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A boy’s name I give to a girl (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

amelia

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'girl' is the definition.

'a boy's name i give to a' is the wordplay.
'a boy's name' becomes 'Mel'.
'i give' becomes 'ia' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should believe this answer much more).
'to' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other) (I've seen this in other clues).
'mel'+'ia'='melia'
'melia' put after 'a' is 'AMELIA'.

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(Other definitions for amelia that I've seen before include "-- Earhart, aviator" , "Fielding heroine" , "I, a male (anag) - a woman" , "Fielding novel" , "-- Earhart, flyer" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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