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It was short for "Bird of Ill Omen" because of her pessimistic nature (from the Kipling Journal 09/86).

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Elsie Kipling was nicknamed Bird by her parents Rudyard and Carrie Kipling because of her fondness for birds. Rudyard Kipling often wrote stories and poems about birds, which may have influenced the nickname.

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