Short Names, Meanings, and their History

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Aas (aas)

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indian boy rare hindi hindu male baby

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Aayu (AH-yoo)

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feminine hindu traditional cute indian-tshangla indian female

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Abad (ah-BAD)

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city indian iranian-bengali arabic bengali-punjabi turkish-iranian prefix

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Abhi (AH-bee)

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boy modern indian-hindi hindi-indian masculine baby male

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Abs (æbz)

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arabic nickname short baby unisex muslim

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Adfah (uhd-fah)

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muslim short unisex arabic baby

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Adin (AY-din)

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masculine trendy variant short baby modern male

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Agya (AH-gyah)

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hindu short indian modern baby unisex

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Aka (AH-kah)

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

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Akush (ah-KOOSH)

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unisex japanese modern asian short rare baby

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Alan (AL-ən)

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moore-irish scottish-maltese irish-american maltese-irish english-american moore-maltese irish-maltese

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Alec (AL-ik)

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english male gaelic scottish-english masculine short christian

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Annuabhuj (uh-noo-uh-booj)

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Ivanna (ee-VAHN-ah)

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Kameswar (kuh-mey-swahr)

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Bataalat (bah-tah-LAHT)

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Fatun (Faa-toohn)

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Aghor (ah-gor)

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Meli (MEH-lee)

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Hajia (ha-JEE-ah)

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Modakara (moh-duh-KAH-ruh)

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Aankah (aan-kah)

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Daryna (dah-RY-nah)

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Sathiyadev (suh-thee-yuh-dev)