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View Name: Velvet


VELVET
GENDER: Feminine
USAGE: English
PRONOUNCED: VEL-vət   [key]
Meaning & History
From the English word for the soft fabric. It became used as a given name after the main character in Enid Bagnold's book 'National Velvet' (1935) and the movie (1944) and television (1960) adaptations.
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