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Sis (female)

Variants:Cissie (F) Cissy (F)
Diminutive for:Sissie (F) Sissy (F)
Pet Name for:Cecilia (F) Cecily (F)
Can be spelt:Cis (F)
   
Source(s): "Scottish Forenames" - Donald Whyte, FGH, FSG
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Notes:

English pet name for Cecilia and Cecily. However many correspondents have shown that this pet name is very frequently used for the only girl in a family of boys, i.e. from "sis", the abbreviation of "sister".

See also Cis, Cissie/Cissy and Sissy/Sissie.
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