Dictionary of first names - Julia Cresswell

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What does the name Calvin mean?

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What is the meaning of Beverley ?

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Which boy's name means ' little seal '?

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Which girl's name means ' spear strength '?

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And what links Merle and Mavis ?

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answers

bald; beaver stream; Ronan; Gertrude;

both are birds: Merle means blackbird and Mavis means songthrush