Vintage Nicknames: Boys’ Edition

I would love to see a million more blogs about nicknames, especially those from the past or not very commonly heard of. I love Dob/Dobbin for Robert (my grandpas name).
“FANNY / Nathaniel (don’t you dare)” LOL!
Any idea who the boy in the picture is? He looks EXACTLY like my nephew, who is only two years old. I’m serious EXACTLY!

Ahhh, Ned is the only nickname I like for Edward, and also happens to be what my great-grandfather was called (although it was his initials.)

I love this blog. I especially like Kit for Christopher and Augie for August. My nephew is named Elijah and we call him Lige or Elige all the time. It’s very cute.

we’re finding out the gender of our baby today, and if it is a boy, I am hoping to name him Henry/Hank! I think it is so classic/cool.

Wow, there’s a Micajah in my family tree, and I always assumed it was an early “invented” name. I had no idea it was a legitimate baby name! Thanks for enlightening me Definitely changes my perspective on its possibilities.

LOVE this. My husband is the 3rd Chauncey in his family…we call him Chaunce, but previous Chauncey’s were known as Chan or Chat. So happy to see this name included here! It’s a rarity in the modern world to be sure…

I like several of these… Augie, Cy, Hal, Ike, Theo (for Theodore, though), and of course Ollie (which is what we call our son, Oliver)! Our dog, Hamlet, is Ham or Hammy, but I spotted Ham on a boy on the show Yo Gabba Gabba – it took me aback at first, but only because it’s my dog (and a deli meat).

I like the name Lafayette, you rarely hear about it these days.

I’ve always been a fan of Jonty for John, which I’ve heard more since moving to the UK, but seems to be less common among younger folk, although maybe not quite 18th/19th century.

That probably should be Jonty for Jonathan

We are reading A Separate Peace for school, and one of the main characters is Phineas nn Finny! I now love that name.

Also, Joss for Joshua is pretty cool.

Neat list.

Lafayette is a family name on my mother’s side of the family. They all went by Lafe!