My life is complete now.
OHGOD. Bob for Robert (Bob). OH MY GOD
Richard/Rich/Rick/Dick
Robert/Rob/Bob
William/Will/Bill/Billy
Edward/Ed/Ted
*The name Ted is yet another result of the Old English tradition of letter swapping. Since there were a limited number of first names in the Middle Ages, letter swapping allowed people to differentiate between people with the same name. It was common to replace the first letter of a name that began with a vowel, as in Edward, with an easier to pronounce consonant, such as T. Of course, Ted was already a popular nickname for Theodore, which makes it one of the only nicknames derived from two different first names.
Harold/Henry/Harry
Sarah/Sally
Mary/Molly
Daisy is a nickname for Margaret because the French form of the name, Marguerite, is also French for daisy.
Chuck= Charles in Middle English was Chukken and that’s probably where the nickname was born.
Hank = from Hendrick because it is the Dutch form of the English name Henry. Henk is the diminutive form of Hendrick, ergo, Hank from Henk.
THIS EXPLAINS WHY Bill Nye the Science Guy’s real name is William [x]
(via ultrafacts)
