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- ↑ Hanks, Patrick; Hardcastle, Kate; Hodges, Flavia (2006). A Dictionary of First Names. Oxford paperback reference. Oxford University Press. p. 108. ISBN 978-0-19-861060-1. OCLC 67869278 . Retrieved 2018-12-06.
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