On: Surnames from nicknames nobody has any more

[tibbar]

A few more I haven't seen mentioned yet:

* "Dob" is another old nickname for "Robert", giving us "Dobson";

* "Dodge" another nickname for Roger, hence Dodgson, as in Louis Carrol's real name, Charles Dodgson;

* "Tibb" is an old nickname for Theobald, giving surnames like "Tibbs" and "Tibbets";

* "Hud" for "Hugh", giving us the Hudsons.

[mjd → tibbar]

Thanks, I'm going to add these to the article. I'll credit you as "Hacker News user `tibbar`" unless you'd prefer something else.

[fullstop → mjd]

You should look into Russian naming conventions. It wouldn't surprise me if some of those rules bled over into western names as well.

[froddd → mjd]

What about a surname like ‘Collinson’ — if ‘Collins’ is issued from this process already, would this be another layer of it?

[mjd → froddd]

I guess it's Collin + son. Conceivably Collin's + son.

[tibbar → mjd]

Nope, that sounds great!