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- ↑ Navarro, Yvonne (2007). First Name Reverse Dictionary: Given Names Listed by Meaning, 2d ed. McFarland & Company, Incorporated Publishers. p. 112. ISBN 9780786429349.
- ↑ Dictionary of American Family Names. Oxford University Press. 2003. ISBN 978-0195081374.
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