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Fania
Does anyone know the meaning or origin of this name? It's a female name, the only person I can think of with it was Fania Marinoff, who was born in Odessa. I got a comment that it sounds like a nickname, but I don't know what for. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fania_Marinoff
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I think it could be a pet name for Stefania.
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It looks like it could be a short form of Feofania (a not so common feminine form of Feofan).
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Could be variant of FAINA.
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