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Quitterie is a French form of Quiteria, the name of a Spanish saint. According to my Spanish and Italian name dictionaries, Quiteria was originally an epithet of the Greek goddess Artemis and goes back to the Greek word "chiton", referring to the type of short tunic Artemis was usually represented as wearing.

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http://www.housebarra.com/EP/ep05/14chiton.html

It appears to be from the Latin for 'quiet', but I don't know how accurate that is. The link below is to a French etymology page on the name (scroll down and click on the 'quitery' link under the 'etymology' heading).

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http://snipurl.com/fzpg

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♦ Chrisell ♦

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This message was edited 7/2/2005, 7:20 PM