Diminutive Names, Meanings, and their History

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Abby (AB-ee)

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diminutive girl english nationality female english-american american

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Adie (A-dee)

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

adie name meaning

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Aksina (ahk-SEE-nah)

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russian orthodox slavic feminine baby girl female

aksina name meaning

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Almita (ahl-MEE-tah)

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sweet spanish-italian spanish girl small feminine diminutive

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Alys (AY-lis)

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german-english german english-scottish german-scottish french-german dutch-german french-irish

alys name meaning

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Anina (ah-NEE-nah)

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nickname merciful gracious variant diminutive girl european

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Annie (AN-ee)

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english diminutive american christian girl american-english popular

annie name meaning

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Antosha (AHN-toh-shah)

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russian diminutive boy nickname masculine slavic male

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Aud (awd)

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german-norwegian american-swedish norwegian-swedish hungarian-dutch american-norwegian english-norwegian swedish-hungarian

aud name meaning

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Babbi (BA-bee)

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cute italian diminutive baby nickname unisex

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Barb (bɑrb)

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

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Becci (BEH-kee)

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diminutive nickname english baby

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