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* '''[[Vera Loste]]''' (Kristen's paternal grandmother): Borrowed in the nineteenth century from the Russian virtue name Вера, means 'faith'. Or could mean Very lost
* '''Simnitch''' -- 'Nitch' a common misspelling for 'niche', means 'nest'. So perhaps the name means 'A Sim's Nest'.
* '''[[Leonard Simnitch]]''' (Kristen's maternal grandfather): FromDerived Germanicfrom leonthe Old High German name "Leonhard," from ''levon'' meaning "lion" +and hard,''hardu'' meaning "brave" or "hardy." It may also be derived from the Latin ''leo'' meaning "lion."
* '''[[Petunia Simnitch]]''' (Kristen's maternal grandmother): Of English origin referring to the petunia flower.
 
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