- HY-pə-KORR-iz-əm; from
Ancient Gr**** ὑποκόρισμα hypokórisma;
sometimes also
hypocoristic), or pet name, is a name used to show
affection for a person. It may...
- use,
hypocoristic names in
Spanish are only used to
address a
person in a very
familiar environment – the only
exception being when the
hypocoristic is...
-
meanings (a low
class woman, a weakling, a mop, or a name)
derived from a
hypocoristic form of the
female name Maud.
Scottish legend makes reference to the...
- Mia is a
feminine given name in po****r use worldwide. It
originated as a
diminutive of
Maria and
other names such as
Amelia and Emilia, and was rarely...
- name
Matryoshka is a
diminutive form of
Matryosha (Матрёша), in turn a
hypocoristic of the
Russian female first name
Matryona (Матрёна). A set of matryoshkas...
- ('baptized'), Radovan, Dragan, Željan, Dejan, Nayden, Mirjana.
Diminutive and
hypocoristic (endearing)
names deriving from the above-mentioned
dithematic names...
-
extremely implausible; in one
genealogy he
appears as Ceola, an
apparent hypocoristic [...]
implying a
dithematic Ceol-name;
while the
Genealogical Regnal...
-
Vladislav and can also be used as a surname. Alternately, it may be a
hypocoristic form of the
Slavic name
Vladimir (although the
normative nickname is...
-
Arantxa is a
Basque feminine given name,
meaning "thornbush". It is a
hypocoristic for Our Lady of Arantzazu, a
shrine of Mary,
mother of Jesus, in Gipuzkoa...
- reward",
which in
Vulgar Latin acquired the
meaning "favor, pity".
Hypocoristic forms of the name are Merceditas, Mechi, Mer,
Meche and Merche. Mercedes...
