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Subject: Re: Two Italian names
Author: Buttons   (Authenticated as Buttons)
Date: November 3, 2009 at 2:56:11 AM
Reply to: Two Italian names by lac
In Italian, I believe adding -lino to the end of a name means 'very small/tiny'
E.g. Piccolo is the Italian word for small while piccolino means very small

So adding lino to a name, as far as I understand, is a common Italian diminutive and basically means "little ___" or little Ugo in this case.

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Atticus Matthew
Henry Alasdair
Oliver Jude
Hamish William


Alice Genevieve
Lucinda Maeve
Ruby Arabella


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