Short Names, Meanings, and their History

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Aas (aas)

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baby hindu rare indian-hindi boy short hindi-indian

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Aayu (AH-yoo)

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hindu indian short baby traditional female feminine

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Abad (ah-BAD)

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indian-pakistani persian abbreviation happiness iranian-arabic turkish-punjabi persian-urdu

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Abhi (AH-bee)

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baby indian indian-hindi male boy modern hindi

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Abs (æbz)

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muslim short nickname baby unisex arabic

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Adfah (uhd-fah)

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unisex arabic muslim short baby

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Adin (AY-din)

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jewish popular biblical rare hebrew female israeli-hebrew

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Agya (AH-gyah)

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baby short unisex modern hindu indian

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Aka (AH-kah)

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korean-finnish turkish-finnish yoruba-turkish ghanaian-nigerian japanese-ghanaian korean yoruba-nigerian

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Akush (ah-KOOSH)

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rare unisex baby asian short modern japanese

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Alan (AL-ən)

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american moore-jamaican boy english-irish american-english english-jamaican scottish-moore

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Alec (AL-ik)

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boy scottish-english masculine christian male short scottish

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