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FEMALE NAMES MEANING "SMALL",
"LITTLE", "TINY"
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Name
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Meaning
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Origin
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Adan:
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little fire
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(Irish)
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Adeen:
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little fire
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(Irish)
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Adva:
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small wave, ripple
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(Hebrew)
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Aednat:
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little fire
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(Irish)
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Ahana:
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from the little ford
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(Irish)
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Aiko:
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little love; beloved
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(Japanese)
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Aithne:
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little fire
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(Celtic)
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Aleda:
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small and winged
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(Spanish)
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Alida:
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small, winged
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(Latin)
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Allison:
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little; truthful
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(Irish Gaelic)
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Armida:
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little armed one
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(Latin)
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Amorette:
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little love
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(French)
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Angeletta:
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little angel
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(French)
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Anima:
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minuteness
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(Sanskrit)
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Anneke:
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little Ann; charming; favour; grace
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(Scandinavian)
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Armida:
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little armed one
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(Latin)
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Ayashe:
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little one
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(Cheyenne)
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Ayita:
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little one
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(Sioux)
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Balbina:
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little; little stutterer
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(Latin)
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Bambi:
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little child; bambino
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(Italian)
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Barran:
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little top
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(Irish)
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Belita:
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little beauty
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(Spanish)
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Berry:
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small fruit
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(English)
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Bonita:
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pretty little one
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(Spanish)
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Brenna:
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little tears; raven-haired
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(Irish/Gaelic)
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Brooke:
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small stream
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(Old English)
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Brunella:
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little one with brown hair
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(Old French)
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Bryony:
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vine with small blossoms
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(Greek)
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Brynn:
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small hill
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(Welsh)
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Bunny:
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little rabbit
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(English)
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Callula:
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small
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(Latin)
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Cantara:
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little bridge
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(Arabic)
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Capeka:
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little stork
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(Czech)
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Carina:
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dear little one
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(Latin)
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Carlin:
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little champion
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(Gaelic)
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Carlotta:
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petite, feminine
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(French)
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Carly:
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little, womanly
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(Latin)
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Carolena:
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little and womanly
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(Italian)
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Cashlin:
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little castle
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(Irish)
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Charla:
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petite and feminine
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unknown
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Charlene:
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small beauty
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(French)
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Charlotte:
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petite and feminine & womanly
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(French)
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Charmian:
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a little joy
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(Greek)
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Cheche:
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small thing
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(African)
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Chica:
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pet name meaning little girl
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(Spanish)
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Chiquita:
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the little one
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(Spanish)
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Chiumo:
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small
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(Mwera)
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Cihuaton:
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little woman
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(Nahuatl)
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Cinderella:
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little ashes
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(Literature)
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Ciquala:
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little one
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(Dakota)
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Clarice:
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the little brilliant one
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(French/Latin)
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Codruta:
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little girl from the woods
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(Romanian)
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Coral:
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small stone
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(Latin)
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Coralie:
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little maiden, womanly
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(French)
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Corette:
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little maiden
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(French)
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Cosette:
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little pet
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(French)
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Courtney:
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short nose
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(English)
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Crofton:
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town with a small enclosed field
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(Old English)
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Damita:
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little noble; little princess
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(Spanish)
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Darlene:
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little darling; tenderly beloved
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(English)
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Darra:
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small great one; riches
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(Gaelic/Farsi)
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Davina:
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little deer
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(Hebrew)
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Demi:
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half, small
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(French)
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Devika:
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little goddess
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(Sanskrit)
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Devin:
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little black one
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(English, Irish)
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Eerin:
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small grey owl
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(Aboriginal)
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Elita:
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the little winged one, or the chosen one
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(Old French)
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Elitsa:
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small pine (tree)
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(Slavic)
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Ellette:
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little elf
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(Anglo-Saxon)
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Enya:
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little fire
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(Irish)
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| Eshne:
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little fire
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(Irish Gaelic)
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Fayette:
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little fairy
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(Old French)
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Fiametta:
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little fiery one
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(Italian)
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Fleurette:
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little flower
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(French)
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Gretchen:
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little pearl
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(German)
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Halette:
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little Hal
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(French)
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Hansika:
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small swan
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(Hindu)
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Heide:
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little Miss
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(German/Swiss)
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Isleta:
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little island
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(Spanish)
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Izellah:
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little princess
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unknown
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Jaala:
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ascending; little doe or goat
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(Biblical)
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Jacquenette:
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little Jacques
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(French)
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Janelle:
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God is Gracious, little Jane
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(French)
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Jemima:
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Dove, little dove
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(Hebrew)
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Jenna:
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little bird
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(Arabic)
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Jicarilla:
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little basket weaver
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(Spanish)
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Jonina:
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little dove
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(Israeli)
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Kabibe:
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little lady
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(African)
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Kanara:
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little bird, canary
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(Hebrew)
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Kanene:
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a little thing in the eye is big
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(African)
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Karina:
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dear little one
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(Scandinavian)
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Kataniya:
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small
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(Hebrew)
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Kaya:
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my elder sister, little
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(American Indian)
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Keaira:
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little dark one
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(Celtic/Gaelic)
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Khatiti:
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tiny, little
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(Kenya)
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Kiara:
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small, dark
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(Celtic/Gaelic)
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Kibibi:
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little lady
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(Swahili)
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Kierna:
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little dark haired one
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(Irish)
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Kitty:
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little cat
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(Greek)
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Koemi:
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little smile
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(Japanese)
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Kohana:
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little flower
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(Japanese)
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Lassie:
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little girl
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(Middle English)
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Logan:
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little hollow
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(Scottish Gaelic)
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Lovette:
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little loved one
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(English)
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Lucita:
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little light
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(Spanish)
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Luminita:
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little light
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(Romanian)
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Lunetta:
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little moon
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(Italian)
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Luvena:
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little beloved one
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(English)
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Maleah:
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unique little girl; beautiful young woman
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(Hawaiian)
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Manjusha:
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small box, small chest
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(Indian)
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Manya:
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small
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(Aboriginal)
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Miette:
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small sweet thing
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(Spanish)
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Miki:
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small
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(Inupiaq)
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Mora:
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little sweet berry, little blueberry
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(Spanish)
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Nina:
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little girl; great-granddaughter
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(Spanish/Hebrew)
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Oda:
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small pointed spear
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(Norse)
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Odelia:
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little, wealthy one
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(Anglo-Saxon)
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Ondine:
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little wave
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(Latin)
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Pabla:
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little
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(Spanish)
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Paget:
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little page
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(English)
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Paharita:
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little bird
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(Chamoru)
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Paliki:
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little
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(Hungarian)
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Paola:
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little
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(Italian)
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Paula:
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petite
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(Latin)
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Paulette:
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small
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(Latin)
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Paulina:
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small
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(Latin)
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Paulita:
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little
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(Spanish)
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Pavla:
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little
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(Ukrainian)
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Pebbles:
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small rocks
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(English)
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Piera:
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small rock
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(Italian)
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Posy:
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small flower
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(English)
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Prunella:
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little plum
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(Latin/French)
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Rochelle:
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little rock
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(French)
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Rosetta:
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little rose
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(Italian)
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Rosine:
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little rose
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(Latin)
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Rubetta:
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little precious jewel
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(Latin)
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Sagira:
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little one
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(Egyptian)
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Sayuri:
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small lily
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(Japanese)
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Shanna:
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small and wise
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(Irish)
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Sheshebens:
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small duck
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(Cheyenne)
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Shysie:
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silent little one
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(Native American)
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Serpa:
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small piece, fragment
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(Finnish)
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Solita:
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little loner
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(Spanish)
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Suelita:
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little lily
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(Spanish)
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Talitha:
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little girl or maiden (Biblical name)
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(Aramaic)
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Tawnie:
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little one
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(English)
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Teagan:
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little poet
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(Irish)
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Topsy:
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name of the little slave girl in Uncle Tom's Cabin
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(English)
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Trinetta:
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little innocent
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(French)
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Tulla:
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a little hill
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(Irish)
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Tulliola:
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little quiet one
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(Latin)
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Tully:
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little hill
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(Latin)
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Umayma:
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little mother
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(Egyptian)
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Ursula:
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little she-bear
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(Scandinavian)
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Vibeke:
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little woman
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(Danish)
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Viveca:
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little woman
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(Scandinavian)
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Viveka:
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little woman
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(German, Swedish)
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Weema:
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small
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(Aboriginal)
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Wenche:
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little girl
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(German)
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Whitley:
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a small field
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(Old English)
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Xiaoli
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small and beautiful
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(Chinese)
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Yazhi:
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little one
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(Navajo)
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Yoninah:
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little dove
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(Nahuatl)
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Yves:
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little archer
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(French)
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Zelenka:
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little green one
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(Czechoslovakian)
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Zita:
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little girl
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(Tuscan Italian)
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MALE
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