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doug | chris |

As a proper noun chris is

a diminutive of the male given names christopher and, less commonly, of christian.

doug

English

Proper noun

(en proper noun)
  • A diminutive of the male given name Douglas.
  • * 1960 , The Ballad of Peckham Rye , New Directions Publishing, 1999, page 70
    • *Come and have a drink,' he said, 'and my Christian name is Douglas on this side of the Rye, mind that. Dougal Douglas at Meadows Meade and Douglas Dougal a Willis's, mind. Only a formality for the insurance cards and such.'
    'I better call you Doug , and be done with it.'
    English diminutives of male given names

    chris

    English

    Proper noun

  • A diminutive of the male given names Christopher and, less commonly, of Christian.
  • A diminutive of the female name Christina and of its variant forms.
    • English diminutives of male given names English diminutives of female given names ----