Mimi

August 18, 2014 § Leave a comment

ORIGIN:
Diminutive of “Maria“, “Miriam”, “Jemima“, etc.

VARIATIONS and NICKNAMES:
Mae, Madge, Maisie, Maisy, Mame, Mamie, Maria, Marie, Mariele, Mariella, Marietta, May, Mayme, Maymie, Mia, Midge, Mim, Mimsie, Mimsy, Mirele, Moll, Mollie, Molly, etc. etc.

REFERENCES IN LITERATURE:
– Mimi, the Austrian kitchen maid at Mrs. Page’s boarding-house, in K. by Mary Roberts Rinehart (1914).

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