Informal Names, Meanings, and their History

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Bettsy (BET-see)

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baby english-american german-american german american-german american english-german

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Dougie (/ˈdʌɡi/)

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scottish-english english english-scottish informal nickname gender-neutral scottish

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Huffie (HUH-fee)

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nickname unisex english international baby informal

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Jamee (juh-MEE)

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american english english-american american-english baby informal

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Jony (JOH-nee)

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nickname informal gender-neutral baby english

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Meet (meat)

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unisex informal friendly casual english-speaking social baby

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Petey (PEE-tee)

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male nickname baby common diminutive informal masculine

petey name meaning

Steevie (STEE-vee)

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nickname casual male english masculine informal baby

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Titty (Tit-tee)

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baby english butterfly unisex informal nickname cute

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Tommy (TOM-ee)

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boy diminutive american-english nickname informal male masculine

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Sohana (so-HA-na)

Satparakram (sat-pa-rah-kram)

Johnie (JAHN-ee)

Jaret (JAIR-et)

Naazeer (NAH-zeer)

Karacura (KAH-ruh-kyoor-uh)

Pathika (puh-THEE-kuh)

Shatlyk (SHAHT-lik)

Azhaan (AHZ-hahn)

Alankara (a-lan-ka-ra)

Goher (go-HAIR)

Shikshu (SHIK-shoo)