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	Nicknames may be formed with the ''-in'', ''-lăn'', or the double diminutive ''-(i)non''. For example, ''Yacăv'' 'Jacob' may become ''Yancin'', ''Yałcin'', ''Yaclăn'', or ''Yacnon''. Female names may use the diminutive ''-ăg'': ''Șifrăg'' (< Șifrǎ), ''Chownăg'' (< Chownă/Chană 'Hannah'), ''Rivgăg'' (< Rivgă 'Rebekah'), etc.		Nicknames may be formed with the ''-in'', ''-lăn'', or the double diminutive ''-(i)non''. For example, ''Yacăv'' 'Jacob' may become ''Yancin'', ''Yałcin'', ''Yaclăn'', or ''Yacnon''. Female names may use the diminutive ''-ăg'': ''Șifrăg'' (< Șifrǎ 'Shiphrah'), ''Chownăg'' (< Chownă/Chană 'Hannah'), ''Rivgăg'' (< Rivgă 'Rebekah'), etc.

	In addition to secular names, religious Jews also use a Hebrew name for liturgical purposes, in the form (NAME ben/bas father/mother's Hebrew name). Converts use "NAME ben/bas Avrohom vă-Soro".		In addition to secular names, religious Jews also use a Hebrew name for liturgical purposes, in the form (NAME ben/bas father/mother's Hebrew name). Converts use "NAME ben/bas Avrohom vă-Soro".