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[–] moondoggie@lemmy.world 3 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Liz, short for Lizard. “Liz? Is that short for Elizabeth?” “No….”

[–] FinjaminPoach@lemmy.world 2 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

I love calling various Lizzies "Lizard." And Sally is short for 'Salamander.' Bill is short for 'Billiards,' ¹ Leo is short for Leopard and maybe Lee is short for Leezard as well. Penny is short for Penguin.

That said, we do have a lot of funny animal first names.

  • Arthur, Bjarni, Ursula and Orson all mean 'bear.'
  • Robin and Robyn
  • Rudolph is a type of wolf
  • Rana means "beautiful" until you go to a spanish speaking country, where it means 'frog'

¹Billiards is not an animal admittedly. Sometimes it can be short for Shoebill