Diminutive Names, Meanings, and their History

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Abby (AB-ee)

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baby feminine english american english-american nationality american-english

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Adie (A-dee)

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female american-french french-american english-german german-irish scottish-german irish-french

adie name meaning

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Aksina (ahk-SEE-nah)

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slavic female baby feminine diminutive orthodox girl

aksina name meaning

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Almita (ahl-MEE-tah)

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little female sweet spanish small girl italian

almita name meaning

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Alys (AY-lis)

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french french-scottish dutch victorian french-english diminutive scottish-irish

alys name meaning

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Anina (ah-NEE-nah)

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nickname girl german variant gracious european feminine

anina name meaning

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Annie (AN-ee)

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feminine english popular nickname girl christian female

annie name meaning

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Antosha (AHN-toh-shah)

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boy baby diminutive masculine male russian slavic

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Aud (awd)

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english hungarian-swedish norwegian-finnish dutch-swedish prosperity finnish-german norwegian-hungarian

aud name meaning

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Babbi (BA-bee)

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diminutive italian cute baby nickname unisex

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Barb (bɑrb)

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scottish-german baby scottish-american scottish english-french french german-scottish

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Becci (BEH-kee)

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diminutive english nickname baby

becci name meaning

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