First name abbreviations

Originally Posted by Cougar

Hmmm, I wasn't aware that even William could be abbreviated.

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Originally Posted by stormy

Yes, my dad was named William and my brother is also and their mail was/is usually addressed with Wm.

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Originally Posted by stormy

Ok, this thought just occured to me.
Why is it that the only first name that is ever abbreviated is William, which is Wm. I've never seen any other first name abbreviated before.
It's just strange..or am I missing some?

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Originally Posted by rapunzel47

Less commonly used theses days I think , but...

James.....Jas.
Charles........Chas.
Thomas.........Thos.

Just off the top of my head. I'm sure there are more, but they don't come to mind just now.

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Originally Posted by Deb25

George....Geo.
Robert....Robt.

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Originally Posted by joanne511

I only knew about Chas, Wm, and Jos (Joseph)...now you've got me wondering how many others there are that I don't know about!

http://www.nationalarchivist.com/index01/nameAbbr.cfm

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Originally Posted by jcat

Interesting site!

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