1. According to Henry Bradley, 'Totila' and 'Baduila' are diminutives of 'Totabadws'.

2. In many languages, formation of diminutives by adding suffixes is a productive part of the language.

3. Recorded as Bes, Bess, Besse, and diminutives Bessie, Beesey, Bessey, Beazey, patronymics Bessom and Besson and possibly others, this is an English surname

4. In English Baby Names the meaning of the name Christie is: Diminutives of any masculine or feminine name begining with Christ-, for example Christahel, Christian, or Christopher.

5. Its feminine form is Alfreda, and diminutives of Alfred include Al, Alf, Alfie, Fred, and Freddy.Today, Alfred is still in regular usage in a number of different

6. As to how Batt became (sometimes) Bass and the diminutives or patronymics Basson etc can only be put down to dialectal changes in the middle ages and later

7. ‘The Billet is a small elongated rectangular figure supposed to represent a Billet or letter, and to some, a brick.’ Origin Late Middle English from Old French Billette and billot, diminutives of bille ‘tree trunk’, from medieval Latin billa, billus ‘branch, trunk’, probably of Celtic origin.