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The cost or price of something, as in So what's the damage for this outfit? This seemingly modern slangy phrase, with damage alluding to the harm done to one's pocketbook, was first recorded in 1755.
Common Names:
| Name | Gender | Pronounced | Usage |
|---|
| Emperatriz | | em-pe-rah-TREETH (Spanish), em-pe-rah-TREES (Latin American Spanish) | Spanish |
| Archelaos | | - | Ancient Greek, Biblical Greek |
| Kermit | | ['kɜ:mit] | |
| Amabel | | ['æməbel] | |
| Francesco | | frahn-CHES-ko | Italian |
| Lancelot | | LAN-sə-laht (English) | Arthurian Romance |