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Close only counts in horseshoes
Close only counts in horseshoes (and hand grenades).
Prov. Coming close but not succeeding is not good enough. I came close to winning the election, but close only counts in horseshoes and hand grenades.
Common Names:
| Name | Gender | Pronounced | Usage |
| JevgĒŅIjs | | - | Latvian |
| JÓZsua | | YO-zhoo-aw | Hungarian |
| Georgie | | ['dʒɔ:dʒi] | |
| Malachi | | MAL-ə-kie (English) | Hebrew, English, Biblical, Biblical Latin |
| Yakov | | YAH-kahf (Russian) | Hebrew, Russian, Bulgarian |
| Bachelet | | [batʃelet] | |