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Latvian name of uncertain etymology. Academics generally agree that it is a name of Livonian origin; theories range from a derivation from Livonian aiga "boarder, shore" to a derivation from Livonian aig "pike (the fish)" and a feminization of the Estonian masculine name Aigar (seeing as Livonian and Estonian are closely related languages).https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Aiga
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