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N'Diaye
'''N'Diaye''' is the Senegalese variant of the name Njie, originating from the Ndiaye clan of the Wolof. N'Diaye may refer to:
Dragan
Dragan (, ) is a South Slavic masculine given name. It is derived from the common Slavic element drag meaning "dear, beloved". The feminine form is Dragana.
Theo
Theo is a given name and a hypocorism.
Theodotus
Theodotus ( "given by God" or "given by gods") is the name of:
Luisa
Luisa (Italian and Spanish) or Luísa (Portuguese) is a feminine given name; it is the feminine form of the given name Louis (Luis), the French form of the Frankish Chlodowig (German Ludwig), from the Germanic elements hlod "fame" and wig "combat".
Isaak
male given name
Gunhild
Gunhild (with variants Gundhild, Gunhilda, Gunhilde, Gunhjild, Gunilda, Gunnhild, Gunnhildr, Gunnhildur) is a Germanic feminine given name composed of two words meaning "war" (gunn and hild/hildr).
Lennart
Lennart or Lennarth is a Germanic variant of the name Leonard, most common in Scandinavia and German-speaking countries as a surname or masculine given name. Notable people with the name include:
Jaromir
Jaromír is a Czech male given name. It is composed from the old Czech words jaryj ('strong') and mir ('peaceful'). An obsolete version of the name is Jaroměr. The feminine counterpart is Jaromíra. Notable people with the name include:
Æthelbald
Æthelbald (also Ethelbald or Aethelbald) may refer to:
Aegidius
male given name
Arnulf
thumb | right | alt=Portrait of Arnulf Øverland (1889-1968) | Portrait of Arnulf Øverland (1889-1968) Arnulf is a masculine German given name. It is composed of the Germanic elements arn "eagle" and ulf "wolf". The -ulf, -olf suffix was an extremely frequent element in Germanic onomastics and from an early time was perceived as a mere suffix forming given names. Similarly, the suffix -wald, -ald, -old, originally from wald "rule, power" underwent semantic weakening. Therefore, the name Arnulf and Arnold were often conflated in early medieval records, as is the case with bishop Arnulf of Metz
Daphne
female given name
Jerzy
Jerzy is the Polish version of the masculine given name George. The most common nickname for Jerzy is Jurek (), which may also be used as an official first name. Occasionally the nickname Jerzyk may be used, which means "swift" in Polish.
May
female given name
Florence
female given name
Saddam
male given name
Tariq
Tariq () is an Arabic word and given name.
Satoshi
is a generally masculine Japanese given name.
Ismail
male given name
Hamid
Hamid refers to two different but related Arabic given names, both of which come from the Arabic triconsonantal root of Ḥ-M-D ():
Danielle
Danielle is a modern French female variant of the male name Daniel. Daniëlle is a Dutch version of the name.
Dino
male given name
Evander
Evander is a masculine given name. It is an anglicization of the Greek name Εὔανδρος (lit. "good man", Latinized Evandrus). It has also been adopted as an anglicization of the Gaelic name Ìomhar (the Gaelic variant of the name Ivor). Evandro is the Italian, Portuguese and Spanish version. People and mythological figures named Evander include:
Marcão
Marcão is an augmentative name meaning Elder Marcos or Elder Marco.
Jared
Jared is a given name of Biblical derivation.
Jacques
The name '''', derived from Jacob, is believed to have originated in the northwest Brittany region of France in the Middle Ages, and occurs in variations, such as '''', as both a given name and a surname.
Eubulus
Eubulus is the name of:
Emese
Emese (fl. 9th century CE) was the daughter of Duke Eunedubelianus () of Dentumoger, the consort of the noblest Scythian (i.e. from Dentumoger, Scythia) prince Ügyek, and the mother of High Prince Álmos in Hungarian historical mythology; thus, she was the ancestress of the Hungarian royal house of Árpád, the dynasty which founded the Hungarian Kingdom. Due to a lack of reliable source material, it is difficult to separate the legends concerning Emese from her actual role as an historical person.
Filomena
Filomena is a form of the Greek female given name Philomena. It means "friend of strength" (φίλος : phílos "friend, lover" and μένος : ménos "mind, purpose, strength, courage") or "loved one" (φιλουμένη : philouménē meaning "loved"). Filomena is the name of one of the storytellers in the frame story of The Decameron.
Signe
Signe or Signy is a feminine given name used in the Nordic and Baltic countries, derived from Old Norse sigr (victory) and nýr (new), which may refer to:
Adelaide
female given name
Saskia
Saskia is a Dutch feminine given name of uncertain origin. It has been in use since the Middle Ages and is also in occasional use in the Anglosphere. One source word might be the Germanic sachs, meaning Saxon. Saskia van Uylenburgh, wife of the painter Rembrandt, is the best-known bearer of the name.
Juana
thumb|right|alt=Juana is a Spanish female name.|Areas where Juana is common Juana is a Spanish female name. It is the feminine form of Juan (English John), and thus corresponds to the English names Jane, Jean, Joan, and Joanna. The feminine diminutive form (male equivalent to Johnny) is Juanita (equivalent to Janet, Janey, Joanie, etc). It is very common in Spain, the other Spanish-speaking countries around the world, and in the Philippines. The name Juana may refer to:
Aiko
is a feminine Japanese given name.
Henrietta
female given name
Caius
In Latin, Caius is an archaic spelling of the Latin praenomen Gaius, pronounced /ga:ius/. In early Latin, the letter C was used for both /g/ and /k/; and the names Gaius and Gnaeus were spelt Caius and Cnaius and continued to be so in inscriptions, after the letter G was introduced, and C was confined to the /k/ sound. Notably, the name of Gaius Iulius Caesar is abbreviated CIC.
Johnny
Johnny is an English language personal name. It is often a nickname, but from the 16th century it has sometimes been a given name in its own right for males and, less commonly, females.
Cristina
Cristina is a female given name, and it is also used as a surname. Notable people with the name include:
Shahla
female given name
Jiří
Jiří (; YI-RZHEE) is a Czech masculine given name, equivalent to English George. Notable people with the name include:
Krzysztof
Krzysztof () is a Polish male given name, equivalent to English Christopher. The name became popular in the 15th century. Its diminutive forms include Krzyś, Krzysiek, and Krzysio; augmentative – Krzychu
Harriet
female given name
Julio
male given name
Hildur
Hildur is one of several female given names derived from the name Hild formed from Old Norse hildr, meaning "battle". Hild, a Nordic-German Bellona, was a Valkyrie who conveyed fallen warriors to Valhalla. Warfare was often called Hild's Game. Hildur is rather exclusively used in Nordic counties, but the more recent variations with the same origin, Hilda and Hilde, are in wider use. The Swedish name day for Hildur and Hilda is 18 January.
Josip
Josip () is a male given name largely found among Croats and Slovenes, a cognate of Joseph.
Ethel
Ethel (also æthel) is an Old English word meaning "noble", today often used as a feminine given name.
Hieronymus
Hieronymus, in English pronounced or , is the Latin form of the Ancient Greek name (Hierṓnymos), meaning 'with a sacred name'. It corresponds to the English given name Jerome.
Iñaki
Iñaki is a male given name. It is a neologism created by Sabino Arana meaning Ignatius, to be a Basque language analog to "Ignacio" in Spanish, "Ignace" in French, and "Ignazio" in Italian, and an alternative to the names Eneko and Íñigo.
Nikolaus
male given name
Hamza
male given name
Maud
female given name
Kasim
Kasim as a given name, a variant of Qasim. It may refer to:
Chrétien
Chrétien is a given name and surname. In the French language, Chrétien is the masculine form of "Christian", as noun, adjective or adverb. Notable people with the name include:
Zdeněk
Zdeněk is a Czech male given name derived from the Latin name Sidonius. contested the relation with the Latin name, and an alternative etymology is a diminutive of Zdeslav.
Fanny
female given name
Kjetil
Kjetil is a Norwegian masculine given name. It may refer to:
Jenny
female given name
Malvina
Malvina is a feminine given name derived from the Scottish Gaelic Mala-mhìn, meaning "smooth brow". It was popularized by the 18th century Scottish poet James Macpherson. Other names popularised by Macpherson became popular in Scandinavia on account of Napoleon, an admirer of Macpherson's Ossianic poetry, who was the godfather of several children of Jean Baptiste Jules Bernadotte, an officer of his who ruled Norway and Sweden in the early 19th century.
Ulf
thumb | right | alt=Ulf Stark, 2005 | Ulf Stark, 2005 Ulf, or Ulv is a masculine name common in Scandinavia and Germany. It derives from the Old Norse word for "wolf" (úlfr, see Wulf). The oldest written record of the name's occurrence in Sweden is from a runestone of the 11th century. The female form is Ylva. The given name Ulf was relatively popular during the 20th century, but by the 21st century mostly fell out of fashion.