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I've been thinking about the nickname "Bunny" lately. It seems to be used on boys quite often, both on Edmund "Bunny" Corcoran from "The Secret History", and on Bunny Warren (whose real name we're not told) from "Captain Corelli's Mandolin".

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What do you think of Bunny? To me it conveys, like Chip and Teddy, an old-fashioned Englishness. Is there any chance that it can be removed from its "stripper" connotations? Do you know anything about where it's derived from?

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And are there any old-fashioned nicknames you like? Here are some of mine:

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Girls:
Willa Wilhelmina
Millie Amelia
Nell Helena/Eleanor/Elena/Ellen
Posy Josephine
Romy Rosemary
Sally Sarah
Hattie Harriet
Pippa Philippa
Belle Isabella/Isabel
Effie Euphemia
Callie Caroline
Dot/Dottie/Dotty/Dodie Dorothea
Hettie Henrietta/Hester
Jenny Jane
Lettie Leticia/Lettice
Matty/Patty Martha

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Boys:
Teddy Edmund/Edgar/Edward
Chip Christopher
Will William
Tom Thomas

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I quite enjoyed perusing this website as well: http://chanara.wordpress.com/2009/01/27/old-fashioned-names-old-fashioned-nicknames/