- 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...
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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...
- 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...
-
extremely implausible; in one
genealogy he
appears as Ceola, an
apparent hypocoristic [...]
implying a
dithematic Ceol-name;
while the
Genealogical Regnal...
- 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...
- Mia is a
feminine given name. Long in use as a
diminutive of
names such as Maria, Mia is
recorded as a
given name in the
United States in the 1960s, and...
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occasionally masculine. It is
derived from a
diminutive of Siga, a
mediaeval hypocoristic of
Germanic names having the
first element Sig- (meaning "victory")....
- ('baptized'), Radovan, Dragan, Željan, Dejan, Nayden, Mirjana.
Diminutive and
hypocoristic (endearing)
names deriving from the above-mentioned
dithematic names...
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Vivian (and
variants such as
Vivien and Vivienne) is a
given name, and less
often a surname,
derived from a
Latin name of the
Roman Empire period, masculine...
- Word/name
Basque Other names Derived Basque Eneko, ene- "mine", -ko (
hypocoristic) "my
little (love/dear)"
Related names Eneko, Iñaki, Ignatius, Yñigo...
