Flat-Nose, Stocky and Beautugly
James Davidson: Greek Names, 23 September 2010
A Lexicon of Greek Personal Names. Vol. V.A Coastal Asia Minor: Pontos to Ionia
edited by T. Corsten.
Oxford, 496 pp., £125, March 2010,978 0 19 956743 0 Show More
edited by T. Corsten.
Oxford, 496 pp., £125, March 2010,
“... that already in early 19th-century Yorkshire, children were being baptised with diminutives: Fred, Ben, Willie, Joe, Tom. Everywhere, some names could be given to both girls and boys – Hilary, Evelyn, Lesley, Happy, Providence – and the practice of using surnames as forenames was well established. Particular groups have periodically used this customary ... ”
