It is because it was shortened to Will originally, that it became 'Bill':. There were hundreds at the time but most have now died out. Many of the original names from which these nicknames were formed were Norman French names. William is the anglisied version of Guillumme, an old French name. It appears that the changes were part of the English adapting them to their own language.
Apparently one impetus there were others in the trend for letter swapping at that particular time was a dislike amongst the native English for the harsh Norman French "r".
I thought it was weird too. It is from the French form Charles of a Germanic name Karl…. John is an ever-popular name. Seventeenth-century English texts still spelled the name Iohn. Since then, it has been spelled in its current form, John. The feminine form changed from Jehanne to Joanne, Joan and Jo. Johnny is an English language personal name. It is usually an affectionate diminutive of the masculine given name John, but since the 16th century, it has sometimes been a given name in its own right for both males and females but most common with men.
Carlo is an Italian and Spanish masculine given name and a surname. As an Italian name it is a form of Charles. As a Spanish name it is a short form of Carlos. Begin typing your search term above and press enter to search. Press ESC to cancel. Ben Davis May 28, Why is Bill Short Form for William? Is Bill a short name for William? What can Bill be short for? Neither Patsy nor Patty had anything to do with Patricia. In a final twist, another common nickname for Margaret was Daisy.
Don't even try to get there using the rhyming method. This one was adopted by educated Brits who recognized that the French word for daisy, the flower, was Marguerite. A few nicknames are attributed to baby talk. Little children have a notoriously hard time pronouncing the letter "R" which often comes out sounding like an "L. The rhyming phenomenon also takes Mary from Molly to Polly.
Some dialects of English used to use "mine" in place of "my. It starts with folks saying "mine Anne," which got shortened to Nan and cute-ified into Nanny, Nansy and then Nancy. You can see the "mine" phenomenon with other names that start with a vowel. Edward goes from "mine Edward" to "mine Ed" to Ned. Ellen goes from "mine Ellen" to "mine Elly" to Nelly. There are a couple of possible explanations for this one, Evans says. The first has to do with a popular "pet" form of names from Medieval England where folks added "kin" as a suffix.
William was Wilkin. Peter was Perkin. Again, you can still see these nicknames today in surnames like Wilkinson and Perkins. John, Evans says, would have been changed to Jenkin. That could have easily been shortened to Jenk which is a quick trip to Jack. Another theory points back to the Norman invasion and the arrival of the name Jacques, which is actually the French form of James, not John.
But the cultural mingling of Jenk and Jacques could have been enough to produce Jack from John. Sign up for our Newsletter! Mobile Newsletter banner close. Mobile Newsletter chat close. Mobile Newsletter chat dots.
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