Guinne / Guinnet / Guinney – am I flogging a dead horse?

[gardener]

Name Hugh Ginny
Father's Name Hugh Ginny
Father's Sex Male
Mother's Name Sarah McDonnell Ginny
Mother's Sex Female
Event Type Baptism
Event Date 28 May 1848
Event Place St. Patrick's Church, Belfast, Ireland

Same church as the others

[Forty_Two]

Is this Joseph ?
Name Josh Guiney
Birth Date 1843
Father Hugh Guiney
Mother Sarah McDennell

This could be my Joseph Guinne b.1843, Father Hugh but, whereas I can see the possibility of someone being Christened as Joseph later calling themselves Josh, I wonder how likely it would be that someone Christened as Josh would later give their name as Joseph on officials documents e.g. census and marraige docs

[Jimmy]

Josh can be an abbreviation for Joseph.

[gardener]

Josh can be an abbreviation for Joseph.

Yes To save space it could be written as Jos and with the h up above the others letter.

[mallosa]

Josh can be an abbreviation for Joseph.

Yes To save space it could be written as Jos and with the h up above the others letter.

Yes I agree, I've seen that many times