Addy
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Etymology 1
[edit]Diminutive forms with -y.
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[edit]Proper noun
[edit]- 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.
- A diminutive of the male given name Adam, from Hebrew.
- 1859, George Eliot [pseudonym; Mary Ann Evans], “Adam Bede/Chapter I”, in Adam Bede […], volume (please specify |volume=I to 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.
- A surname originating as a patronymic, derived from the given name Adam.
Etymology 2
[edit]From the brand name Adderall + -y.
Noun
[edit]Addy (countable and uncountable, plural Addies)
- Alternative form of Addie (“Adderall”).
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- English female given names
- English female given names from Germanic languages
- English female given names from French
- English female given names from surnames
- English diminutives of female given names
- English diminutives of female given names from Germanic languages
- English diminutives of female given names from French
- English diminutives of female given names from surnames
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- English male given names from Hebrew
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- English diminutives of male given names from Hebrew
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