forename "Attie"

[ftipple]

Does anyone know for what forename "Attie" was a common/usual diminutive or pet name? Was/is it a Clare name?

I am trying to trace a cousin of my grandmother's known to me only as "Attie" O'Brien (NOT the novelist, I hasten to add!), but I suspect that this was not her registered/baptismal name. I have come across a single instance of Attie is the 1901 census, namely Attie Fitzgerald in Ennistymon, which I find interesting because the Attie O'Brien that I am trying to trace was probably born in Ennistymon, or in the Ennistymon area.

TIA,

[pwaldron]

Hi Fiona

On p.67 of Houses of Clare, you will find Anthony John Parker of Ballyvalley described as `Atty'. So I vote for Anthony.

\pw

[mick o]

hi fiona,
i have sent a private message re attie obrian
mick o

[mcreed]

Hello Fiona.
Attie could be short for Hattie, which in turn is a shortened form of Harriet.
Mike

[Polycarp]

Hi Fiona,

Donnchadh O Corrain and Fidelma Maguire state that the Irish first name ATHCHE or AITHCHE (pronounced A-he) is anglicised as Atty. They write that Athche or Aithche is the name of a virgin saint of Cell Aithche, Co. Limerick, whose feast day is 15 January.

I don't know whether Atty and Attie are the same diminutive or pet name.

Polycarp

[ftipple]

Thank you to everyone who responded to my query re "Attie", and for the interesting suggestions that were made.

I still don't know for certain, but "internal" family evidence now suggests that her baptismal name may have been Margaret.

Thanks again,

[pwaldron]

I have just come across a reference to an Atty O'Donnell whose full name was Arthur.

So it appears that Atty and Attie were used as diminutives of quite a variety of both male and female names!