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Offline snowolf

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the name "Peem"
« on: Wednesday 20 June 07 19:41 BST (UK) »
one of my relatives was known as "peem"   can anyone please tell me what it was short for? ....was it patrick /peter ? or something tottally different?

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"Durward"... (logie-pert, Dundee, Scotland,& Sydney ,Australia ,New Hampshire , U.S.A ).  "Johnston"..(Logie-pert, "Smith".."Arbuthnott/ monifieth/Montrose/laurencekirk , Scotland) "Kennedy"..(Dundee,Comrie) Scotland  & Australia. "Marshall"..(alloa, Clackmannanshire , Scotland). 
" Myles".. ( Scone, Perthshire , Scotland).
"Edward".. (Kincardneshire ,Dundee,Scotland),  Taylor..(Garvock,Kincardineshire,Scotland) , "Young"..(Kincardineshire),Scotland.
"Robertson"..Perthshire ,Scotland)

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Re: the name "Peem"
« Reply #1 on: Saturday 23 June 07 09:16 BST (UK) »
Hi snowolf :)

I was brought up in Shetland where "Peem" seemed to be quite a common name.  It's short for Peter .



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Re: the name "Peem"
« Reply #2 on: Saturday 23 June 07 14:28 BST (UK) »
Thankyou so much thisty  :D now i might know who i'm looking for .
"Durward"... (logie-pert, Dundee, Scotland,& Sydney ,Australia ,New Hampshire , U.S.A ).  "Johnston"..(Logie-pert, "Smith".."Arbuthnott/ monifieth/Montrose/laurencekirk , Scotland) "Kennedy"..(Dundee,Comrie) Scotland  & Australia. "Marshall"..(alloa, Clackmannanshire , Scotland). 
" Myles".. ( Scone, Perthshire , Scotland).
"Edward".. (Kincardneshire ,Dundee,Scotland),  Taylor..(Garvock,Kincardineshire,Scotland) , "Young"..(Kincardineshire),Scotland.
"Robertson"..Perthshire ,Scotland)

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Re: the name "Peem"
« Reply #3 on: Tuesday 26 June 07 22:35 BST (UK) »
Hi Snowolf   Just to complicate things for you, sorry....but in the Dundee area Peem is short for James.  Jenc
Kincardineshire - Beattie Dickson Tavendale Donaldson Whyte Wishart
Forfar - Adam Grindlay Easson Fyffe Livestone Wilson Fairweather Boath
Fife - Berry Brown Keith Kirkcaldy Walton Johnstone Gourlay Robb Robertson Pattie Stevenson Taylor
Glasgow - Fitzgerald, Campbell, McInnis, Sheriff, (Smith, Chambers.) maybe Ireland
Angus - Saunders, McGregor Richardson  Moore.
Inverness-shire - McLean (I hope)

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Re: the name "Peem"
« Reply #4 on: Wednesday 27 June 07 13:21 BST (UK) »
I'm from Angus and Peem is always used as a nickname for people called James.

It is more often used in rural areas.
Black - Whitburn, Shotts, Airdrie
Robertson - Kilsyth, Denny, Govan
Russell - Lanarkshire
Hynd - Shotts
Miller - Fossoway & Tullibole
McGibbon - Argyleshire
Johnston - Kilarrow, Argyll
Garrett - Middlesex, London, Glasgow
Brown - Rothesay
Simpson - Leslie, Fife

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Re: the name "Peem"
« Reply #5 on: Wednesday 27 June 07 16:27 BST (UK) »
Thanks Dennydecendant & jenc......think i'll go for the james  one ,see how i get on with that  ;D
"Durward"... (logie-pert, Dundee, Scotland,& Sydney ,Australia ,New Hampshire , U.S.A ).  "Johnston"..(Logie-pert, "Smith".."Arbuthnott/ monifieth/Montrose/laurencekirk , Scotland) "Kennedy"..(Dundee,Comrie) Scotland  & Australia. "Marshall"..(alloa, Clackmannanshire , Scotland). 
" Myles".. ( Scone, Perthshire , Scotland).
"Edward".. (Kincardneshire ,Dundee,Scotland),  Taylor..(Garvock,Kincardineshire,Scotland) , "Young"..(Kincardineshire),Scotland.
"Robertson"..Perthshire ,Scotland)

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Re: the name "Peem"
« Reply #6 on: Wednesday 27 June 07 19:32 BST (UK) »
Hi Snowolf, good luck with your search, think James is your best bet. Jenc
Kincardineshire - Beattie Dickson Tavendale Donaldson Whyte Wishart
Forfar - Adam Grindlay Easson Fyffe Livestone Wilson Fairweather Boath
Fife - Berry Brown Keith Kirkcaldy Walton Johnstone Gourlay Robb Robertson Pattie Stevenson Taylor
Glasgow - Fitzgerald, Campbell, McInnis, Sheriff, (Smith, Chambers.) maybe Ireland
Angus - Saunders, McGregor Richardson  Moore.
Inverness-shire - McLean (I hope)

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Re: the name "Peem"
« Reply #7 on: Tuesday 18 September 07 15:24 BST (UK) »
hi snowwolf
my dad was brought up in monikie angus scotland also newbigging angus scotland his name was james and was known as peem from that area

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Re: the name "Peem"
« Reply #8 on: Friday 17 February 23 11:55 GMT (UK) »
further to the questions related to the meaning of the name Peem. I am James (Jim) and my name at school was Peem. Very commonly used in Glasgow and Paisley. Being the smallest of two in my school I was therefore known as Wee Peem - Little Jim
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