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Tima, Timi

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Septima means "seventh" in Latin. Sometimes used for a seventh child or seventh daughter. It may also be spelled Septimia.

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Septima Poinsette Clark, African-American educator and activist, called "Grandmother of the American Civil Rights Movement".
Septima "Tim" Randolph Meikleham, last surviving grandchild of Thomas Jefferson (died 1887 in Washington, DC)
Septima M. Collis, Civil War and travel chronicler and wife of General Charles Collis

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Septima is the name of a rare form of dragonfly.