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Hi Does anyone know what the name 'Bunty' is short for?
Thanks
Rainbowbright
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Hi Rainbowbright
Welcome to Rootschat :)
From what I can find, the girl's name Bunty is of English origin, pet name for a little lamb, from the verb to "bunt", meaning "to butt gently". Nickname and occasional baptismal name.
Kind regards,
Barbara
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Hi Barbara
Thank your for your welcome!
I wasn't sure if Bunty was a proper name or a nickname. Do you have any idea what it may be the nickname for?
Regards
Rainbowbright
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Hi,
It looks as if it could be both. Hopefully someone else will be able to give you more information.
Barbara :)
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I dont think its a dimunitive* as such - so its a nickname that just 'fitted' in most respects perhaps. Barbara is right about it being a name in its own right.
*Like Polly etc
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Hi
Thanks Barbara
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In my book of First Name Variants it only gives Bunty - not any others. About the only name in there that does not have them! Maybe it is a "proper" name. I always associate it with jolly hockey sticks and fun in the dormitory - all those books I used to read as a child! Very few showing up on FreeBMD and nearly all in the 1920s.
Andrea
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Hi
So the person I am looking for could be baptised Bunty. I will try another search to see if I can find anything.
Thanks :)
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I had an "Aunty Bunty" and didn't know until she died that her real name was Margaret ... "Aunt Margaret" wouldn't have suited her at all!
I think Barbara has it right in that it was more usually a nick-name and occasionally a given name.
Rachel
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I'm glad someone has mentioned Margaret as a possibility. In the depths of my mind, I am sure I have heard this before but didn't want to be the one who suggested it because it sounds so unlikely.
Jen
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Hi
I will try Margaret. I had it in my head it could be Isobel - don't know why!
Like Andrea I just remember the name from the comic and annual!
;D
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Thanks Everyone!
I have enjoyed my 'first post'!
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Hope you enjoy your future ones!
Would you like to tell us who you're looking for, name, dates etc ?
Barbara :)
p.s. lots of Buntys in Scotland
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Hi Barbara
I don't have much info yet.
She is the daughter of Alexander McDonald c1884 and Janet Johnston Thomson c 1886.
She was born c1908 and died in glasgow.
She had siblings Elspeth, Lindsay, Davie.
Thats it really.
Rainbowbright :)
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Does anyone remember Bunty James on the kids' TV programme "How"? http://tinyurl.com/3lukm5
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I had a school friend named Marilyn who was always known by the nickname of Bunty. No idea why!! ??? ??? If it is a nickname in the case of your Bunty, the real name could be anything really... ::)
MarieC
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Hi MarieC
I think this family believed in not letting others know their real names. Bunty's sister was Lindsay but she was known as Babs!? ???
R
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Oh gosh! :(
You'll have fun and games finding "Bunty" then, rainbow!
MarieC
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If I ever find out the real name I will let you know.
I will laugh if it is actually Bunty!!! ;D
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I also have a Margaret who was always called Bunty as a child, however, if you look for births of Buntys in FreeBMD, you will find that the first birth registered with that name was not until 1912. Between then and 1960 there appear to have been around 25 Buntys and one Buntie registered in England & Wales. Could it be a Scottish name in origin, perhaps?
Gillg
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I have a Bunty in my family who was christened Elizabeth. She too was Scottish. My theory is Beth>>Betty>>Bunty.
Also a Cissie who was an Elizabeth but she was Irish. Also found Lilian (similar to Lilibet) and I believe Elsie is meant to be short for Elspeth which is just another form. Chris
PS Googling "Bunty James" gives no clue to her real name.
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I knew a Bunty, born c 1965 and her real name was Susan.
I wonder if she kept it when she grew up?
I asked whether it was connected with the comic but she appeared to be more interested in ponies than comics at the time!
Hi Bunty if you're out there!
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Also a Cissie who was an Elizabeth
My grandmother, Amelia Alice was always known as Cissy. I assumed it was that she was the only girl in the family and that the brothers simply called her "Sis".
I also have family members known as Pansy and Tootie, though their real names bore no resemblance to these nick-names. Who knows why? I mean, who would want to be called Tootie, for heaven's sake?
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we have (on two different sides of the family ) BEESIE and BAWSIE
- I think Beesie is a common nickname for Bridget in Mayo/Sligo IRL ..
- Bawsie was also Bridget !!
eadaoin
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We seem to have got away from the original question somewhat! Anyone any clues as to how to find a daughter for Alexander and Janet McDonald in 1908? I do not know much about Scottish records. Would her death record give date and place of birth?
Andrea
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No, just her age plus parents' full names and occupations.
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Coming very late to this discussion, but this article is interesting and explains that the nickname Bunty doesn't refer to any one particular name:
http://www.britishbabynames.com/blog/2012/09/bunty.html
Janice
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My cousin was always referred to as Bunty growing up - but her real name was Bernardette.
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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
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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?
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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.