Re: Christian name abbreviation

In article <45ec5b17$0$1343$834e42db@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
David H Wild <dhwild@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
In article <4ebede17e0john@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
John Cartmell <john@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Jno. John
Jon. Jonathan
Jon^a Jonathan

Perhaps Jno was chosen to distinguish it from Jon short for Jonathan.

I could understand J^n but sticking the o at the end just looks silly!

It's a carry-over from when most names were given in Latin, and is an
abbreviation of Johano.

Johano? Latin?

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John
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