Name that becomes another name when its first letter is dropped Crossword Clue

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RankAnswerLengthSourceDate
98% IRENE Name that becomes another name when its first letter is dropped (5) New York Times Mar 6, 2024
4% BASIS On a first-name ___ (5) USA Today Sep 1, 2025
4% OCHO Another name for ESPN8, with "the" (4) New York Times Aug 30, 2025
4% ETAL Name-dropping abbr. (4) LA Times Daily Aug 23, 2025
4% FIDDLE Another name for a violin (6) Puzzler Backwords Aug 21, 2025
4% HAWKEYE Iowan, by another name (7) New York Times Aug 10, 2025
4% ELSIE Woman's name that becomes another woman's name if you reverse the third and fourth letters (5) New York Times Jul 5, 2025
4% INITIAL First letter of a name (7) The Times Concise Jul 1, 2025
4% AMY Name that becomes a month when its first two letters are swapped (3) Universal Jun 21, 2025
4% ARI Name that's another name backwards (3)

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