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Ademar
Ademar is a masculine Germanic name, ultimately derived from Audamar, as is the German form Otmar. It was in use in medieval France, Latinized as Adamarus or Ademarus, and in modern times has been popular in French, Spanish and Portuguese-speaking countries. A feminine form Adamardis seems to have been in use from the 10th century, reduced to Aanord, Aenor by the 12th.
Alasdair
Alasdair () is a Scottish Gaelic given name. The name is a Gaelic form of Alexander which has long been a popular name in Scotland. The personal name Alasdair is often Anglicised as Alistair, Alastair, and Alaster.
Griselda
Griselda, also spelled Grizelda, is a feminine given name from Germanic sources that is now used in English, Italian, and Spanish as well. According to the 1990 United States Census, the name was 1,066th in popularity among females in the United States.
Demetrius
Demetrius is the Latinized form of the Ancient Greek male given name Dēmḗtrios (), meaning "devoted to goddess Demeter". Alternate forms include Demetrios, Dimitrios, Dimitris, Dmytro, Dimitri, Dimitrie, Dimitar, Dumitru, Demitri, Dhimitër, Dimitrije and Zmicier, in addition to other forms (such as Russian Dmitry) descended from it. Nicknames include Demmie, Dimmie, Demi, Jim, Jimmy, Jimmie, Metry, Metrie, Mimmie, Demetri, Dmitri, Mitică, Mitya and Dima.
Maeve
Maeve, Meave, Maev or Maiv, Maiev, Mabh ( ) is a female given name of Irish origin. It comes from the Irish name Méabh, which was spelt or Maedhbh in Early Modern Irish (), or in Middle Irish, and in Old Irish (). It may derive from a word meaning "she who intoxicates", "mead-woman", or alternatively "she who rules". Medb is a queen in Irish mythology who is thought to have originally been a sovereignty goddess.
Dawid
Dawid is a Hebrew masculine given name, related to David, and more rarely a surname. People with the name include:
Steve
Steve is a masculine given name, usually a short form (hypocorism) of Steven or Stephen.
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Reggie is a given name, usually a short form of Reginald (male) or Regina (female).
Dominic
Dominic, Dominik or Dominick is a male given name common among Roman Catholics and other Latin-Romans. Originally from the late Roman-Italic name "Dominicus", its translation means "Lordly", "Belonging to God" or "of the Master".
Yaroslav
Yaroslav () is a Slavic masculine given name. It is composed of the Slavic elements jar meaning "strong, fierce" and slav meaning "glory, fame".
Roel
Roel may refer to a Dutch masculine given name that is a short form of either Roeland or Roelof, or to a Hispanic surname. People with the name include
Gregory
male given name
Margherita
Margherita is an Italian feminine given name. It also is a surname. As a word, in Italian it means "daisy". The name is related to Margaret.
Abiram
Abiram, also spelled Abiron ( "my father is exalted"), is the name of two people in the Old Testament. One was a member of the Tribe of Reuben, the son of Eliab, who, along with his brother Dathan, joined Korah in the conspiracy against Moses and Aaron. He and all the conspirators, with their families and possessions, were swallowed up by the ground. The second was the eldest son of Hiel (also spelled Chiel) the Bethelite, who perished prematurely in consequence of his father's undertaking to rebuild Jericho.
Mehmet Ali
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Seppo
Seppo () is a masculine given name of Finnish origin. It has two distinct origins; Seppo is a character in the Kalevala, whose name is derived from the Finnish word seppä, meaning smith, and the name is also a diminutive for Sebastian in Finland.
Abdoulaye
Abdoulaye is a West African masculine given name and surname. It is equivalent to the Arabic names Abdallah or Abdullah ( ʿAbdu-llahi; servant of God), given name of Muhammad's father. People with this name include:
Tomoko
Tomoko (ともこ, トモコ) is a common, traditional female Japanese given name. Like many Japanese names, Tomoko can be written using different kanji characters and can mean: 友子 - "friendly child" 知子 - "knowing child" 智子 - "wise child" 朋子 - "friendly child"
Moira
female given name
Eadric
Eadric, alternatively spelled Edric or Edrick, is a name of Anglo-Saxon or Jute origin and may refer to:
Alvina
Alvina is an English female given name with the meaning "elf friend", "amicable", "friendly". In English it is the feminine form of Alvin, which comes from the Old English name Ælfwine, containing the words ælf meaning "elf" and wine meaning "friend", or from the Old High German name Adelwin / Adalwin, meaning "noble friend".
Arina
Arina () is a Russian feminine given name, a variant of Irina. The Belarusian variant is Aryna (), and the Ukrainian variant is Oryna (). Translated from Greek, it means "peace" or "rest." Greek mythology also featured a goddess of peaceful life, Eirene, whose name became the origin of the names Arina and Irina.
Jethro
Jethro is a male given name meaning "excellence". It is derived from the Hebrew word Yithrô.
is a very common Japanese given name used by either sex.
Zenaida
__NOTOC__ Zenaida, Zenaide (Italian), Zénaïde (French), or Zinaida (), from meaning "dedicated to Zeus".
Daniele
Daniele is an Italian male given name, the cognate of the English name Daniel. Danièle is also a French female given name, an alternative spelling of Danielle.
Egino
Egino or Egeno may refer to: Egino, Duke of Thuringia Egino IV, Count of Urach Saint Egino, abbot of Augsburg Egino (bishop of Dalby) (1920–2012), German artist
Bridget
Bridget is an Irish female name derived from the Gaelic noun , meaning "power, strength, vigor, virtue". An alternative meaning of the name is "exalted one". Its popularity, especially in Ireland, is largely related to the popularity of Saint Brigid of Kildare, who was so popular in Ireland she was known as "Mary of the Gael". This saint took on many of the characteristics of the early Celtic goddess Brigid, who was the goddess of agriculture and healing and possibly also of poetry and fire. One of her epithets was "Brigid of the Holy Fire". In German and Scandinavian countries, the popularity
Harper
family name
Selina
Selina () is a feminine given name, considered either a variant of Selene, the goddess and personification of the Moon in Greek mythology and religion, or a spelling variation of the name Celina, which is derived from the Roman name Cecilia, referring to a woman from the Caecilia gens. This spelling variant had begun to be used in the United Kingdom by the 1600s.
Bartholomew
male given name
Felicity
female given name
Eardwulf
Eardwulf or Eardulf is an Anglo-Saxon male name. Notable people with the name include: Eardwulf of Northumbria, (floruit late 8th/early 9th century), ruler of Northumbria Eardwulf of Kent (floruit middle 8th century), ruler of Kent Eardwulf, Bishop of Dunwich (floruit middle 8th century), Bishop of Dunwich Eardwulf of Rochester (floruit middle 8th century), Bishop of Rochester Eardwulf of Lindisfarne (floruit late 9th century), Bishop of Lindisfarne
Howell
family name
Snorri
Snorri (; ) is a masculine given name. People with the name include:
Franke
Franke is both a German-language surname and a given name.
Damiano
male given name
Tadhg
Tadhg, also Taḋg ( , ), commonly anglicized as "Taig" or "Teague", is an Irish and Scottish Gaelic masculine name that was very common when the Goidelic languages predominated, to the extent that it is a synecdoche for Irish-speaking man. The name signifies "poet" or "philosopher". This was also the name of many Gaelic Irish kings from the 10th to the 16th centuries, particularly in Connacht and Munster. Tadhg is most common in southwest Ireland, particularly in County Cork and County Kerry. The name has had a surge in popularity in the early 21st century; As of 2000 it was the 92nd most commo
Natasja
Natasja is a given name, and may refer to:
ʾAbū al-Faḍl
Abu al-Fadl or '''Abu'l-Fadl' () is an Arabic male given name which also occurs in place-names. It means father of virtue. It is variously transliterated as 'Abu'l-Fadl, Abu'l-Fazl, Abul Fazal etc. It is also used in Iran and Azerbaijan, usually in the form of Abolfazl, or Abulfaz'''. Most famously, this is an epithet Abbas ibn Ali, who is highly revered in Islam for his loyalty towards his brother Husayn ibn Ali during the Battle of Karbala.
Isaias
male given name
Akseli
Akseli is a Finnish given name. Notable people with the name include:
Asa
unisex given name
Hirsch
Hirsch (German for "hart") is a common German surname and an old Yiddish masculine given name. Notable people with the surname include:
Riku
Riku is both a masculine Finnish given name and a unisex Japanese given name. Notable people with the name include:
Nobuo
Nobuo (written: , , , , , in hiragana or in katakana) is a masculine, Japanese given name. Notable people with the name include:
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Stéphane
Stéphane is a French given name, an equivalent of Stephen/Steven. The word derives from the Greek word "στεφάνι" (stefáni) n (plural στεφάνια), meaning wreath, garland (of flowers), and the verb "στέφω" (stéfo), meaning "to crown", following the protoindoeuropean root "*stÁbʰ-".
Maureen
__NOTOC__ Maureen is a female name. In Gaelic, it is Máirín, a pet form of Máire (the Irish cognate of Mary), which is derived from the Hebrew Miriam.
Sidibé
Sidibé is a Fulani surname that can be found in countries like Mali, Guinea, Senegal, Burkina Faso and Mauritania. A variant of the spelling is "Sidibeh" in English speaking countries like the Gambia and Liberia. Notable people with the surname include:
Vilho
Vilho is a given name, the Finnish form of Wilhelm or William. The name may refer to:
Vagn
Vagn is an Old Norse masculine forename, meaning 'wagon'. In Norwegian, the name means orca. It was the name of a famous 10th-century Jomsviking, Vagn Åkesson.
Ivor
Ivor is an English masculine given name derived either directly from Norse Ívarr, or through Welsh (which spells it Ifor) or Irish and Scottish Gaelic (which spell it Íomhar), all of which likely derive it also from the original Norse form. The Norse name is derived from the Old Norse elements (yew, bow) and (warrior, army): hence, 'archer, bow warrior'. It is possible the old Norse name Ívarr comes from the Celtic root and may be related to the Celtic root of -iv which is found in St. Ives for example, itself possibly referring to yew. This could indicate an earlier shared language origin; po
Esteban
thumb | rightEsteban () is a Spanish male given name, derived from Greek Στέφανος (Stéphanos) and related to the English names Steven and Stephen. Although in its original pronunciation the accent is on the penultimate syllable, English-speakers tend to pronounce it as a proparoxytone .
Ludovica
Ludovica or Ludovika or Ludowika is a feminine given name, a counterpart of the masculine names Ludovic or Ludovico and the related Louis or Ludwig. As of 2021, it was among the ten most popular names for newborn girls in Italy.
Nicoletta
Nicoletta is a name and feminine given name derived from the Greek Nikolaos, most often used in Italy, Sweden, Denmark and Norway. Nicoletta is also a surname. Notable people with the name include:
Brianna
Brianna, Breanna, Briana, and Bryanna are feminine given names. Brianna is a feminine English language form of the masculine Irish language name Brian as "Briana" is the original spelling. The name is a relatively modern one and was occasionally used in England from about the 16th century and on; Briana is the name of a character in Edmund Spenser's The Faerie Queene. In recent years, the name has become increasingly popular, especially in the United States.
Salah ad-Din
male given name
Moise
Moise is a given name and surname, with differing spellings in its French and Romanian origins, both of which originate from the name Moses: Moïse is the French spelling of Moses, while Moise is the Romanian spelling. As a surname, Moisè and Mosè are Italian spellings of Moses.
Theobald
thumb|right | alt=Photograph of Theobald Smith | Theobald SmithTheobald is a Germanic dithematic name, composed from the elements theod- "people" and bald "bold". The name arrived in England with the Normans.