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Subject: Re: "Suky" nickname represents what given name?
Date: Mon, 03 Jul 2006 12:27:53 +0100
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Janis Rodriguez writes:
> According to the following site, Sukie can be a nickname for Susand or
> Susanna and also Sarah. http://www.cslib.org/nickname.htm
>
> Jan
>
>
> I have a Suky (sukie) in my family and it is a diminuation of Susannah.
>
> Jeff Piper
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>> Has anyone come across the use of "Suky" [around the mid-1800s?]
>>
>> What given name does this nickname generally/commonly represent??
>>
>>
I had an aunt with forename Norah who was called Suki by her siblings but
not outside the family. She was born ca 1900 and I assumed that it was a
nickname given to her in childhood when she and her siblings were together
and stuck with her ever since
It is often the case that we'll never know why particular nicknames are
chosen, they need not be a shortened form the the actual name - the given
name may have became unfashionable; the given name caused difficulties (many
Chinese students informally take on English names); they can reflect
behaviour or appearance (Owl of the Remove for Billy Bunter)etc
cheers
Simon
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