Latin Abbreviations Commonly Used in English

The English language is a complex language that pulls many roots and inspirations from other languages. A good example of this is English's incorporation of Latin in everyday use.

Abbreviation	Latin	Meaning
AD	anno Domini	In the year of the Lord
c.	circa	approximately
CV	curriculum vitae	course of life
D.G.	Dei gratia	by the grace of God
et. al.	et alii	and others
etc.	et cetera	and the rest
e.g.	exempli gratia	for example
i.e.	id est	in other words
lbs	libra	scales
p.a.	per annum	through a year
per cent.	per centum	for each one hundred
Ph.D.	Philosophiae Doctor	Doctor of Philosophy
P.S.	post scriptum	after what has been written
P.P.S.	post post scriptum	after P.S.
Re	in re	concerning
REG	regina	queen
R.I.P.	requiescat in pace	may they rest in peace
stat.	statim	immediately
vs.	versus	against

Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Latin_abbreviations

Name Abbreviations You Might Not Have Known About

There are a lot of names in the world. Sometimes peoples' names can be a little too long, so they sometimes get abbreviated. This is a list of common name abbreviations you might not have known about.

Harold
- Harry

Samuel / Samantha
- Sam

James
- Jacob

Joshua
- Josh

Kenneth
- Ken

Leopold
- Leo

Leonard
- Leon

Michael
- Mike

Nicholas
- Nick

Mathew / Matthias
- Matt

Gwendolyn
- Gwen

Alexander
- Alex

Christopher
- Chris

Clifford
- Cliff

Daniel
- Dan

Douglas
- Doug

Edward
- Ed

Frederick
- Fred

Patrick
- Pat

Phillip
- Phil

Raymond
- Ray

Walter
- Walt

Thomathy / Thomas
- Tom

Timothy
- Tim