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answer to the name (of)
answer to the name (of)
To respond to a specific name. My daughter Margaret has now decided that she only answers to the name Calliope. James only answers to the name of Jim these days.
Common Names:
| Name | Gender | Pronounced | Usage |
| JevgĒŅIjs | | - | Latvian |
| Zipporah | | zi-PAWR-ə (English), ZIP-ər-ə (English) | Biblical, Hebrew |
| Harald | | HAH-rahlt (German) | Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, German |
| Otso | | OT-so | Finnish |
| Antiochos | | - | Ancient Greek |
| Gallagher | | GAL-ə-gər | Irish, English (Rare) |