Italian Name spelling

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I'm struggling trying to find this name, i'm spelling it how it sounds when spoken
"mishkin"
so can any one help me with the correct spelling.
Dialect Neapolitan.
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Can you tell us what it is referred to? Is it a personal name?
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yes its someones first name.
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Are you sure it's a first name? I don't know of any first name that sounds like that...
But it reminds me of the sicilian word for the "poor thing", in relating to a person:
MESCHINA or mischina
(Mes-kee-nah)
(mee-skee-nah)
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