small hours

Also, wee hours. The hours following midnight, as in I stayed up working through the small hours, or The parents didn't come home until the wee hours. The adjectives small and wee both refer to the low numbers of those hours (one o'clock, two o'clock, etc.). [c. 1830]

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Rhodri	-	Welsh
Liesje	LEE-shə	Dutch
Predrag	-	Serbian, Croatian
Abraham	AY-brə-ham (English), AH-brah-hahm (Dutch)	English, Hebrew, Spanish, French, Dutch, German, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Biblical, Biblical Lati
Nell	NEL	English
Appius	AP-pi-uws (Ancient Roman), AP-ee-əs (English)	Ancient Roman