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HUCKLEBERRY
Gender: M
Origin: Word name and literary name
Everybody knows Huckleberry Finn, the Mark Twain character named, Twain said, for the 19th century slang term for "humble." A few modern parents have put it on a birth certificate, including Man Vs. Wild star Bear Grylls, who, like many parents, will call the boy the much more manageable Huck.
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