{"id":1627,"date":"2010-03-28T15:14:21","date_gmt":"2010-03-28T22:14:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/chimatli.org\/blog\/?p=1627"},"modified":"2019-08-16T20:56:55","modified_gmt":"2019-08-17T03:56:55","slug":"mexican-nicknames-or-los-nombres-hipocoristicos","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chimatli.org\/blog\/?p=1627","title":{"rendered":"Mexican Nicknames or Los Nombres Hipocor\u00c3\u00adsticos"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Male
\n<\/strong>
\nAdolfo – Fito
\nAlberto – Beto, Bert\u00c3\u00adn, Tico, Tito,
\nAlfonso – Poncho, Fonsi, Chete, Moncho
\nAnastasio – Tacho
\n\u00c3\u0081ngel – Gelo
\nAntonio – To\u00c3\u00b1o
\nApolinar – Polino, Poli
\nArmando – Mando
\nArturo – Turi
\nAuxilio – Chilo
\nBasilio – Chilo
\nBenjamin – Benja
\nEduardo – Lalo
\nEleazar – Lalo
\nEmilio – Milo
\nEnrique – Quique
\nErnesto – Neto
\nEzequiel – Cheque
\nFederico – Fede, Quico
\nFernando – Nando
\nFlorencio – Lencho
\nFrancisco – Paco, Pancho, Chicho
\nGabriel-Gabi
\nGonzalo – Chalo
\nGregorio – Goyo
\nGuadalupe – Lupe, Lupillo
\nGuillermo – Memo
\nGustavo – Tabo
\nH\u00c3\u00a9ctor – Teto
\nHoracio – Lacho
\nIgnacio – Nacho
\nInocencio – Chencho
\nIsidro\/Ysidro – Chilo
\nJavier – Javi
\nJes\u00c3\u00bas – Chuy, Chucho, Chus
\nJes\u00c3\u00bas Emilio – Chumilo
\nJoaqu\u00c3\u00adn – Chimo
\nJose – Pepe, Chepe
\nJose Maria – Chema
\nJuan Gabriel – Juanga
\nJuan Manuel – Juanma
\nLorenzo – Lencho
\nLuis – Huicho, Lucho
\nManuel – Lolo, Manolo, Manu
\nMoises – Moi
\nNarciso – Chicho
\nPedro – Perico
\nRafael – Rafa
\nRamon – Moncho
\nRefugio – Cuco
\nRoberto – Beto
\nRodrigo – Ruy
\nSalvador – Chava
\nSantiago – Chago
\nSenovio – Noyo
\nSergio – Chejo, Checo
\nVincente – Chente<\/p>\n

Female
\n<\/strong>
\nAlejandra – Ale
\nAlicia – Licha, Ali
\nAntonia – To\u00c3\u00b1a
\nAsencion – Chon, Chona
\nBeatriz – Beti, Tichi
\nCarolina – Caro, Lina
\nCecilia – Chila, Ceci
\nConcepci\u00c3\u00b3n – Concha, Conchis, Chona
\nConsuelo – Chelo
\nDolores – Lola, Loli
\nElena – Leni
\nElisabet – Eli
\nEsperanza – Lancha
\nEugenia – Maru
\nFlorencia – Lencha
\nFrancisca\/Franchesca – Paquita, Pancha
\nGraciela – Chela
\nGuadalupe – Lupe, Lupita
\nGuillermina – Mina, Guille
\nHortencia – Tench, Tenchi
\nIsabel\/a – Chavela
\nJosefa – Pepa
\nJosefina – Chepina
\nLourdes – Lul\u00c3\u00ba
\nLuc\u00c3\u00ada Fernanda – Lucifer (!)
\nLuz – Luchi
\nMagdalena – Magda, Nena
\nMarcela – Chela
\nMargarita – Margo, Mago
\nMar\u00c3\u00ada Elena – Malena
\nMaria Eugenia – Maru
\nMar\u00c3\u00ada Isabel – Maribel
\nMar\u00c3\u00ada Luisa – Marisa
\nMar\u00c3\u00ada Soledad – Marisol, Sole
\nMar\u00c3\u00ada Teresa – Maite
\nMatilde – Tilde
\nMercedes – Meche, Merce
\nMontserrat – Montse
\nPatricia – Pati
\nRaquel – Raki, Raque
\nRamona – Mona, Moncha
\nRocio – Chio
\nRosario – Chayo, Charo
\nSilvia – Chivis
\nSocorro – Coco
\nSoledad – Chole
\nTeresa – Tere
\nTrinidad – Trini
\nVictoria – Toya, Viky
\nYolanda – Yoli<\/p>\n

I made some exceptions but this list is mostly comprised of nicknames which are somewhat different than the original name. I didn’t include too many of the fairly obvious ones i.e. Vero for Veronica, Trini for Trinidad, Nico for Nicolas etc. I also tried to stick to the traditional nicknames but included some of the modern versions for a few. There are many more of the Maria-plus names which I might add in later.<\/p>\n

Also, it is somewhat humorous for non-Mexican Spanish speakers, but Mexicans tend to make many words diminutive including nicknames. So Concha becomes Conchita, Pepe is called Pepito and so on.<\/p>\n

This is an excellent article that explains it all (Spanish): \u00e2\u20ac\u0153De Alfonso a Poncho y de Esperanza a Lancha: los Hipocor\u00c3\u00adsticos\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/a><\/p>\n

Interesting piece in Spanish from a Basque persepctive, it gives some background on the prevalence of “ch” in the names: El Valor de la Letra “Ch”<\/a><\/p>\n

For some interesting background on the English nicknames i.e. Molly, Sally, Hank…check out this site<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Thanks to Frances, Diego, Jimmy, El Chavo, Don Quixote and Julio for your help in compiling this list. I found many of the names through internet searches which was a surprise to me. Just two years ago when I first set out to make this list, there was nothing on the web to be found.
\nMexican Names, Part One<\/a><\/p>\n

17 March 2019:<\/strong><\/span> Quick update, I just came across this blog post, Nicknames in Spanish <\/em><\/a>by Mark Robert Alexander which discusses how Mexican nicknames can be confusing for those unfamiliar with the nickname etiquette. I recommend the article if you’d like a bit more information on the topic.
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16 August 2019: Added a few more names.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Male Adolfo – Fito Alberto – Beto, Bert\u00c3\u00adn, Tico, Tito, Alfonso – Poncho, Fonsi, Chete, Moncho Anastasio – Tacho \u00c3\u0081ngel – Gelo Antonio – To\u00c3\u00b1o Apolinar – Polino, Poli Armando – Mando Arturo – Turi Auxilio – Chilo Basilio – Chilo Benjamin – Benja Eduardo – Lalo Eleazar – Lalo Emilio – Milo Enrique – … Continue reading Mexican Nicknames or Los Nombres Hipocor\u00c3\u00adsticos<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[19],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/chimatli.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1627"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/chimatli.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/chimatli.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chimatli.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chimatli.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1627"}],"version-history":[{"count":47,"href":"https:\/\/chimatli.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1627\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4729,"href":"https:\/\/chimatli.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1627\/revisions\/4729"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/chimatli.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1627"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chimatli.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1627"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chimatli.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1627"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}