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in reply to a message by Tiggs
How interesting. When I was a child living in a suburb of Buffalo, New York, there was a teenage girl who went to my church who was called "Chana" or "Channa" Smith. I don't remember how they spelled it, but it was pronounced to rhyme with Hannah.
In her case this was a pet form of Christiana. The family explained that her older sisters couldn't pronounce Christiana when she was a baby and it came out as "Channa".
She was the daughter of Henry P. Smith III, who was later a US Congressman. I can't find a reference to Channa herself on the Internet right now, but she was named after her father's mother, Christiana Long Smith, and you can find references to her here, explaining how Christiana Street in North Tonawanda was named after her:
http://www.nthistorymuseum.org/Collections/citystreets.html
So yes, I do know of one case where a name similar to Chaney was used as a pet form of Christiana.
In her case this was a pet form of Christiana. The family explained that her older sisters couldn't pronounce Christiana when she was a baby and it came out as "Channa".
She was the daughter of Henry P. Smith III, who was later a US Congressman. I can't find a reference to Channa herself on the Internet right now, but she was named after her father's mother, Christiana Long Smith, and you can find references to her here, explaining how Christiana Street in North Tonawanda was named after her:
http://www.nthistorymuseum.org/Collections/citystreets.html
So yes, I do know of one case where a name similar to Chaney was used as a pet form of Christiana.
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