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- ↑ Hanks; Hardcastle; Hodges (2006) pp. 28-29, 41.
- ↑ Hanks; Hardcastle; Hodges (2006) p. 41.
- ↑ Hanks; Hardcastle; Hodges (2006) 1pp. 28-29.
- Hanks, P; Hardcastle, K; Hodges, F (2006) [1990]. A Dictionary of First Names. Oxford Paperback Reference (2nd ed.). Oxford: Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-861060-1.
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