nickname for Elisabet, similiar to how Betty is short for Elisabeth or nickname for Beth.
My own sisters have nicknames as short for their given names, Lotta from Charlotta (simiiar to Charlotte or Carlota) and Lena from Helena (though it's pronounced Leh-nah instead of Lee-nah, which is by the way is how we say Lina instead of Lie-nah).
Milla is short for Camilla (sometimes it's spelled with a K instead).
Carro short for Carolina but also Lina can be used as a nickname.
Like in english Mia is short for Maria.
Fia is short for Sofia (similiar to Sophia).
Hasse is a nickname of Hans.
Lasse is a nickname for Lars (late comedian Brasse Brännströms real name was Lars-Erik Brännström and his stage name Brasse is combo of Lasse and Brännström, most likely a nickname from his school days as probably there was another Lasse in his class).
Klasse is a nickname for Klas (similar to Claus).
Jonte is a nickname for Jonas.
Frasse is a nickaname for Frans.
Johan is short for Jonatan/Jonathan, like John is short for Jonathan.
Like in english Alex is short for Alexander.
Britt is short for Britta.
Sussi/Sussie is sort for Sussanna/Susanne similiar to Suzy but Sanna can also be a nickname for Susanna.
There are so many that this comment would be come pages long so I'll stop it right here.
And my proper name is Christina, but I also use the nick-name "Kicki".
Elizabeth Charlotte gets the nickname Liselot, or Liselotte(which has also become it's own name) and I think Lisle might come from that one.
@@PrometheanRising I wonder if the name "Lilo" from "Lilo & Stitch" is a nick-name for Elizabeth Charlotte too?
Either that, or it's a native Hawaiian name.
Combining two "real" names into a nick-name is rather common in French, I think.
Like for example "Malou" for Marie Louise.
I've had a few nicknames given to me by friends(my name is Connor) such as conrade, condor, con-con, and one unrelated to my name, Pikachu. Also one of my friends named Ezzera goes by the letter Z as a nickname.
The nicknames I get commonly are Kathey (work mates and friends), Katie (auntie and uncle) and katty or katerina (parents.)
9:15 Dang, and here I was thinking the name Meg was older than Maggie, simply because the latter was prolly the only nickname for Margaret *not* mentioned in the opera _Ruddigore_ by Gilbert & Sullivan, and its animated adapation by Halas & Batchelor (which both have a character named Mad Margaret).
I live in Australia and nicknames are quite odd here, red haired guys are called "bluey"
I have a sister named Claire whose nickname is “Cluh” because my other sister had trouble pronouncing her R’s when she was little.
I was in sixth form when The Life of Brian came out therefore I was regularly called Biggus.
I have friends, Navid but i call him Nav, James but i call him Jammy (His last name is Boswell so i also call him Jammy Biscuits), Even shorter I call him Jam!
I'm not sure about other countries, but especially in Australia, names like Claire, Ruby and Owen could have nicknames like;
Clarice, Claireo, Clazza.
Rubes, Rube.
Owwie, Ozza.
the commanality being the O sound or Z.
Surely "Roo" is a pretty common shortening of Ruby, no?
I’ve also heard rube or rubes
Or Emerald
@@Robin-jk6wz That was always the best version to be fair!
Really interesting.
Watching this made me think about how Margaret is almost like Gareth...
I wonder how many Margarets were essentially MacGareith 😁
This seems like an appropriate video to ask this, though I'm fairly confident no-one will see it this late in the game. Why are people so damn insistent that 'Vlad' is *not* a nickname for 'Vladimir'? It's right there, in the name, and it sounds nice, too. I know when (positive thinking) my novel is published, I'm gonna get shit for nicknaming my Vladimir as Vlad, and I wanna understand *why*.
People say that Vlad isn't Vladimir's nickname because Vlad actually isn't Vladimir's nickname. That was simple.
it’s cuz vlad just isn’t a nickname, it’s a different name, n even if it was, it’s too similiar to vlado for vladislav. use vova or smth instead
@@3173_Delta so what about John being called Jack.. Jack is a name on it's own?!?
@@3173_Delta he can call his character whatever he wants to.. Vlad for Vladimir makes more sense to anyone calling someone by a shortened version of their name..
@@travellingcircus7658 well Chris is a different name from Christopher too.. but people named Christian, Christopher, Christine, Crystal, Krystal, Kristen, Kristy, Christoph and many others are also called Chris, Cris or Kris.. who really cares my Birth name is Christopher but if someone called me Christopher I'd never even think they were talking to me.. I've never answered to Christopher.. my son's name is Christopher and he's never been called Chris by anyone in the family or really close friends.. he's always been called Bubby by all of us.. if I was upset with him as a child I called him Christopher but that was very rare.. now it is weird because when his girlfriend calls him Chris I always think she's talking to me lol
I had a cat named Ruby for 17 years. I often times referred to her as Rubes because it's easier to say quickly but other times when she was affectionate, I'd call her Roo or Rooroo but Rubes was definitely the most common thing I referred to Ruby as. Oh! Sometimes I jokingly called her Ruby Tuesday because I was listening to music & the song Goodbye Ruby Tuesday came on & it got her attention, it was cute seeing her look around to try & figure out who was saying her name.
Nick is short for Nicholas
People named Dominick: