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Adie en · PROPN

Etymology

The given names are diminutives + -ie.

Meanings

1. A diminutive of the male given names Adam, Adrian, and Aidan, from Hebrew, Latin, or Irish.
   • "My only worth will be in always remembering to do the thing that pleases you; and yet, although I don't really like Adie, it has a more home-like, more whisperable sound than Adrian. Adrian is a grand, heroic sort of a name, yet what a beautiful name it is. 1874, Bertha de Jongh, The Sisters Lawless, by the author of Rosa Noel, page 245:
2. A diminutive of the female given names Adele, Adriana, and Adrienne, from the Germanic languages, Latin, or French.
   • "I'd like if you call me Adie. It is short for Adele." 2010, Mary Carnaghan, Adie, iUniverse, →ISBN, page 33:
3. A surname transferred from the given name derived from Adam.
   • The journalist Kate Adie was born in 1945.

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