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- sooner the better, the
sooner the better, the
sooner the better, the
As quickly or early as possible, as in As for stopping that check, the sooner the better. This idiom was first recorded in 1477.
Common Names:
| Name | Gender | Pronounced | Usage |
|---|
| AmÉE | | - | Medieval French |
| Katerina | | - | Macedonian, Russian, Bulgarian, Greek, Late Roman |
| Merideth | | MER-ə-dith | English (Rare) |
| Adelheid | | AH-del-hiet (German), AH-dəl-hiet (Dutch) | German, Dutch |
| Sperantia | | - | Late Roman |
| Winston | | WIN-stən | English |