Saffron

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Proper noun

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Saffron

  1. A female given name from English; a rare flower name from the saffron.
    • 1981, William Boyd, On the Yankee Station, Hamilton, →ISBN, page 17:
      The bad thing was she took my son Skiff with her. It's a dumb name I know, but at the time he was born all the kids were being called things like Sky and Saffron and Powie, and I was really sold on sailing.
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  • Saffy (rare diminutive short form)