Aubrianna
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/ɔ.bɹi.ˈæn.ə/ ()
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/ɔ.bɹi.ˈɑːn.ə/ ()
View Original Raeburn
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/ˈɹeɪ.bəɹn/ (American English)
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/ˈɹeɪ.bən/ (British English)
From a Scottish surname that was originally derived from a place name meaning "stream where deer drink" (from Scots rae "roe deer" and burn "stream"). A famous bearer of the surname was Scottish portrait painter Henry Raeburn (1756-1823). View Original Cooper
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/ˈkup.əɹ/ (American English)
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/ˈkuːp.ə/ (British English)
From a surname meaning "barrel maker", from Middle English couper. View Original Tiger
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/ˈtaɪ.ɡəɹ/ (American English)
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/ˈtaɪ.ɡə/ (British English)
From the name of the large striped cat, derived (via Old French and Latin) from Greek τίγρις (tigris), ultimately of Iranian origin. A famous bearer is American golfer Tiger Woods (1975-). View Original Prosper
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/pʁɔs.pɛʁ/ (French)
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/ˈpɹɑs.pəɹ/ (American English)
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/ˈpɹɒs.pə/ (British English)
From the Latin name Prosperus, which meant "fortunate, successful". This was the name of a 5th-century saint, a supporter of Saint Augustine. It has never been common as an English name, though the Puritans used it, partly because it is identical to the English word prosper. View Original Mercy
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/ˈmɜɹ.si/ (American English)
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/ˈmɜː.si/ (British English)
From the English word mercy, ultimately from Latin merces "wages, reward", a derivative of merx "goods, wares". This was one of the virtue names adopted by the Puritans in the 17th century. It is currently most common in English-speaking Africa. View Original Sawyer
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Feminine
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/ˈsɔɪ.əɹ/ (American English)
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/ˈsɔɪ.ə/ (British English)
From an English surname meaning "sawer of wood". Mark Twain used it for the hero in his novel The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (1876).Very rare as an American given name before 1980, it increased in popularity in the 1980s and 90s. It got a boost in 2004 after the debut of the television series Lost, which featured a character by this name. View Original Odin
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Norse Mythology
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English (Modern)
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/ˈoʊ.dɪn/ (English)
Anglicized form of Old Norse Óðinn, which was derived from óðr meaning "frenzied, furious, inspired". It ultimately developed from Proto-Germanic *Wōdanaz. The name appears as Woden in Anglo-Saxon sources (for example, as the founder of several royal lineages in the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle) and in forms such as Wuotan, Wotan or Wodan in continental Europe, though he is best known from Norse sources.In Norse mythology Odin is the highest of the gods, presiding over war, wisdom and death. He is the husband of Frigg and resides in Valhalla, where warriors go after they are slain. He is usually depicted as a one-eyed older man, carrying two ravens on his shoulders who inform him of all the events of the world. At the time of Ragnarök, the final battle, it is told that he will be killed fighting the great wolf Fenrir. View Original Edmund
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English
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German
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Polish
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/ˈɛd.mənd/ (English)
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/ˈɛt.mʊnt/ (German)
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/ˈɛd.munt/ (Polish)
Means "rich protection", from the Old English elements ead "wealth, fortune" and mund "protection". This was the name of two Anglo-Saxon kings of England. It was also borne by two saints, including a 9th-century king of East Anglia who, according to tradition, was shot to death with arrows after refusing to divide his Christian kingdom with an invading pagan Danish leader. This Old English name remained in use after the Norman Conquest (even being used by King Henry III for one of his sons), though it became less common after the 15th century.Famous bearers of the name include the English poet Edmund Spenser (1552-1599), the German-Czech philosopher Edmund Husserl (1859-1938) and New Zealand mountaineer Edmund Hillary (1919-2008), the first person to climb Mount Everest. View Original Benjamin
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Biblical
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בִּנְיָמִין (Ancient Hebrew)
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/ˈbɛn.d͡ʒə.mɪn/ (English)
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/bɛ̃.ʒa.mɛ̃/ (French)
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/ˈbɛn.ja.miːn/ (German)
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/ˈbɛn.jaː.ˌmɪn/ (Dutch)
From the Hebrew name בִּנְיָמִין (Binyamin) meaning "son of the south" or "son of the right hand", from the roots בֵּן (ben) meaning "son" and יָמִין (yamin) meaning "right hand, south". Benjamin in the Old Testament was the twelfth and youngest son of Jacob and the founder of one of the southern tribes of the Hebrews. He was originally named בֶּן־אוֹנִי (Ben-ʾoni) meaning "son of my sorrow" by his mother Rachel, who died shortly after childbirth, but it was later changed by his father (see Genesis 35:18).As an English name, Benjamin came into general use after the Protestant Reformation. A famous bearer was Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790), an American statesman, inventor, scientist and philosopher. View Original Ford
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/ˈfɔɹd/ (American English)
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/ˈfɔːd/ (British English)
From an English surname that was derived from a place name meaning "ford" in Old English. A famous bearer of the surname was the American industrialist Henry Ford (1863-1947). View Original Amber
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/ˈæm.bəɹ/ (American English)
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/ˈæm.bə/ (British English)
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/ˈɑm.bər/ (Dutch)
From the English word amber that denotes either the gemstone, which is formed from fossil resin, or the orange-yellow colour. The word ultimately derives from Arabic عنبر (ʿanbar) meaning "ambergris". It began to be used as a given name in the late 19th century, but it only became popular after the release of Kathleen Winsor's novel Forever Amber (1944). View Original Leopold
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German
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English
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Czech
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Slovak
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Slovene
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Polish
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/ˈleː.o.pɔlt/ (German)
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/ˈleː.oː.pɔlt/ (Dutch)
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/ˈli.ə.ˌpoʊld/ (English)
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/ˈlɛ.o.polt/ (Czech)
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/ˈlɛ.ɔ.pɔld/ (Slovak)
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/lɛ.ˈɔ.pɔlt/ (Polish)
Derived from the Old German elements liut "people" and bald "bold, brave". The spelling was altered due to association with Latin leo "lion". This name was common among German royalty, first with the Babenbergs and then the Habsburgs. Saint Leopold was a 12th-century Babenberg margrave of Austria, who is now considered the patron of that country. It was also borne by two Habsburg Holy Roman emperors, as well as three kings of Belgium. Since the 19th century this name has been occasionally used in England, originally in honour of Queen Victoria's uncle, a king of Belgium, after whom she named one of her sons. It was later used by James Joyce for the main character, Leopold Bloom, in his novel Ulysses (1922). View Original Seymour
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/ˈsi.mɔɹ/ (American English)
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/ˈsiː.mɔː/ (British English)
From a Norman surname that originally belonged to a person coming from the French town of Saint Maur (which means "Saint Maurus").
View Original Meriwether
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/ˈmɛɹ.ɪ.wɛð.əɹ/ (American English)
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/ˈmɛɹ.ɪ.wɛð.ə/ (British English)
From a surname meaning "happy weather" in Middle English, originally belonging to a cheery person. A notable bearer of the name was Meriwether Lewis (1774-1809), who, with William Clark, explored the west of North America. View Original Montague
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/ˈmɑn.tə.ˌɡju/ (American English)
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/ˈmɒn.tə.ˌɡjuː/ (British English)
From an aristocratic English surname meaning "sharp mountain", from Old French mont agu. In Shakespeare's tragedy Romeo and Juliet (1596) this is the surname of Romeo and his family. View Original Emberly
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/ˈɛm.bəɹ.li/ (American English)
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/ˈɛm.bə.li/ (British English)
View Original December
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/dɪ.ˈsɛm.bəɹ/ (American English)
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/dɪ.ˈsɛm.bə/ (British English)
From the name of the twelfth month, originally the tenth month in the Roman calendar, derived from decem meaning "ten". It is sometimes used as a given name for someone born in December. View Original Dylan
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Welsh
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English
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Welsh Mythology
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/ˈdəl.an/ (Welsh)
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/ˈdɪl.ən/ (English)
From the Welsh prefix dy meaning "to, toward" and llanw meaning "tide, flow". According to the Fourth Branch of the Mabinogi [1], Dylan was a son of Arianrhod and the twin brother of Lleu Llaw Gyffes. Immediately after he was baptized he took to the sea, where he could swim as well as a fish. He was slain accidentally by his uncle Gofannon. According to some theories the character might be rooted in an earlier and otherwise unattested Celtic god of the sea.Famous bearers include the Welsh poet Dylan Thomas (1914-1953) and the American musician Bob Dylan (1941-), real name Robert Zimmerman, who took his stage surname from the poet's given name. Due to those two bearers, use of the name has spread outside of Wales in the last half of the 20th century. It received a further boost in popularity in the 1990s due to a character on the television series Beverly Hills 90210. View Original Anselm
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German
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English (Rare)
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Germanic
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[1]
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/ˈan.zɛlm/ (German)
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/ˈæn.sɛlm/ (English)
Derived from the Old German elements ansi "god" and helm "helmet, protection". This name was brought to England in the late 11th century by Saint Anselm, who was born in northern Italy. He was archbishop of Canterbury and a Doctor of the Church. View Original Thurstan
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/ˈθɜɹ.stən/ (American English)
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/ˈθɜː.stən/ (British English)
From an English surname that was derived from the Norse name Þórsteinn (see Torsten).
View Original Alger
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/ˈæl.d͡ʒəɹ/ (American English)
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/ˈæl.d͡ʒə/ (British English)
From a surname that was derived from the given name Algar.
View Original Bethel
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בֵּית־אֵל (Ancient Hebrew)
From an Old Testament place name meaning "house of God" in Hebrew. This was a town north of Jerusalem, where Jacob saw his vision of the stairway. It is occasionally used as a given name. View Original Holland
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Masculine
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/ˈhɑl.ənd/ (American English)
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/ˈhɒl.ənd/ (British English)
From the place name Holland 1 or the related surname.
View Original Edgar
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French
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German
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/ˈɛd.ɡəɹ/ (American English)
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/ˈɛd.ɡə/ (British English)
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/ɛd.ɡaʁ/ (French)
Derived from the Old English elements ead "wealth, fortune" and gar "spear". This was the name of a 10th-century English king, Edgar the Peaceful. The name did not survive long after the Norman Conquest, but it was revived in the 18th century, in part due to a character by this name in Walter Scott's novel The Bride of Lammermoor (1819), which tells of the tragic love between Edgar Ravenswood and Lucy Ashton [1]. Famous bearers include author and poet Edgar Allan Poe (1809-1849), French impressionist painter Edgar Degas (1834-1917), and author Edgar Rice Burroughs (1875-1950). View Original Crawford
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/ˈkɹɔ.fəɹd/ (American English)
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/ˈkɹɔː.fəd/ (British English)
From a surname that was derived from a place name meaning "crow ford" in Old English. View Original Royal
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Feminine
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/ˈɹɔɪ.əl/ ()
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/ˈɹɔɪl/ ()
From the English word royal, derived (via Old French) from Latin regalis, a derivative of rex "king". It was first used as a given name in the 19th century. View Original Carver
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/ˈkɑɹ.vəɹ/ (American English)
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/ˈkɑː.və/ (British English)
From an English surname that meant "wood carver". View Original Sabrina
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Spanish
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Portuguese
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/sə.ˈbɹin.ə/ (English)
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/sa.ˈbri.na/ (Italian)
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/za.ˈbʁiː.na/ (German)
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/sa.bʁi.na/ (French)
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/sa.ˈβɾi.na/ (Spanish)
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/sɐ.ˈbɾi.nɐ/ (European Portuguese)
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/sa.ˈbɾĩ.nɐ/ (Brazilian Portuguese)
Latinized form of Habren, the original Welsh name of the River Severn. According to Geoffrey of Monmouth, Sabrina was the name of a princess who was drowned in the Severn. Supposedly the river was named for her, but it is more likely that her name was actually derived from that of the river, which is of unknown meaning. She appears as a water nymph in John Milton's masque Comus (1634).The name was brought to public attention by Samuel A. Taylor's play Sabrina Fair (1953) and the movie adaptation Sabrina that followed it the next year. This is also the name of a comic book character, Sabrina the Teenage Witch, first introduced 1962 and with television adaptations in 1970-1974 and 1996-2003, both causing minor jumps in popularity. Another jump occurred in 1976, when it was used for a main character on the television series Charlie's Angels. View Original Joel
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יוֹאֵל (Ancient Hebrew)
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/ˈd͡ʒoʊ.əl/ (English)
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/ˈd͡ʒoʊl/ (English)
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/xo.ˈel/ (Spanish)
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/ˈʒwɛɫ/ (European Portuguese)
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/ʒo.ˈɛw/ (Brazilian Portuguese)
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YO-ehl (Swedish)
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/ˈjo.el/ (Finnish)
From the Hebrew name יוֹאֵל (Yoʾel) meaning "Yahweh is God", from the elements יוֹ (yo) and אֵל (ʾel), both referring to the Hebrew God. Joel is one of the twelve minor prophets of the Old Testament, the author of the Book of Joel, which describes a plague of locusts. In England, it was first used as a Christian name after the Protestant Reformation.
View Original Garrett
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/ˈɡæɹ.ɪt/ ()
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/ˈɡɛɹ.ɪt/ ()
From an English surname that was derived from the given name Gerald or Gerard. A famous bearer of the surname was Pat Garrett (1850-1908), the sheriff who shot Billy the Kid.
View Original Arthur
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Norwegian
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Danish
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Swedish
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Welsh Mythology
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Arthurian Cycle
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/ˈɑɹ.θəɹ/ (American English)
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/ˈɑː.θə/ (British English)
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/aʁ.tyʁ/ (French)
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/ˈaʁ.tʊʁ/ (German)
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/ˈɑr.tyr/ (Dutch)
The meaning of this name is unknown. It could be derived from the Celtic elements *artos "bear" (Old Welsh arth) combined with *wiros "man" (Old Welsh gur) or *rīxs "king" (Old Welsh ri). Alternatively it could be related to an obscure Roman family name Artorius.Arthur is the name of the central character in Arthurian legend, a 6th-century king of the Britons who resisted Saxon invaders. He may or may not have been based on a real person. He first appears in Welsh poems and chronicles (perhaps briefly in the 7th-century poem Y Gododdin and more definitively and extensively in the 9th-century History of the Britons [1]). However, his character was not developed until the chronicles of the 12th-century Geoffrey of Monmouth [2]. His tales were later taken up and expanded by French and English writers.The name came into general use in England in the Middle Ages due to the prevalence of Arthurian romances, and it enjoyed a surge of popularity in the 19th century. Famous bearers include German philosopher Arthur Schopenhauer (1788-1860), mystery author and Sherlock Holmes creator Arthur Conan Doyle (1859-1930), and science-fiction author Arthur C. Clarke (1917-2008). View Original Cyril
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Slovak
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/ˈsɪɹ.əl/ (English)
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/si.ʁil/ (French)
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/ˈt͡sɪ.rɪl/ (Czech)
From the Greek name Κύριλλος (Kyrillos), which was derived from Greek κύριος (kyrios) meaning "lord", a word used frequently in the Greek Bible to refer to God or Jesus.This name was borne by a number of important saints, including Cyril of Jerusalem, a 4th-century bishop and Doctor of the Church, and Cyril of Alexandria, a 5th-century theologian. Another Saint Cyril was a 9th-century Greek missionary to the Slavs, who is credited with creating the Glagolitic alphabet with his brother Methodius in order to translate the Bible into Slavic. The Cyrillic alphabet, named after him, is descended from Glagolitic.This name has been especially well-used in Eastern Europe and other places where Orthodox Christianity is prevalent. It came into general use in England in the 19th century. View Original Angel
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Bulgarian
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Macedonian
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Ангел (Bulgarian)
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/ˈeɪn.d͡ʒəl/ (English)
From the medieval Latin masculine name Angelus, which was derived from the name of the heavenly creature (itself derived from the Greek word ἄγγελος (angelos) meaning "messenger"). Saint Angelus was a 13th-century priest from Jerusalem. The name has never been very common in the English-speaking world, where it is sometimes used as a feminine name in modern times. View Original Tyrone
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English
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African American
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/taɪ.ˈɹoʊn/ (English)
From the name of a county in Northern Ireland, which is derived from Irish Gaelic Tir Eoghain meaning "land of Eoghan". This name was popularized by American actor Tyrone Power (1914-1958), who was named after his great-grandfather, an Irish actor.
View Original Gianna
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Italian
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Greek
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English (Modern)
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/ˈd͡ʒan.na/ (Italian)
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/ˈʝa.na/ (Greek)
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/d͡ʒi.ˈɑn.ə/ (English)
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/ˈd͡ʒɑn.ə/ (English)
Italian short form of Giovanna and a Modern Greek variant of Ioanna.Its use in America started increasing in the late 20th century. It spiked in popularity in 2020 after the death of Gianna Bryant and her father, the basketball player Kobe Bryant, in a helicopter crash.
View Original Jemima
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יְמִימָה (Ancient Hebrew)
Pronounced
/d͡ʒə.ˈmaɪ.mə/ (English)
Traditionally said to mean "dove", it may actually be related to Hebrew יוֹמָם (yomam) meaning "daytime" [1]. This was the oldest of the three daughters of Job in the Old Testament. As an English name, Jemima first became common during the Puritan era. View Original Norwood
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/ˈnɔɹ.ˌwʊd/ (American English)
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/ˈnɔː.ˌwʊd/ (British English)
From a surname that was originally taken from a place name meaning "north wood" in Old English. View Original Oliver
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Estonian
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Serbian
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Croatian
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Macedonian
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Slovak
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Carolingian Cycle
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/ˈɑl.ɪ.vəɹ/ (American English)
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/ˈɒl.ɪ.və/ (British English)
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/ˈoː.li.vɐ/ (German)
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/ˈo.li.ʋer/ (Finnish)
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/u.ɫi.ˈβe/ (Catalan)
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/ˈo.lɪ.vɛr/ (Czech)
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/ˈɔ.li.vɛr/ (Slovak)
From Old French Olivier, which was possibly derived from Latin oliva "olive tree" [1]. Alternatively there could be an underlying Germanic name, such as Old Norse Áleifr (see Olaf) or Frankish Alawar (see Álvaro), with the spelling altered by association with the Latin word. In the Middle Ages the name became well-known in Western Europe because of the French epic La Chanson de Roland, in which Olivier is a friend and advisor to the hero Roland.In England Oliver was a common medieval name, however it became rare after the 17th century because of the military commander Oliver Cromwell, who ruled the country following the civil war. The name was revived in the 19th century, perhaps due in part to the title character in Charles Dickens' novel Oliver Twist (1838), about a poor orphan living on the streets of London. It became very popular at the beginning of the 21st century, reaching the top rank for boys in England and Wales in 2009 and entering the top ten in the United States in 2017.
View Original Clara
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Catalan
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Romanian
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Swedish
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Danish
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Late Roman
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/ˈklaː.ʁa/ (German)
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/ˈkla.ɾa/ (Spanish)
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/ˈkla.ɾɐ/ (Portuguese)
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/ˈkla.ra/ (Italian)
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/kla.ʁa/ (French)
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/ˈklɛɹ.ə/ (American English)
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/ˈklæɹ.ə/ (American English)
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/ˈklɑː.ɹə/ (British English)
Feminine form of the Late Latin name Clarus, which meant "clear, bright, famous". The name Clarus was borne by a few early saints. The feminine form was popularized by the 13th-century Saint Clare of Assisi (called Chiara in Italian), a friend and follower of Saint Francis, who left her wealthy family to found the order of nuns known as the Poor Clares.As an English name it has been in use since the Middle Ages, originally in the form Clare, though the Latinate spelling Clara overtook it in the 19th century and became very popular. It declined through most of the 20th century (being eclipsed by the French form Claire in English-speaking countries), though it has since recovered somewhat. View Original Maynard
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/ˈmeɪ.nəɹd/ (American English)
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/ˈmeɪ.nəd/ (British English)
From an English surname that was derived from the Old German given name Meginhard.
View Original