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'''Pancakes:''' A flat cake, often thin and round, prepared from a starch-based batter.

'''[[Bob Pancakes|Bob]]:''' Short form of Robert.

'''[[Eliza Pancakes|Eliza]]:''' Short form of Elizabeth.

'''[[Iggy Pancakes|Iggy]]:''' Diminutive of Ignatius.

'''Spencer:''' From a surname that meant "dispenser of provisions", derived from Middle English spense "larder, pantry".

'''Kim:''' At the present it is usually considered a short form of Kimberly, but it in fact predates it as a given name. The author Rudyard Kipling used it for the title hero of his novel Kim (1901), though in this case it was short for Kimball.

'''Lewis''' Medieval English form of Louis.

'''[[Eric Lewis|Eric]]:''' Means "ever ruler", from the Old Norse name Eiríkr, derived from the elements ei "ever, always" and ríkr "ruler, mighty".

'''[[Vivian Lewis|Vivian]]:''' From the Latin name Vivianus, which was derived from Latin vivus "alive".

'''[[Alice Spencer-Kim|Alice]]:''' From the Old French name Aalis, a short form of Adelais, itself a short form of the Germanic name Adalheidis.

'''[[Olivia Kim-Lewis|Olivia]]:''' May have been based on Oliva or Oliver, or directly from the Latin word oliva meaning "olive".

'''[[List of minor Sims#Lydia Spencer|Lydia]]:''' Means "from Lydia" in Greek.