Bunty

[River Tyne Lass]

My cousin was always referred to as Bunty growing up - but her real name was Bernardette.

[ThrelfallYorky]

I'd thought it came from  "Bye, Baby Bunting
                                      Daddy's gone a-hunting
                                      Gone to get a rabbit skin
                                      To wrap a baby Bunting in"
A sort of nursery rhyme I recall.
Delighted to find that my family weren't the only lot with - mostly in the 1920s - daft nicknames : "Wadda" for Florence, "Mimi" for Mildred, "Madge" for Sarah, etc.... I think there must've been a craze for it among the "Bright young things" and flappers

[Girl Guide]

Have you looked for the family on the 1911 census?  The parents married on 26 November 1907 in district of Gorbals, burgh of Glasgow.

Alexander is aged 23 and a cabman, Janet is 21 and a biscuit factory worker.

Are you assuming that 'Bunty' is the eldest child?

[Girl Guide]

Just realised that this was originally  posted in 2008, ten years ago.  I see the poster was last active in January of this year, so hopefully will have received notification of new posts.