Up until relatively recently, you didn't want your daughter to be an Abigail. And I'm guessing you've never even met any Parnels and Fannys, or seen a Gaye younger than 50.
- Abigail--noun, "maidservant"
- Barney--noun, "brawl" or "mistake"
- Biddy, a nickname for Bridget--noun, "fusspot, nag" or "maid"
- Bobby, a nickname for Robert--noun, "policeman" [U.K.]
- Doll/Dolly, a nickname for Dorothy--noun, "plaything, figurine"
- Fanny, a nickname for Frances--noun, "buttocks" [U.S.] or "vulva" [U.K., vulgar]
- Guy--noun, "male"
- Hick, a nickname for Richard--noun, "awkward, unsophisticated person"
- Jenny, a nickname for Janet/Jane--noun, "female [esp. of birds or donkeys]"
- Maudlin, a form of Madeline/Magdalene--adjective, "excessively tearful, mawkish"
- Moll, a nickname for Mary--noun, "female criminal or accomplice"
- nance, from Nancy, a nickname for Anne--noun, "effeminate male"
- Parnel, a form of Petronilla--noun, "mistress, harlot"
- Philander--verb, "flirt, be promiscuous"
- Renard/Reynard--noun, "fox"
- Sawney, a nickname for Alexander--noun, "a Scotsman" [derogatory] or "fool"
- tawdry, an elision of Saint Audrey--adjective, "tacky, cheap"
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