'Pony' Moore

[missmoore]

Anyone got any idea why people with the surname moore are often known as pony?

[Quizmonster]

I suspected this was largely a Royal Navy form of nickname, so here is what anRN website has to say on the matter...
"Ater George Washington "Pony" Moore (1820-1909) who ran the Magpie Music Hall, Battersea and later formed the Moore and Burgess Minstrels (an offshoot of the Christy Minstrels and very famous in the mid-19th century) He was a well known sporting character who allegedly always bet in "ponies" (betting slang for a sum of �25)."
Perhaps you might do a further Google search on George Washington Moore.

[Quizmonster]

Plus...
Daisy Bell
Rajah Brookes
Josh Gilbert
Flapper Hughes
Hookey Walker
...and a host of others!

[pandabear]

Quizmonster -

will you tell me the RN site address, please

and other souces of information on the list that you set down?

[Quizmonster]

I cannot guarantee that all the names listed by Ward~Minter or myself are included but - if you click
here - you will be linked to the site.
It's also possible that the Army and the RAF had additional such standard nicknames for given surnames, though certainly most were common to all three Services..