For Families

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Commonly used name abbreviations

A

Abig.

Abigail

Abn

Agnes

Abr.

Abraham

Agn.

Agnes

Alex.

Alexander

Alf.

Alfred or Alphonse

Amb.

Ambrose

An.

Anne or Anna

And.

Andrew

Ant.

Anthony

Anth.

Anthony

Art.

Arthur

Aug.

Augustus

B

Barb.

Barbara

Bart.

Bartholomew

Ben.

Benjamin

Benj.

Benjamin

Brid.

Bridget

C

Cath.

Catherine

Charlt

Charlotte

Chas

Charles

Chris.

Christopher

Clem.

Clement

Const.

Constance

Corn.

Cornelius

Cuth.

Cuthbert

D

Dan.

Daniel

Danl

Daniel

Dav.

David

Deb.

Debora or Deborah

Den.

Denis or Dennis

Dor.

Dorothy

Doug.

Douglas

Dy

Dorothy

E

Eben.

Ebenezer

Edm.

Edmond or Edmund

Edrus

Edward

Edw.

Edward

Eliz.

Elizabeth

Elnr

Eleanor

Esth.

Esther

Ezek.

Ezekiel

F

Fred

Frederick

Fs

Francis

G

Gab.

Gabriel

Geo.

George

Geof.

Geoffrey

Godf.

Godfrey

Greg.

Gregory

Gul.

William

H

Han.

Hannah

Hel.

Helen

Hen.

Henry

Herb.

Herbert

Hy

Henry

I

Ioh.

John

Isb.

Isabel

J

Jabus

James

Jac.

James

Jas

James

Jer.

Jeremiah

Jn

John

Jno.

John. Not to be confused with Jon which is an abbreviation for Jonathan or Jno (without a period) which is a proper name in its own right.

Jnthn

Jonathan

Jon.

Jonathan. Jon, without a period, is also used as a proper name.

Jos.

Joseph

Josh

Josiah

Josh.

Joshua

Jud.

Judith

K

Kath

Katherine

L

Lau.

Laurence

Lawr.

Lawrence

Len

Leonard

Leon.

Leonard. Leon, without a period, is also used as a proper name.

Let.

Letitia or Lettice. Both names are pronounced as letisha.

Lottie

Charlotte

Lyd

Lydia

M

Margt

Margaret

Margy

Margery

Marn

Marmaduke

Math.

Matthias

Matt.

Matthew

Matth.

Matthew

Mau.

Maurice

Mgt

Margaret

Mic.

Michael

Mich.

Michael

Mild.

Mildred

Mill.

Millicent

My

Mary

N

Nath.

Nathaniel

Neh.

Nehemiah

Nic.

Nicholas

Nich.

Nicholas

O

Ol.

Oliver

P

Pat.

Patrick

Pen.

Penelope

Pet.

Peter

Phil.

Philip or Phillip

Philad.

Philadelphia

Phin.

Phinias

Phyl.

Phillis

Pris.

Priscilla

Prisc.

Priscilla

Pru.

Prudence

R

Rach.

Rachel

Ray.

Raymond

Reb.

Rebecca

Reg.

Reginald

Ric.

Richard

Rich.

Richard

Richdus

Richard

Robt

Robert

Rog.

Roger

S

Saml

Samuel

Sar.

Sarah

Silv.

Sylvester

Sim.

Simon

Sol.

Solomon

Ste.

Stephen or Steven

Sus.

Susan or Susanna

Susna

Susanna

T

Theo.

Theodore

Thos

Thomas

Tim.

Timothy

U

Urs.

Ursula

V

Val.

Valentine

Vinc.

Vincent

W

Walt.

Walter

Win.

Winifred

Wm

William

X

Xpr

Christopher

Xtianus

Christian

Xtopherus

Christopher

Z

Zach.

Zachariah