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Is Santa a nick name for something?

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HeadFairy · 25/09/2009 21:40

Ok I know it's Santa Claus's name but doesn't Tara Palmer Tompkinson have a sister called Santa? Is that her real name or is it short for something?

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southernbelle77 · 26/09/2009 07:48

Wouldn't persoanlly anyway, but DEFINITELY not at christmas! Think the poor love would be having no end of teasing and explaining to do throughout it's life!

thumbwitch · 26/09/2009 02:35

tis a bit evil - like Holly, Noel etc.
Any other day, it would be nice but the Christmas link is harsh, imo.

florence2511 · 26/09/2009 02:28

It means Saint in Italian

as in Santa Maria del Fiore

serinBrightside · 25/09/2009 23:19

Surely it means Saint?
As in Saint Nicholas.

cat64 · 25/09/2009 22:19

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kalo12 · 25/09/2009 22:10

i know a girl called santa

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HeadFairy · 25/09/2009 22:09

The more I think about it, the more I like it... is it really bonkers to call a girl born at Christmas time Santa?

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seeker · 25/09/2009 21:59

There's a child in a children's book by Noel Streatfield called Santa.

cookielove · 25/09/2009 21:57

i know santos is a name so maybe that, for a boy

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HeadFairy · 25/09/2009 21:56

Lynette's link says Santana, which I prefer I think.

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stepaway · 25/09/2009 21:56

isn't it just the spanish word for saintly?

RunningGirl · 25/09/2009 21:54

Usually short for Santina isn't it?

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HeadFairy · 25/09/2009 21:51

Oh lynette, that's really rather nice!

Disclaimer: I do have an Argentine mother like Santa TP, but dd is due on Christmas day, so it might be faintly ridiculous to call her Santa, no?

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LynetteScavo · 25/09/2009 21:46

Santa

LynetteScavo · 25/09/2009 21:45

I thought it was her real name!