lets say a person with the name Robert is also bob,?

Question

lets say a person with the name Robert is also bob, now what would a person named Skip be called ? is it Charles ?

the reason i was asking was because i had a friend that went by Skip but his real name was charles :)

Answer 1

Typically, it could be anything. Families are always giving children nicknames, especially mothers, and it sticks with the person into adulthood. Skip is a nickname for any name. Look at William, it is Bill;, Richard, Rich, Dick; Charles is usually Jake or Jack and it goes on and on . . . . . .

Answer 2

"Skip" is a nickname, like "Bob" is for "Robert", but a friendly one that can be given to anyone, not a diminutive (unless somebody named their son "Skipper"!).
Oddly, the usual 'short form'/nickname of "Charles" is actually as long - "Charlie"/"Charly".
The only other diminutive of Charles is "Chas". This comes from the old British way of recording Acts of Parliament by the year of a king's reign and the number the Act was in that year. They were recorded, for instance, as "Caput Carolus II, 17, 12" = the 12th Act of the 17th year of Charles II. This was abbreviated to 'cap Car' or 'cap Carus'. When Latin was no longer the Court/Parliamentary language, 'caput' remained in the reference, but the English name used. To shorten "Charles" they used "Chas"!
{Since late Victorian times - I think - they adopted the more logical Year/Number in year system. That way you didn't need to look up a textbook to see when a king began ruling and then add the years up to find a particular Act.}

Answer 3

His legal call is Robert. Bob became not on his start certificate or on a popularity replace kind. considering it truly is curiously about some legal matter they could attempt this. comparable to if he had to signal a legal rfile it must be with ROBERT not BOB.

Answer 4

why would it be charles? i think it is just a nickname, not an abreviated name.

Answer 5

Uhh sure. Whatever you say.

Answer 6

Sure, why not!