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Help[Opinions] Bunny (and other old-fashioned nicknames)
I've been thinking about the nickname "Bunny" lately. It seems to be used on boys quite often, both on Edmund "Bunny" Corcoran from "The Secret History", and on Bunny Warren (whose real name we're not told) from "Captain Corelli's Mandolin".
What do you think of Bunny? To me it conveys, like Chip and Teddy, an old-fashioned Englishness. Is there any chance that it can be removed from its "stripper" connotations? Do you know anything about where it's derived from?
And are there any old-fashioned nicknames you like? Here are some of mine:
Girls:
Willa Wilhelmina
Millie Amelia
Nell Helena/Eleanor/Elena/Ellen
Posy Josephine
Romy Rosemary
Sally Sarah
Hattie Harriet
Pippa Philippa
Belle Isabella/Isabel
Effie Euphemia
Callie Caroline
Dot/Dottie/Dotty/Dodie Dorothea
Hettie Henrietta/Hester
Jenny Jane
Lettie Leticia/Lettice
Matty/Patty Martha
Boys:
Teddy Edmund/Edgar/Edward
Chip Christopher
Will William
Tom Thomas
I quite enjoyed perusing this website as well: http://chanara.wordpress.com/2009/01/27/old-fashioned-names-old-fashioned-nicknames/
What do you think of Bunny? To me it conveys, like Chip and Teddy, an old-fashioned Englishness. Is there any chance that it can be removed from its "stripper" connotations? Do you know anything about where it's derived from?
And are there any old-fashioned nicknames you like? Here are some of mine:
Girls:
Willa Wilhelmina
Millie Amelia
Nell Helena/Eleanor/Elena/Ellen
Posy Josephine
Romy Rosemary
Sally Sarah
Hattie Harriet
Pippa Philippa
Belle Isabella/Isabel
Effie Euphemia
Callie Caroline
Dot/Dottie/Dotty/Dodie Dorothea
Hettie Henrietta/Hester
Jenny Jane
Lettie Leticia/Lettice
Matty/Patty Martha
Boys:
Teddy Edmund/Edgar/Edward
Chip Christopher
Will William
Tom Thomas
I quite enjoyed perusing this website as well: http://chanara.wordpress.com/2009/01/27/old-fashioned-names-old-fashioned-nicknames/
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I really love Nell, Posy, Romy, Sally, Hattie, Dot, and Teddy. So, so cute.
I also really like Betsy, Patsy, and Topsy. So cute.
I also really like Betsy, Patsy, and Topsy. So cute.
This message was edited 2/23/2011, 12:43 PM
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Well my name is Sara, and if anyone ever called me Sally, I'd be pretty upset lol.
But I know a Christopher who goes by Kip.
For Josephine, I'd prefer Josie.
I do like Maggie for Margaret.
I don't mind Poppy, Polly, Molly, and Penny as nicknames.
Will for William and Tom for Thomas have never really gone out of style.
I don't think Jenny could ever be used for Jane again, taking the 70's Jennifer explosion into account.
Also, nicknames like Missy, Muffy, Buffy were once acceptable, but are now reserved, along with Candi, Brandi and Misty, for strippers.
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Bunny might just be an affectionate nickname like Honey. And I don't like it. It really does sound like a stripper name.
However, my grandmother once knew a hairdresser whose nickname was Bunny. I forget what were real name was. I think it was either Benigna or Benedetta (she was Italian). I don't know what happened to her, though. She might have died of old age.
However, my grandmother once knew a hairdresser whose nickname was Bunny. I forget what were real name was. I think it was either Benigna or Benedetta (she was Italian). I don't know what happened to her, though. She might have died of old age.
This message was edited 2/24/2011, 7:51 AM
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I used to know a male Bunny whose given name was Leslie. He'd be in his late 60s by now.
And my DH's aunt, born before WWI, was named Molly Esme for family reasons but her nn was Bunny - a most respectable old lady, so I've never seen Bunny as even somewhat stripperish. (DH also had an aunt by marriage who was Euphemia, nn Effie.)
I've also known a Nell who was actually a Cornelia; and I had a great-aunt whose full and only given name was Nelly.
The only Chip I've known was a third-generation Charles. Grandfather had been Charlie, father was Chuck and he was Chip. Americans. In my experience, Christophers tend to be Chris, but some are Tiff and one, a Canadian academic, was known proudly as Toph the Prof!
And my DH's aunt, born before WWI, was named Molly Esme for family reasons but her nn was Bunny - a most respectable old lady, so I've never seen Bunny as even somewhat stripperish. (DH also had an aunt by marriage who was Euphemia, nn Effie.)
I've also known a Nell who was actually a Cornelia; and I had a great-aunt whose full and only given name was Nelly.
The only Chip I've known was a third-generation Charles. Grandfather had been Charlie, father was Chuck and he was Chip. Americans. In my experience, Christophers tend to be Chris, but some are Tiff and one, a Canadian academic, was known proudly as Toph the Prof!
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