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A few more I haven't seen mentioned yet: * "Dob" is another old nickname for "Robert", giving us "Dobson"; * "Dodge" another nickname for Roger, hence Dodgson
by tibbar 2y ago
A few more I haven't seen mentioned yet:
* "Dob" is another old nickname for "Robert", giving us "Dobson";
* "Dodge" another nickname for Roger, hence Dodgson, as in Louis Carrol's real name, Charles Dodgson;
* "Tibb" is an old nickname for Theobald, giving surnames like "Tibbs" and "Tibbets";
* "Hud" for "Hugh", giving us the Hudsons.
- mjd 2y agoThanks, I'm going to add these to the article. I'll credit you as "Hacker News user `tibbar`" unless you'd prefer something else.
- tibbar 2y agoNope, that sounds great!
- froddd 2y agoWhat about a surname like ‘Collinson’ — if ‘Collins’ is issued from this process already, would this be another layer of it?
- mjd 2y agoI guess it's Collin + son. Conceivably Collin's + son.
- fullstop 2y agoYou should look into Russian naming conventions. It wouldn't surprise me if some of those rules bled over into western names as well.