Nicknames beginning with P
49 nicknames and formal names starting with P. Search below, or open any name to see what it stood for in the records and when.
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What is each P nickname short for?
Old nicknames for formal names starting with P
Is it a nickname at all? Straight verdicts for P
- Is Paddy short for anything?
- Is Pam short for anything?
- Is Pat short for anything?
- Is Patsy short for anything?
- Is Patty short for anything?
- Is Peg short for anything?
- Is Peggy short for anything?
- Is Pen short for anything?
- Is Penny short for anything?
- Is Percy short for anything?
- Is Pete short for anything?
- Is Phemie short for anything?
- Is Phil short for anything?
- Is Pip short for anything?
- Is Pippa short for anything?
- Is Poll short for anything?
- Is Polly short for anything?
- Is Pris short for anything?
- Is Prissy short for anything?
- Is Prue short for anything?
Looking for something else? Back to the nickname finder, or read our guide to why an ancestor’s name keeps changing spelling.
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How does the nickname finder work?+
Type a nickname to see the formal names it stood for in historical records, or type a formal name to see its short forms. It searches a curated dataset of US, British and Irish record nicknames both directions — Polly→Mary and Mary→Polly.
Why do old records use such different nicknames?+
Before standardized spelling, clerks wrote the pet name a family used — often unrecognizable today (Polly for Mary, Nancy for Ann, Sukey for Susan). Missing these variants is one of the most common reasons a genealogy search stalls.
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