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Originally Posted by Escapee
I'm not sure of it's the same in England, but historically Jack wasn't the name registered at birth. I know some older generation (most now departed) who were called Jack, but their birth name was John. I believe it was due to their being so many with the name John Jones or John Evans in the area, that some were referred to as Jack to avoid confusion.
I think the spelling Jac started to become popular here when it started to be seen by some to be trendy to speak Welsh.
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Indeed, Jack, Archie, Stan, Freddie, Ted, etc. are all names that I see on the pegs at my sons nursery. All of which are shortened versions of names now used as proper names.