We have lots of Sophies in this here part of the states???
i used to love this name before it got "popular" .... one of my
great aunts was named Sophie.:)

nicknames, how many
 

I wonder what name wins for the number of nicknames within the name.

Patricia - Tricia, Trish, Pat, Patty, Patsy = 5
Elizabeth - Beth, Betty, Liz, Lizzy, Betsy = 5
Charles - Charlie, Chuck = 2
Bernard - Bernie = 1
Robert - Bob = 1
Richard = Rick, Rich, **** = 3
Abigail - Abby, Gabby, Gail = 3

So far Patricia and Elizabeth are in the lead unless there are more nicknames for them or you can think of another name that beats them!

Poor Richard!!!
 

When I was a kid, a certain nickname for Richard is now a name that the computer automatically kicks out as a four letter banished word!!!

I still know people by that name! LOL!

Me too! LOL, I have a neighbor we all just call "Whata"!:D

I think Elizabeth would win by adding . . .

Liza
Eliza
Bethie
Lisa
Ellie
Bets (Although I never heard of this one before, we have a friend with this nickname. She's great!)

That's all I could think of right now.

BTW - I learned that that name cannot be used here. I tried using it once when referring to the Sally, *ick, and Jane books that many of us learned to read with. I had to laugh when I saw what happened to it after I posted. Such innocent books completely censored. LOL

funny thing most of these names run through our family, i come from a large irish family and we have gerrties margarites peggy harold all the older names are in our family except for marvin the martian

dickandjane thats how u do it

We can't forget "Wiz"!!! :D

Rebecca -- Becky
Diane
Sandra
Nancy
Susan -- Sue
Joanne
Caroline -- Carol
Lynn
.......all those are my cousins
Lorry

Jerry
Mark
Douglas
Scott
Kevin
John

Cyn, I notice everyone is spelling Sarah as Sara...My name is a nickname for Sarah, but it's my name..Sally. I am of Irish Catholic decent, so we have lots of Saints names. The Nuns at school called me Sarah, because Sally was not a saints name....PO'd my Mom..:D

Speaking of Diff names, my Grandkids are Brittany, Leah, Nicholas, Kayla, Myah, Olivia, John and Alexander... (John was named after my DH/Ganddad)

BTW, did anyone mention Josephine (Josie) ? I love that nickname..my friend's GD has that name.:)