Hannah vs Jimmy - What's the difference?
hannah | jimmy |
Mother of the prophet Samuel in the Old Testament.
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* 1959 , Goodbye, Columbus, and Five Short Stories , Houghton Mifflin 1959, page 116
* 2002 (Kate Atkinson), Not the End of the World , Doubleday, ISBN 0385604726, page 33:
or Jim, also used as a formal given name.
* 1979 , Dateline America, Harcourt Brace Jovanocich, ISBN 0151239576, page 184:
(Cockney rhyming slang) Shortened form of (Jimmy Riddle), a piddle.
As a proper noun hannah
is mother of the prophet samuel in the old testament.As a noun jimmy is
chocolate sprinkles used as a topping for ice cream, cookies, or cupcakes.As a verb jimmy is
to pry (something, especially a lock) open with or as if with a crowbar.hannah
English
Proper noun
(s)- Then said Elkanah her husband to her, Hannah , why weepest thou? and why eatest thou not? and why is thy heart grieved? am I not better to thee than ten sons?
- "What about Hannah Schreiber?"
- He smiled, flashing some gold in his mouth. "How do you like that name? She was only a girl, but she had an old lady's name. - - -
- She could buy pretty clothes for a girl and plait her hair with ribbons. And she could call her a nice, old-fashioned, middle-class name like Sarah or Emma or Hannah .
jimmy
English
Proper noun
(en proper noun)- Heaven only knows why a man with a strong biblical name like James wants to be a president named Jimmy .