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does nayone know where the name totty comes from or what it means please

this was one of my grandmothers, always known as totty im haveing trouble tracing her, so wondered if this was a shortened name for somethone??

Best I can find is here: http://www.totty-families.org/origin.html

I have come across this term in my travels and it has always been interchangeable with "bit of skirt" or similar comments. Usually not used with any respect, and always by men. Never heard it as a name/nickname but I would not be surprised if it was a short form of Charlotte. Angela

totty was the christian name my grandmother was known by

Kim, I see what you mean - like someone called Charlotte being known as Lottie. How about Thomasina, that's an old name? Of course, sometimes names were just 'pet' names - my great-grandmother was Mary Ann, but was always known affectionately as 'Poll'! Hope others come up with some ideas, Mandy :)

Totty is also short for Charlotte. How stupid am I ? Just typed this into Google and you can imagine what came up!!!! It says it's an English pet name for Charlotte. Christine

Leticia (spelling?) was sometimes known as Lettie - could this have become Lottie. Chris

thanks for help guys, and thanks chrissie i think your round the boards just as much as me lol