@andrewcgrant: Replying to @adagio240 There are multiple explanations for why #Jack is a #nickname for #John but I'm choosing to believe the funny one. This was a really fun rabbit hole to go down and it's another example of how an #etymology can be interesting but not all that useful. #linguistics
can you explain all the names stemming from William? I was even told it "translates" to Guillermo in spanish
2025-10-21 04:23:51
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Douglas Barrera273 :
Always thought Jon was short for Jonathan but that’s another post
2025-10-21 17:17:40
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John Lagado :
So John, John-kin, diminutive John? Little John? Jenkins? Jack.
I'm a John so this is something I've sometimes wondered about. This was more common when I was a little kid (I was born the year Jack Kennedy got his brains blown out)
2025-10-20 23:23:55
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Nanabahisenough :
But Jack also has other meanings, not sure how they are related. Jack of all trades. A knave is a Jack. Weave them together for me, magic man. 😉
2025-10-21 05:22:14
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Athanatos🇨🇦 :
what about Ivan. why is it also John
2025-10-20 17:40:24
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Phil 🇨🇦 :
🎶John Jacob Jingleheimer Schmidt🎶
2025-10-20 23:45:14
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Lawton Adams :
james and john are also interchangeable so thats works 2
2025-10-21 16:54:51
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Allan McElroy 🇨🇦 :
My in-laws were Scots. Everyone was Jack.
2025-10-20 19:24:19
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Adagio :
That is definitely nowhere near what I would have expected!
2025-10-21 04:29:00
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Oakley and Willow :
The main reason I knew that Harry and Henry are the same is Harry Potter fanfic authors sometimes make Henry his legal name instead. Because I guess Harry just isnt a magic enough name 😂
2025-10-21 02:02:19
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singular.jame :
Names being nativized into other languages was a ridiculous thing that I'm glad we stopped doing. Why do we have James, Jacob, Jacques, Seamus, Hamish, Diego, and Giacomo, when they're all the same name?
Why the hell do we call the explorer John Cabot when his name was Giovanni Caboto‽
2025-10-21 01:54:16
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oafgeek :
So we get Hank from jankin as well right, so Hank Harry John and Jack are all basically the same
2025-10-21 01:54:26
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nev :
in the stripped club. straight up "jankin it".
2025-10-21 02:45:38
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