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Raphael
archangel featuring in Book of Tobit
Azrael
Azrael (; , 'God has helped'; ) is the canonical angel of death in Islam and appears centuries earlier in the apocryphal text Apocalypse of Peter.
Abijah
male human biblical figure in 1 Kings 14:31 and 2 Chronicles, second King of Judah
Abraxas
thumb|Engraving from an Abraxas stone.
Sator Square
word square containing a five-word Latin palindrome
Daniel
male given name
John
male given name
Apollodorus
Apollodorus (Greek: Ἀπολλόδωρος Apollodoros) was a popular name in ancient Greece. It is the masculine gender of a noun compounded from Apollo, the deity, and doron, "gift"; that is, "Gift of Apollo." It may refer to:
Gabriel
male given name
Abdullah
male given name (عبدالله)
Thutmose
Thutmose (; also rendered Thutmoses, Thutmosis, Tuthmose, Tutmosis, Thothmes, Tuthmosis, Thutmes, Dhutmose, Djhutmose, Djehutymes, etc.) is an anglicization of the ancient Egyptian personal name dhwty-ms, usually translated as "Born of the god Thoth".
Immanuel
thumb|Christ Emmanuel, Christian icon with [[riza by Simon Ushakov, 1668. According to the Gospel of Matthew, Immanuel refers to Jesus Christ.]] Immanuel or Emmanuel (, "God [is] with us"; Koine Greek: ) is a Hebrew name that appears in the Book of Isaiah (7:14) as a sign that God will protect the House of David.
Hasdrubal
Hasdrubal () is the Latinized form of the Carthaginian name ʿAzrubaʿal ().
Samuel
male given name
Michael
male given name
Theophano
Theophano () may refer to:
Amenemhat
Amenemḥat or Amenemhēt, hellenized as Ammenémēs (Eusebius: Ἀμμενέμης) or as Ammanémēs (Africanus: Ἀμμανέμης), is an Ancient Egyptian name meaning "Amun is in front". Amenemhat was the name of a number of kings, princes and administration officials throughout ancient Egyptian history.
Bogdanov
Bogdanov (Богданов), or its feminine form Bogdanova (Богданова), is a common Russian and Bulgarian surname, derived by a genitive inflection from the given name Bogdan. In a number of cases in the Russian Empire the surname was given to illegitimate children, interpreting the literal meaning "given by God".
theophoric name
name embedding the name of a god
Israel
name
Bogdan
Bogdan (Cyrillic: Богдан) is a Slavic masculine name that appears in the South Slavic languages and in Polish and Romanian. It is derived from the Slavic words Bog (Cyrillic: Бог), meaning 'god', and dan (Cyrillic: дан), meaning 'given'. The name appears to be an early calque from Greek Theódoros (Theodore, Theodosius) or Hebrew Matthew with the same meaning. The name is also used as a surname in Hungary, Romania, Serbia and Croatia. Bogdana is the feminine version of the name.
Mark
male given name
Elizabeth
female given name
Amenhotep
Amenhotep (Ỉmn-ḥtp; "One who pleases Amun") is an ancient Egyptian name. Its Greek version is Amenophis (). Its notable bearers were:
Theodosius
Theodosius (Latinized from the Greek "Θεοδόσιος", Theodosios, "given by god") is a given name. It may take the form Teodósio, Teodosie, Teodosije etc. Theodosia is a feminine version of the name.
Godwin
Godwin is an English-language given name and surname with Anglo-Saxon origins. It means ''God's friend'' and is thus equivalent to Theophilus, Jedediah, Amadeus and Reuel. However, the word "Godwin" can also mean "helper of mankind"
Ahmose
Ahmose is an Ancient Egyptian name meaning "The Moon is born" or "Child of the Moon". It was a very popular name in the beginning of the eighteenth dynasty.
Ariel
unisex given name
Dorothea
Dorothea, also spelt Dorothee (German), Dorothée (French), and Dorotea, is a female given name from Greek (Dōrothéa) meaning "god's gift". In English it is more commonly spelt Dorothy.
Manuel
male given name
Sobekhotep
Sobekhotep or Sebekhotep is an ancient Egyptian name meaning “Sobek is pleased” or “Sobek is satisfied”, and may refer to: __NOTOC__ ==Pharaohs== ===13th Dynasty=== Sekhemre Khutawy Sobekhotep, believed to be Sobekhotep I Khaankhre Sobekhotep, believed to be Sobekhotep II Sekhemre Sewadjtawy Sobekhotep III, reigned c. 1740 BC Khaneferre Sobekhotep IV, most powerful pharaoh of the 13th Dynasty, c. 1730 BC Merhotepre Sobekhotep, also known as Sobekhotep V, reigned c. 1724 BC Khahotepre Sobekhotep VI, reigned c. 1696 BC Merkawre Sobekhotep, reigned c. 1664 BC
Jonathan
male given name
Adeodatus
Adeodatus or Adeodato are given names meaning "given by God". Notable people with these names include:
Theophanes
Theophanes may refer to:
Senusret
Senusret (Greek: Sesostris; also transcribed as Senwosret based on Coptic; and as Usertesen in older literature) is the name of several Ancient Egyptians:
Eli
unisex given name
Martin
name
Teodor
Teodor is a masculine given name. In English, it is a cognate of Theodore. Notable people with the name include:
Hannibal
male given name
Dennis
thumb | right | alt=Actor Dennis Quaid | Actor Dennis Quaid Dennis or Denis is a first or last name from the Greco-Roman name Dionysius, via one of the Christian saints named Dionysius.
Tiffany
female given name
Reuel
Reuel or Raguel (; ), meaning "God shall pasture" or more specifically "El shall pasture" (as a shepherd does with his flock) is a Hebrew name associated with several biblical and religious figures.
Thea
female given name
Hori
Hori may refer to:
Joshua
male given name
Eliza
female given name
Theodotus
Theodotus ( "given by God" or "given by gods") is the name of:
Iset
Iset or Aset is an Ancient Egyptian name, meaning "(She) of the throne". It was the name of the goddess better known by her Greek name Isis. For its etymology see Isis – Etymology.
Joel
male given name
Artyom
Artyom (also spelled Artiom; ) is a Russian male given name. It is related to the name Artemy. The name is derived from the Ancient Greek name Artemios (Greek: Αρτέμιος), the name of the saint Artemius (cf. Dmitry (from Demeter), Denis (from Dionis)). A common diminutive form of the name is Tyoma (Тёма).
Neferkare
Neferkare or Nefkara may refer to:
Božidar
Božidar (Bulgarian, Macedonian, , , sometimes transliterated as Bojidar, or Bozhidar) is a Slavic masculine given name.
Amadeus
male given name
Amadeo
Amadeo is a Spanish name derived from the Latin theophoric name Amadeus. It may refer to:
Dorothy
female given name
Gottlieb
name: given and family name
Ubayd Allah
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Ramesses
ancient Egyptian given name
Dieudonné
Dieudonné is a French name normally meaning "Gift of God", and thus similar to the Greek-derived Theodore, Hebrew-derived Matthew, or the Spanish Diosdado. It may refer to:
Theodora
female given name