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Kamran
Kamran ( Kāmrān) is a Persian male given name meaning 'prosperous, fortunate'. The name is commonly used in Iran and Azerbaijan, in addition to Bangladesh, Tajikistan, Afghanistan, Uzbekistan, and Pakistan. Variants include Kâmran, Kamron, and Kamuran.
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.
Ioannes
male given name
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:
Ludolf
Ludolf is a Germanic surname or given name. It is derived from two stems: Hlud meaning "fame" and olf meaning "wolf". An alternate spelling of the name is Ludolph. People with the name include:
Fanny
female given name
Ashot
Ashot or Ashod () is an Armenian given name. Notable persons with the name include:
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.
Daphne
female given name
Niels
Niels is a male given name, equivalent to Nicholas, which is common in Denmark, Belgium, Norway (formerly) and the Netherlands. The Norwegian and Swedish variant is Nils. The name is a developed short form of Nicholas or Greek Nikolaos, after Saint Nicholas. Its pet form is Nisse, and female variants are Nielsine, Nielsina, and Nielsa.
Evelina
female given name
Bruno
name; given name and surname
Florence
female given name
Shahla
female given name
Alessandro
Alessandro is a masculine given name, the Italian form of the English name Alexander, derived from the Latin Alexander and the Ancient Greek Aléxandros (Αλέξανδρος), meaning "defender of man". The name Alessandro became consolidated and predominant in Italy from the Renaissance onward, due to its more fluid phonetic and the influence of historical and literary figures.
Bertha
Bertha is a female Germanic name, from Old High German berhta meaning "bright one". It was usually a short form of Anglo Saxon names Beorhtgifu meaning "bright gift" or Beorhtwynn meaning "bright joy".
Alonso
Alonso is a Spanish name of Germanic origin that is a Castilian variant of Adalfuns. The original Visigothic name Alfonso suffered the phonetic change of the phoneme /f/ into the mute /h/ in the Early Middle Ages (around 9th Century), what eventually suppressed the sound /f/ from the name, deriving in the modern form Alonso. Due to the demographic particularities of the Iberian peninsula during the Middle Ages, this phonetic change was not uniform across the territory and the original form Alfonso also survived in different areas. Therefore, today both forms of the name coexist in Spanish spea
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:
Milica
Milica (; pronounced 'Millitsa') is a feminine name popular in Balkan countries. It is a diminutive form of the given name Mila, meaning 'kind', 'dear' or 'sweet'. The name was used for a number of queens and princesses, including Milica of Serbia, wife of Tsar Lazar, who is honored as a saint in the Serbian Orthodox Church. Milica has been the most popular name for girls born in Serbia since 1991, and is overall the most common female given name in the country. The name of Princess Milica of Montenegro was often translated as Milizza in English language publications.
Olaf
Olaf or Olav (, , or British ; ) is a Dutch, Polish, Scandinavian and German given name. It is presumably of Proto-Norse origin, reconstructed as *Anu-laibaz, from anu "ancestor, grand-father" and laibaz "heirloom, descendant". Old English forms are attested as Ǣlāf, Anlāf. The corresponding Old Novgorod dialect form is Uleb. A later English form of the name is Olave.
Bożena
Bożena () is a Polish feminine given name, originally appearing as Bożana and Bożechna. It is derived from the word "Bóg" (God).
Ludwig
male given name
Danielle
Danielle is a modern French female variant of the male name Daniel. Daniëlle is a Dutch version of the name.
Adelaide
female given name
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.
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.
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.
Bartel
Bartel is a given name and surname. Notable people with the name include:
June
unisex given name
Marcão
Marcão is an augmentative name meaning Elder Marcos or Elder Marco.
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.
Bianca
Bianca is a feminine given name. It means "white" and is an Italian cognate of Blanche. It is known in the Anglosphere as a character in William Shakespeare's The Taming of the Shrew. It came to greater notice in the 1970s, due to public figures such as Bianca Jagger.
Kofi
Kofi is an Akan masculine given name among the Akan people (such as the Bono, Akyem, Akwamu, Ashanti and Fante) in Ghana that is given to a boy born on Friday. Traditionally in Ghana, a child would receive their Akan day name during their Outdooring, eight days after birth.
Tariq
Tariq () is an Arabic word and given name.
Reinhard
Reinhard is a German, Austrian, Danish, and to a lesser extent Norwegian and Swedish given name and surname (from Germanic ragin, counsel, and hart, strong), and a spelling variant of Reinhardt and Reinhart.
Thaddeus
Thaddeus (, , from ) is a masculine given name.
Kasper
male given name
Masako
Masako (written: , , , or in hiragana) is a feminine Japanese given name. Notable people with the name include:
Laurentius
Laurentius is a Latin given name and surname that means "From Laurentum" (a city near Rome). It is possible that the place name Laurentum is derived from the Latin laurus ("laurel"). People with the name include:
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.
Alexis
unisex given name
Cyril
Cyril (also Cyrillus or Cyryl) is a masculine given name. It is derived from the Greek name (Kýrillos), meaning 'lordly, masterful', which in turn derives from Greek (kýrios) 'lord'. There are various variant forms of the name Cyril such as Cyrill, Cyrille, Ciril, Kirill, Kiryl, Kirillos, Kyrylo, Kiril, Kiro, Kyril, Kyrill and Quirrel.
Volodymyr
Volodymyr (, ; ) is a Ukrainian given name of Old East Slavic origin. The related Ancient Slavic, such as Czech, Russian, Serbian, Croatian, etc. form of the name is Володимѣръ Volodiměr, which in other Slavic languages became Vladimir (from ).
Bruce
Bruce is an English language name that arrived in Scotland with the Normans, from the place name Brix, Manche in Normandy, France, meaning "the willowlands". Initially promulgated via the descendants of king Robert the Bruce (1274−1329), it has been a Scottish surname since medieval times; it is now a common male given name.
Bonnie
Bonnie is a Scottish feminine given name. It comes from the Scots language word "bonnie" (handsome, pretty, attractive), or the French bonne (good). That is in turn derived from the Latin word "bonus" (good). The name can also be used as a pet form of Bonita.
Timon
Timon is a masculine given name and a surname which may refer to:
Arruns
Arruns, also spelled Aruns, is an Etruscan praenomen, thought to mean "prince." Various figures in Roman legend and history were known by this name, including:
Amparo
female given name
Jimmy
male given name
Lillian
female given name
Lucie
Lucie is the French and Czech form of the female name Lucia. It is also a nickname or hypocorism. It may refer to:
Lukas
Lukas is a form of the Greek name Λουκάς, which is Romanized as Loukas, or Luke, or Lucas.
Arsène
Arsène is a masculine French given name. It is derived from the Latin name Arsenius, the Latinized form of the Greek name Ἀρσἐνιος (Arsenios), which means "male, virile". It has also been used as a surname. It may refer to:
Pinto
Pinto is a Portuguese surname. It is a high-frequency surname in all Portuguese-speaking countries and is also widely present in Spanish-speaking countries, Italy, India (especially in Mangalore, Karnataka), France and Israel.
Jim
male given name
Kazuki
Kazuki (written: , , , , , , , , or in hiragana) is a masculine Japanese given name. Notable people with the name include:
Jaakko
Jaakko () is a Finnish male first name, etymologically rooted in the Biblical names Jacob or James. The name day of Jaakko in the Finnish calendar is July 25. Jaakko may refer to:
Petrus
male given name
Jørgen
Jørgen is a Danish, Norwegian, and Faroese masculine given name cognate to George