There are so many of these traditional English names that have, seemingly, unrelated nicknames. Who started this and are we still doing it with names today?
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From my understanding it was common to have a lot of people with the same name. So that you needed nicknames to separate them out. off of it was just a diminutive form but then they are going to rhyming to expand the number.
Robert was a common name. Robert, Robbie, Robby, Robin, Rob, Bob, Bobby, Nob, Nobin, Hob, Hobbes.
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