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English
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
Diminutive forms with -y.
Alternative forms
- (given name): Addie
- (female given name): Addi
Proper noun
Addy (plural Addys or Addies)
- A diminutive of the female given names Adelaide, Adeline, Adrienne, or Addison, from the Germanic languages or French or transferred from the surname.
2009, J. Scott Romig, The Lookout Tree, Author House, →ISBN, page 1:My name is Addison Jane Dawson, but you can call me Addy; everyone else does.
- A diminutive of the male given name Adam, from Hebrew.
1859, George Eliot [pseudonym; Mary Ann Evans], “Adam Bede/Chapter I”, in Adam Bede , volumes (please specify |volume=I, II, or III), Edinburgh, London: William Blackwood and Sons, →OCLC:"Let be, Addy, let be. Ben will be joking. Why, he's i' the right to laugh at me--I canna help laughing at myself." "I shan't loose him till he promises to let the door alone," said Adam.
- A surname originating as a patronymic, derived from the given name Adam.
Etymology 2
From the brand name Adderall + -y.
Noun
Addy (countable and uncountable, plural Addies)
- Alternative form of Addie (“Adderall”).
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