Addy

See also: addy and Addý

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Etymology 1

Diminutive forms with -y.

Alternative forms

• (given name): Addie
• (female given name): Addi

Proper noun

Addy (plural Addys or Addies)

1. A diminutive of the female given names Adelaide, Adeline, Adrienne, or Addison, from the Germanic languages or French or transferred from the surname.
   • 2009, J. Scott Romig, The Lookout Tree, Author House, →ISBN, page 1:

     My name is Addison Jane Dawson, but you can call me Addy; everyone else does.

2. A diminutive of the male given name Adam, from Hebrew.
   • 1859, George Eliot [pseudonym; Mary Ann Evans], “Adam Bede/Chapter I”, in Adam Bede […], volumes (please specify |volume=I, II, or III), Edinburgh, London: William Blackwood and Sons, →OCLC:

     "Let be, Addy, let be. Ben will be joking. Why, he's i' the right to laugh at me--I canna help laughing at myself." "I shan't loose him till he promises to let the door alone," said Adam.

3. A surname originating as a patronymic, derived from the given name Adam.

Etymology 2

From the brand name Adderall +‎ -y.

Noun

Addy (countable and uncountable, plural Addies)

1. Alternative form of Addie (“Adderall”).

Anagrams

• D-Day, Dady, dyad