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<span class="mw-page-title-main">Maria (given name)</span> Name list

Maria is a feminine given name. It is given in many languages influenced by Christianity.

Terry is a unisex diminutive nickname for the given names Teresa or Theresa (feminine) or Terence, Terrance or Terrier (masculine).

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Anne</span> Female given name

Anne, alternatively spelled Ann, is a form of the Latin female given name Anna. This in turn is a representation of the Hebrew Hannah, which means 'favour' or 'grace'. Related names include Annie.

Corinne is a female name, the French and English variant of Corina, of ancient Greek origin, derived from κόρη (korē) meaning "beautiful maiden". It became popular following the publication of Corinne, or Italy, an 1808 novel by Madame de Staël.

Maggie or Maggy is a common short form of the name Magdalena, Magnolia, Margaret, Marigold.

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">Nancy (given name)</span> Name list

Nancy is an English language given name for women. The name Nancy was originally a diminutive form of Annis, a medieval English vernacular form of Agnes. In some English dialects, "mine" was used instead of "my" and "Mine Ancy" eventually became Nancy. The name was also later used as an English diminutive of Anne or Ann. It has been used as an independent name since the 18th century. In some instances it replaced variant Nanny, which was associated with the stereotype of a common, promiscuous woman from the 1600s onward. Spelling variants in use include Nancea, Nancee, Nancey, Nanci, Nancie, Nancsi, Nancye, Nanncey, Nanncy, Nansee, and Nansi. Similar names include Nan, Nance, Nanette, and Nannie.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Anna (name)</span> Female given name

Anna is a feminine given name, the Latin form of the Greek: Ἄννα and the Hebrew name Hannah, meaning "favour" or "grace".

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Elizabeth (given name)</span> Name list

Elizabeth is a feminine given name, a variation of the Hebrew name Elisheva (אֱלִישֶׁבַע), meaning "My God is an oath" or "My God is abundance", as rendered in the Septuagint.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Helen (given name)</span> Name list

Helen is a feminine given name derived from the Ancient Greek name Ἑλένη, Helenē, which descends from Proto-Hellenic *Ηwelénā, from a pre-Hellenic or late Proto-Indo-European *Swelénā, ultimately derived from the Indo-European root *swel-.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Martha (given name)</span> Name list

Martha is a feminine given name. Patti, Patsy, and Patty were in use in Colonial America as English rhyming diminutives of the diminutive Mattie. Molly has been used as a diminutive of Martha since the 1700s.

Marie is a variation of the feminine given name Maria.

Janet is a feminine given name meaning "God is gracious" or "gift from God". It is the feminine form of John. It is a variation of the French proper noun Jeannette, Spanish proper noun Juanita, Russian Жанет (Zhanet), Circassian Джэнэт (Dzhenet), and Hungarian Zsanett. It is also the diminutive of Jeanne or Jane.

Alternative spellings include Daiane, Dianne, Dianna, Dian, Diahann, Dyan, Dyanne and Dyane. See also Di and Diana