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L asked in Arts & HumanitiesGenealogy · 1 decade ago

nick names?

1. I have heard that people with the surname 'Smith' are sometimes called 'smudger'. Is there a reason for this?

2. 'Dick' - how do you get that from the name Richard?

3. Did you, or do you have a nick name? what is it?

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  • Danny
    Lv 5
    1 decade ago
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    1. Last names often originate from the persons occupation. Someone who was a blacksmith could have taken the name Smith. Because of working as a blacksmith, they would be dirty with coal smudges from working with the metal in the furnace; therefore, Smudger.

    2. It is a break down of the name: Richard -> Rick -> Dick. (No better explanation that I know of).

    3. I don't have a nick name that I know of.

  • Claire S
    Lv 4
    1 decade ago

    Dick and smudger are weird.

    I am claire bear

    clairabell

    claratin

    clarice

  • Jack
    1 decade ago

    to be honest i sometimes wonder about this but i still havent found the answer yet

    any way good luck

  • Denis R
    1 decade ago

    thats an easy one my nickname is Dirty Den

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  • tater
    Lv 4
    1 decade ago

    well my sons name is matthew and we call him tater and my daughters name is amber and we call her ambie and my neices name is sage and we call her saggy lol

  • DENNIS P
    Lv 5
    1 decade ago

    Bones (tall and skinny)

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