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- a blue-eyed boy
a blue-eyed boy
a blue-eyed boy
(British & Australian) also a fair-haired boy (American & Australian) a man who is liked and admired by someone in authority He was very much the blue-eyed boy in the office.
Common Names:
| Name | Gender | Pronounced | Usage |
| Cainan | | KAY-nən (English), kay-IE-nən (English) | Biblical, Biblical Latin |
| Kerem | | - | Turkish |
| Zaccheus | | - | Biblical Latin |
| Key | | [ki:] | |
| Thandiwe | | - | Southern African, Xhosa |
| Keelin | | KEE-lin | Irish |