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Billy (M)> Sheila (F)> Ally (F)> Katijah (F)> Minna (F)> Vilhelm (M)> Adelbert (M)> Michail (M)> Giuseppina (F)> Yefim (M)> Catheld (M)> Jimmy (M)> Honore (F)> Perico (M)> Toinette (F)> Asya (F)> Mike (M)> Rube (F)> Alissa (F)> Adeline (F)> Micki (F)> Caroline (F)> Agata (F)> Meical (M)> Gwillym (M)> Celia (F)> Erasmus (M)> Zenzi (F)> Eithne (F)> Benna (F)> Aune (F)> Percy (M)> Sis (F)>

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.