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little name en · NOUN

Etymology

From little + name.

Meanings

1. A pet name one is called when one is little or young.
   • "Do I have a little name?" "Yes. You have two. Ash or Ashtor." 2004, Marilyn Mattie Brahen, Claiming Her, page 72:
   • Most children have some little name that they are called by besides their Christian name — their pet name, it is called. 1881, Eleanor A. Bulley, Great Britain for Little Britons, page 11:
   • What was I supposed to be now, bouncy? In true irony my “little” name had inspired me to become my own version of one of the Seven Dwarfs! 2007, Debra Borden, A Little Bit Married, page 35:

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