Stheno wrote: » I've an aunt called Babby
Fake News wrote: » There are a hundred and twenty nine entries in the 1911 census with the female name Nappy. Anyone know why it died out?
Donald Trump wrote: » Never mind that There were over 4000 Fannys I'd have been in me element grabbing all of those!
Zaph wrote: » Donald Trump wrote: » Never mind that There were over 4000 Fannys I'd have been in me element grabbing all of those! I had a boss a couple of years ago whose wife's name was Fanny. They weren't Irish though, so it may be more common where they're from.
Zaph wrote: » I had a boss a couple of years ago whose wife's name was Fanny. They weren't Irish though, so it may be more common where they're from.
riffmongous wrote: » Anyone know anything about the name Napper? As in Napper Tandy?
Ernest Uptight Storekeeper wrote: » It was a 'pet name' for Annabelle. Like Meg for Margaret. It was common in the northern counties. I haven't heard it used in a long time.
occupational name for a naperer, the servant in charge of the linen in use in a great house, Middle English, Old French nap(p)ier. Compare Scottish Napier
Ernest Uptight Storekeeper wrote: » It began being used as a Christian name after the 17th century Blessed George Napper, a martyr
donegaLroad wrote: » Napper Tandy was held in Lifford prison for a while, the name has its origins in English and French:
riffmongous wrote: » Interesting though that Napper Tandy was from a Protestant family, I wonder why they named him after a Catholic martyr. Is that not the much more common second name though? I don't seem to find many other examples of people with Napper as a first name
it's a short form of Penelope, or also an anglicised version of Nuala/Fionnuala according to "Irish Names for Children" Patrick Woulfe ..1923
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