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[pinkysmith.livejournal.com]

Actress Christina Applegate and fiancé, musician Martyn LeNoble, welcomed daughter Sadie Grace LeNoble on Thursday, Jan. 27.

For some reason i thought Sadie was a nickname I just have no idea what name it would work for. What say you all?

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[penguiny7.livejournal.com]

It's a nickname for Sarah because the Normans couldn't pronounce Rs well, so they nicknamed people by changing the Rs to other letters--most commonly L. That's also how we get Hal from Harry, Dolly from Dorothy, Sally from Sarah, and Molly from Mary. I can't think of another D example off the top of my head. Oh wait, Dodie for Dorothy.

[so-there.livejournal.com]

Dick for Richard?

[penguiny7.livejournal.com]

The ck nicknames all come from a nickname method used in the Middle Ages where they added -kin onto everything. Most of them only survive as surnames, but some are still used like Jack/John, Hank/Henry, and Rick/Dick/Richard.

[pythianlegume7.livejournal.com]

How do you know all this? So interesting! Is there a nickname book or something I can read?

[penguiny7.livejournal.com]

There was a website back in the day that had nickname history on it, but it's sadly not up anymore! You might be able to google it and find some stuff, though.

[pinkysmith.livejournal.com]

idk if you searched already but i found this website:

http://www.namenerds.com/uucn/advice/nickhistory.html