How did Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac get their name? It sounds like a 1940s nickname.?

Question

How did Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac get their name? It sounds like a 1940s nickname.?

Answer 1

The real name for Fannie Mae is the Federal National Mortgage Association, but it's better known as Fannie Mae.

Freddie Mac  stands for Good livin'.Freddie Mac?

That's short for the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation.

http://www.236.com/news/2008/07/11/faq_f...

Answer 2

and at the rate things are going, Freddie and Fannie may both soon be among the dead ancestors, which we usually do, in genealogy.

Interesting question, for the morning.