<\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\nHere are some common nicknames used for men\u2019s first names you may see in Irish documents.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
There\u2019s possibly not the extensive amount of variation you\u2019ll see for women.<\/p>\n\n\n\nNAME<\/strong><\/td>NICKNAME<\/strong><\/td>GENDER<\/strong><\/td><\/tr>Aaron<\/td> Ron<\/td> Male<\/td><\/tr> Adrian<\/td> Rian<\/td> Male<\/td><\/tr> Alastair<\/td> Al<\/td> Male<\/td><\/tr> Albert<\/td> Al, Bert, Bird<\/td> Male<\/td><\/tr> Alexander<\/td> Ali, Alistair, Alec, Alex, Andi, Xander<\/td> Male<\/td><\/tr> Andrew<\/td> Andy, Drew<\/td> Male<\/td><\/tr> Anthony<\/td> Ant, Tony<\/td> Male<\/td><\/tr> Arthur<\/td> Art<\/td> Male<\/td><\/tr> Bartholomew<\/td> Bart, Bartel, Barth, Bartle, Bat, Batty<\/td> Male<\/td><\/tr> Benedict<\/td> Ben, Bennett<\/td> Male<\/td><\/tr> Benjamin<\/td> Ben, Benjy, Benny, Jamie<\/td> Male<\/td><\/tr> Bernard<\/td> Barney, Bernie<\/td> Male<\/td><\/tr> Brian<\/td> Bryan, Bryant<\/td> Male<\/td><\/tr> Carl<\/td> Charles, Karl<\/td> Male<\/td><\/tr> Charles<\/td> Buck, Carl, Chad, Charlie, Chuck, Chick<\/td> Male<\/td><\/tr> Christian<\/td> Chris, Christopher, Kit<\/td> Male<\/td><\/tr> Christopher<\/td> Chris, Christian, Kester, Kit<\/td> Male<\/td><\/tr> Clifford<\/td> Cliff, Ford<\/td> Male<\/td><\/tr> Conor<\/td> Con, Corny<\/td> Male<\/td><\/tr> Cornelius<\/td> Neily<\/td> Male<\/td><\/tr> Daniel<\/td> Dan, Danny<\/td> Male<\/td><\/tr> David<\/td> Davy<\/td> Male<\/td><\/tr> Dermot<\/td> Darby<\/td> Male<\/td><\/tr> Douglas<\/td> Doug<\/td> Male<\/td><\/tr> Edward<\/td> Edmond, Eamon<\/td> Male<\/td><\/tr> Eric<\/td> Rick, Ricky<\/td> Male<\/td><\/tr> Eugene<\/td> Gene, Owen<\/td> Male<\/td><\/tr> Ferdinand<\/td> Ferdie, Fred<\/td> Male<\/td><\/tr> Francis<\/td> Frank<\/td> Male<\/td><\/tr> Franklin<\/td> Frank<\/td> Male<\/td><\/tr> Frederick<\/td> Derick, Fred, Fredric, Freddie<\/td> Male<\/td><\/tr> Geoffrey<\/td> Jeff, Jeffrey<\/td> Male<\/td><\/tr> Gerald<\/td> Jerry<\/td> Male<\/td><\/tr> Gerald<\/td> Garrett, Gerard<\/td> Male<\/td><\/tr> Gilbert<\/td> Bert, Bertie, Gib, Gil, Wilber<\/td> Male<\/td><\/tr> Gregory<\/td> Greg<\/td> Male<\/td><\/tr> Harold<\/td> Hal, Harry<\/td> Male<\/td><\/tr> Harry<\/td> Harold, Henry<\/td> Male<\/td><\/tr> Henry<\/td> Hal, Hank, Harry, Hen<\/td> Male<\/td><\/tr> Herbert<\/td> Bert, Herb<\/td> Male<\/td><\/tr> Howard<\/td> Hal, Howie<\/td> Male<\/td><\/tr> Ian<\/td> John<\/td> Male<\/td><\/tr> Jackson<\/td> Jack<\/td> Male<\/td><\/tr> Jacob<\/td> Jake<\/td> Male<\/td><\/tr> James<\/td> Jamie, Jim<\/td> Male<\/td><\/tr> Jeffrey<\/td> Geoffrey, Jeff<\/td> Male<\/td><\/tr> Jeremiah<\/td> Jeremy, Jerry<\/td> Male<\/td><\/tr> John<\/td> Ian, Jack, Jean, Jock<\/td> Male<\/td><\/tr> Jonathan<\/td> John, Jon, Nat, Nathan<\/td> Male<\/td><\/tr> Joseph<\/td> Joe, Joey<\/td> Male<\/td><\/tr> Joshua<\/td> Josh<\/td> Male<\/td><\/tr> Laughlin<\/td> Lack, Lacky<\/td> Male<\/td><\/tr> Lawrence<\/td> Larry, Lars, Laurence, Lawrie, Lonnie, Lorry<\/td> Male<\/td><\/tr> Leonard<\/td> Leo, Leon<\/td> Male<\/td><\/tr> Mackenzie<\/td> Ken, Kenzy<\/td> Male<\/td><\/tr> Malachy<\/td> Lacky, Mally<\/td> Male<\/td><\/tr> Malcolm<\/td> Mac, Mal, Malc<\/td> Male<\/td><\/tr> Marcus<\/td> Mark<\/td> Male<\/td><\/tr> Marvin<\/td> Marv, Merv, Mervyn<\/td> Male<\/td><\/tr> Matthew<\/td> Matt, Matthias<\/td> Male<\/td><\/tr> Maurice<\/td> Maury, Morris, Mossie, Moss<\/td> Male<\/td><\/tr> McKenna<\/td> Ken, Kenna<\/td> Male<\/td><\/tr> Michael<\/td> Mick, Mickey, Mike, Mitchell<\/td> Male<\/td><\/tr> Mitchell<\/td> Michael, Mitch<\/td> Male<\/td><\/tr> Mortimer<\/td> Mort, Morty<\/td> Male<\/td><\/tr> Nicholas<\/td> Nick, Nicky<\/td> Male<\/td><\/tr> Oliver<\/td> Ollie<\/td> Male<\/td><\/tr> Patrick<\/td> Paddy, Pat, Patsy<\/td> Male<\/td><\/tr> Philip<\/td> Filip, Phil, Pip<\/td> Male<\/td><\/tr> Prescott<\/td> Pres, Scott<\/td> Male<\/td><\/tr> Raymond<\/td> Ray<\/td> Male<\/td><\/tr> Reginald<\/td> Reg, Reggie, Rex, Reynold<\/td> Male<\/td><\/tr> Richard<\/td> Dick, Rich, Rick, Ritchie<\/td> Male<\/td><\/tr> Robert<\/td> Dob, Dobbin, Bob, Bobby, Rob, Robin<\/td> Male<\/td><\/tr> Roderick<\/td> Eric, Rickie, Rod, Rory<\/td> Male<\/td><\/tr> Roger<\/td> Rodge, Hodge<\/td> Male<\/td><\/tr> Ronald<\/td> Ron, Ronnie<\/td> Male<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<\/span>Irish Nicknames For Women<\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\nElizabeth, Margaret, and Mary have the most variations of nicknames. Often, cousins and neighbors of similar age had the same names so different nicknames would be adopted to distinguish them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
<\/span>Surprising nicknames<\/span><\/h3>\n\n\n\nI\u2019ll call a few to your attention that you may not expect. Nancy is still a common nickname for Anne. It was years before I discovered that my friend\u2019s mother Nancy was actually named Anne on her formal documents.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Some nicknames were used for different names. For example, I\u2019ve known Molly to be used for both a Margaret and a Mary.<\/p>\n\n\n\nNAME<\/strong><\/td>NICKNAME<\/strong><\/td>GENDER<\/strong><\/td><\/tr>Abigail<\/td> Ab, Abbie, Gail, Nabby<\/td> Female<\/td><\/tr> Adelaide<\/td> Ada, Addie, Adela, Adeline, Della, Heidi<\/td> Female<\/td><\/tr> Agnes<\/td> Aggy, Ann, Nancy, Nessie<\/td> Female<\/td><\/tr> Aileen<\/td> Helen<\/td> Female<\/td><\/tr> Alexandria<\/td> Sandra, Ellie<\/td> Female<\/td><\/tr> Alice<\/td> Ally, Alicia, Ellen, Elsie, Lisa<\/td> Female<\/td><\/tr> Alison<\/td> Ali<\/td> Female<\/td><\/tr> Amanda<\/td> Amy, Manda, Mandy<\/td> Female<\/td><\/tr> Andrea<\/td> Drea, Rea<\/td> Female<\/td><\/tr> Angela<\/td> Angel, Angelica, Angelina, Angeline, Angie, Jane<\/td> Female<\/td><\/tr> Anne<\/td> Annie, Anna, Hannah, Nan, Nanny, Nancy, Nana, Susanna<\/td> Female<\/td><\/tr> Annette<\/td> Anna, Nettie<\/td> Female<\/td><\/tr> Antonia<\/td> Nettie<\/td> Female<\/td><\/tr> Audrey<\/td> Dee<\/td> Female<\/td><\/tr> Barbara<\/td> Babs, Barb, Barbie, Bobbie, Bonnie<\/td> Female<\/td><\/tr> Beatrice<\/td> Bea, Trisha, Trissy, Trixie<\/td> Female<\/td><\/tr> Belinda<\/td> Bell, Belle, Linda<\/td> Female<\/td><\/tr> Bertha<\/td> Bertie<\/td> Female<\/td><\/tr> Beverly<\/td> Bev<\/td> Female<\/td><\/tr> Brenda<\/td> Brandy<\/td> Female<\/td><\/tr> Bridget<\/td> Beesie, Biddy, Brid, Bridie, Brie, Delia<\/td> Female<\/td><\/tr> Camille<\/td> Cammy, Millie<\/td> Female<\/td><\/tr> Caroline<\/td> Caddie, Carol, Carrie, Cassie, Lena, Lynn<\/td> Female<\/td><\/tr> Cassandra<\/td> Cass, Cassie, Sandi, Sandra<\/td> Female<\/td><\/tr> Catherine<\/td> Cathy, Karen, Katharine, Katie, Kathleen, Kay, Kit, Kittie, Rina, Trina<\/td> Female<\/td><\/tr> Cecilia<\/td> Celia, Cissy<\/td> Female<\/td><\/tr> Christine<\/td> Chris, Crissy, Christy, Ina, Tina, Xina<\/td> Female<\/td><\/tr> Clara<\/td> Claire, Clarice, Clarissa<\/td> Female<\/td><\/tr> Clarissa<\/td> Clara, Clare, Cissy<\/td> Female<\/td><\/tr> Constance<\/td> Connie<\/td> Female<\/td><\/tr> Daisy<\/td> Margaret<\/td> Female<\/td><\/tr> Danielle<\/td> Dani, Ellie<\/td> Female<\/td><\/tr> Daphne<\/td> Daph, Daphie<\/td> Female<\/td><\/tr> Deborah<\/td> Deb, Debi, Debbie, Debby<\/td> Female<\/td><\/tr> Deidre<\/td> Deedee<\/td> Female<\/td><\/tr> Delores<\/td> Dee, Dodie, Lola<\/td> Female<\/td><\/tr> Diane<\/td> Di, Dicey, Didi<\/td> Female<\/td><\/tr> Doris<\/td> Dora<\/td> Female<\/td><\/tr> Dorothy<\/td> Dee, Dolly, Dorothea, Dotha, Dotty<\/td> Female<\/td><\/tr> Edith<\/td> Dicey, Edie<\/td> Female<\/td><\/tr> Eileen<\/td> Helen<\/td> Female<\/td><\/tr> Eleanor<\/td> Elaine, Ella, Ellen, Helen, Leonora, Nell, Nellie, Nora<\/td> Female<\/td><\/tr> Elisa<\/td> Lisa<\/td> Female<\/td><\/tr> Elisha<\/td> Eli, Ellis, Lish<\/td> Female<\/td><\/tr> Elizabeth<\/td> Bessie, Beth, Betsy, Betty, Dicey, Elis, Elsie, Ibby, Libby, Liz, Liza, Lizabeth, Lizzie, Tess<\/td> Female<\/td><\/tr> Ella<\/td> Eleanor, Gabriella, Helen<\/td> Female<\/td><\/tr> Ellen<\/td> Helen, Nell, Nellie<\/td> Female<\/td><\/tr> Elsie<\/td> Alice, Elizabeth<\/td> Female<\/td><\/tr> Emily<\/td> Emma, Emmie, Erma<\/td> Female<\/td><\/tr> Esther<\/td> Essie, Hester<\/td> Female<\/td><\/tr> Evelyn<\/td> Ev, Eve<\/td> Female<\/td><\/tr> Faith<\/td> Fay<\/td> Female<\/td><\/tr> Florence<\/td> Flo, Flora, Florrie, Floss, Flossie<\/td> Female<\/td><\/tr> Frances<\/td> Fan, Fanny, Frannie, France, Frankie, Franz, Sissie<\/td> Female<\/td><\/tr> Genevieve<\/td> Gency, Jinsey, Jenny<\/td> Female<\/td><\/tr> Geraldine<\/td> Dina, Geri, Deannie<\/td> Female<\/td><\/tr> Gertrude<\/td> Gatty, Gertie, Trudy<\/td> Female<\/td><\/tr> Hannah<\/td> Anna, Hattie,Nan, Nanny, Susannah<\/td> Female<\/td><\/tr> Harriet<\/td> Hattie<\/td> Female<\/td><\/tr> Helen<\/td> Aileen, Eileen, Elaine, Eleanor, Ellen, Lena, Nell ,Nellie<\/td> Female<\/td><\/tr> Henrietta<\/td> Etta, Hetty, Nettie<\/td> Female<\/td><\/tr> Hester<\/td> Esther, Hessy, Hetty<\/td> Female<\/td><\/tr> Irene<\/td> Rena, Rennie<\/td> Female<\/td><\/tr> Jane<\/td> Janet, Janie, Jessie, Jenny, Jinsey, Joan, Joanna, Virginia<\/td> Female<\/td><\/tr> Jean<\/td> Jennie, Joanna<\/td> Female<\/td><\/tr> Jemima<\/td> Jemma, Mimi<\/td> Female<\/td><\/tr> Jennifer<\/td> Jan, Jenny<\/td> Female<\/td><\/tr> Jessica<\/td> Jess, Jesse, Jessie<\/td> Female<\/td><\/tr> Jessie<\/td> Jane, Janet, Jess, Jessica<\/td> Female<\/td><\/tr> Joanna<\/td> Jane, Jean, Joan, Jody, Johanna<\/td> Female<\/td><\/tr> Josephine<\/td> Jo, Joey, Josie<\/td> Female<\/td><\/tr> Joyce<\/td> Joy<\/td> Female<\/td><\/tr> Julia<\/td> Jill, Julie, Juliet<\/td> Female<\/td><\/tr> Katherine<\/td> Kat, Kate, Katie, Kitsey, Kitty<\/td> Female<\/td><\/tr> Lauren<\/td> Laurie, Ren<\/td> Female<\/td><\/tr> Lauryn<\/td> Laurie<\/td> Female<\/td><\/tr> Leonora<\/td> Elenor, Honor, Nora<\/td> Female<\/td><\/tr> Leslie<\/td> Les, Lester<\/td> Female<\/td><\/tr> Lillian<\/td> Lil, Lilly, Lolly, Odie<\/td> Female<\/td><\/tr> Lucia<\/td> Lucy<\/td> Female<\/td><\/tr> Madeline<\/td> Lena, Maddie, Madge, Maggie, Maud, Middie<\/td> Female<\/td><\/tr> Margaret<\/td> Daisy, Greta, Madge, Maggie, Maisie, Marge, Margo, Meg, Megan, Midge, Peggie<\/td> Female<\/td><\/tr> Margarita<\/td> Rita<\/td> Female<\/td><\/tr> Mariah<\/td> Maria, Mary<\/td> Female<\/td><\/tr> Marian<\/td> Mary<\/td> Female<\/td><\/tr> Marilyn<\/td> Mary<\/td> Female<\/td><\/tr> Marion<\/td> Mary<\/td> Female<\/td><\/tr> Marissa<\/td> Rissa<\/td> Female<\/td><\/tr> Marjorie<\/td> Madge, Marge, Margie<\/td> Female<\/td><\/tr> Martha<\/td> Marnie, Mart, Marty, Mat, Mattie, Patsy, Patty<\/td> Female<\/td><\/tr> Mary<\/td> Mae, Mamie, Maria, Marie, Marietta, Marion, Maureen, May, Mercy, Minnie, Mitzi, Mollie, Polly<\/td> Female<\/td><\/tr> Mathilda<\/td> Patty, Tillie<\/td> Female<\/td><\/tr> Matilda<\/td> Mat, Matty, Maud, Tilda, Tillie<\/td> Female<\/td><\/tr> Maureen<\/td> Mary<\/td> Female<\/td><\/tr> Megan<\/td> Meg<\/td> Female<\/td><\/tr> Melinda<\/td> Linda, Lindy, Mel<\/td> Female<\/td><\/tr> Melissa<\/td> Elizabeth, Missa<\/td> Female<\/td><\/tr> Melissa<\/td> Alyssa, Lisa, Mel, Milly, Missy<\/td> Female<\/td><\/tr> Michelle<\/td> Mickey, Shelly<\/td> Female<\/td><\/tr> Mildred<\/td> Mell, Milly, Mimi<\/td> Female<\/td><\/tr> Minerva<\/td> Mina, Minnie, Nerva, Nervie<\/td> Female<\/td><\/tr> Miranda<\/td> Mandy, Mari, Mira, Randy<\/td> Female<\/td><\/tr> Miriam<\/td> Mary, Mitzi<\/td> Female<\/td><\/tr> Monica<\/td> Monie<\/td> Female<\/td><\/tr> Myrtle<\/td> Myrt, Myrti<\/td> Female<\/td><\/tr> Nancy<\/td> Agnes, Ann, Nan, Nance, Nannie<\/td> Female<\/td><\/tr> Natalie<\/td> Nattie, Nettie<\/td> Female<\/td><\/tr> Natasha<\/td> Nat, Tasha<\/td> Female<\/td><\/tr> Nathaniel<\/td> Jonathan, Nat, Nate, Natty, Nathan<\/td> Female<\/td><\/tr> Nicole<\/td> Cole, Nikki, Nole<\/td> Female<\/td><\/tr> Nora<\/td> Nonie<\/td> Female<\/td><\/tr> Olive<\/td> Ollie<\/td> Female<\/td><\/tr> Olivia<\/td> Livia, Olive<\/td> Female<\/td><\/tr> Pamela<\/td> Pam<\/td> Female<\/td><\/tr> Patricia<\/td> Pat, Patsy, Patty, Tricia, Trish, Trixie<\/td> Female<\/td><\/tr> Pauline<\/td> Polly<\/td> Female<\/td><\/tr> Penelope<\/td> Neppie, Penny<\/td> Female<\/td><\/tr> Philomena<\/td> Mena<\/td> Female<\/td><\/tr> Rachel<\/td> Rae, Raech<\/td> Female<\/td><\/tr> Rebecca<\/td> Becca, Beck, Beckie, Reba<\/td> Female<\/td><\/tr> Regina<\/td> Gina, Ray<\/td> Female<\/td><\/tr> Roberta<\/td> Bert, Bobbie, Robbie<\/td> Female<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"When you\u2019re researching old documents, it\u2019s useful to have a list of nicknames that may be recorded as a first name. 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