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Addy en · PROPN · etymology 1

Pronunciation

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Etymology

Diminutive forms with -y.

Meanings

1. A diminutive of the female given names Adelaide, Adeline, Adrienne, and Addison, from the Germanic languages or French or transferred from the surname.
   • My name is Addison Jane Dawson, but you can call me Addy; everyone else does. 2009, J. Scott Romig, The Lookout Tree, Author House, →ISBN, page 1:
2. A diminutive of the male given name Adam, from Hebrew.
   • "Let be, Addy, let be. Ben will be joking. Why, he's i' the right to laugh at me--I canna help laughing at myself." "I shan't loose him till he promises to let the door alone," said Adam. 1859, George Eliot [pseudonym; Mary Ann Evans], “Adam Bede/Chapter I”, in Adam Bede […], volume (please specify |volume=I to III), Edinburgh; London: William Blackwood and Sons, →OCLC:
3. A surname originating as a patronymic, derived from the given name Adam.

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Deriveds

Addyman

Addy en · NOUN · etymology 2

Pronunciation

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Etymology

From the brand name Adderall + -y.

Meanings

1. (alt-of, alternative, countable, uncountable) Alternative form of Addie (“Adderall”).
   alt of Addie

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