now, now

Inf. a calming and consoling phrase that introduces good advice. "Now, now, don't cry," said the mother to the tiny baby. Jane: I'm so upset! Andy: Now, now, everything will work out all right.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Shraga	-	Jewish
NaİMe	-	Turkish
Egan	['i:gən]
Beatrise	-	Latvian
Martin	MAHR-tən (English), mar-TEN (French), MAHR-teen (German, Finnish), MAHR-tin (Swedish, Norwegian, Danish), MAWR-teen (Hungarian), mahr-TIN (Bulgarian)	English, French, German, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Russian, Romanian, Czech, Slovak, Slovene, Croa
Yaroslav	yah-rah-SLAHF (Russian)	Russian, Ukrainian, Medieval Slavic