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in reply to a message by erb816
So, I found this in an article about 'Miss Potter'
"Matyelok Gibbs has spent a lifetime stealing scenes from people with far bigger roles than hers: like all great actors, she has mastered the look, the stillness that draws the eye far more than the flamboyant.
Gibbs – her first name Matyelok comes from her Russian mother "
http://www.behindthename.com/pnl/167578
"Matyelok Gibbs has spent a lifetime stealing scenes from people with far bigger roles than hers: like all great actors, she has mastered the look, the stillness that draws the eye far more than the flamboyant.
Gibbs – her first name Matyelok comes from her Russian mother "
http://www.behindthename.com/pnl/167578
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Huh. If it is Russian, I'm guessing it originated as a diminutive, since I don't know of any Russian feminine names transliterated with the ending "-ok" (other posters had guessed the name was Hungarian).
Perhaps it's derived from Matrona, in that case?
Perhaps it's derived from Matrona, in that case?
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