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Leonardo (M)> Domhnall (M)> Éamon (M)> Honey (F)> Seòdag (F)> Gillis (M)> Eduard (M)> Einri (M)> Egan (M)> Lennard (M)> Gorka (M)> Coireall (M)> Robertina (F)> Tamhus (M)> Burton (M)> Sissie (F)>

Sissie (female)

Diminutive(s):Sis (F)
Can be spelt:Sissey (F) Sissy (F)
   
Source(s): The Oxford Names Companion, OUP
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Notes:

English pet name for Cecilia and Cecily/Cicely. 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 Sis.