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Motya (male)

Pet Name for:Matvei (M)
   
Source(s): The Oxford Names Companion, OUP
Notes:

Russian pet name for Matvei the Russian form of Matthew [q.v.], from Hebrew "gift of God".

The derivation is quite separate from the female name Motya which is a pet name for Matrona, from Latin "lady".

 
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