KRISTIAN
Gender: Masculine & Feminine
Usage: Scandinavian, Finnish
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KRISTIAN
Gender: Masculine & Feminine
Usage: Scandinavian, Finnish
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PAMELA
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English
Pronounced: PAM-e-la [key]
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The name was invented in the 16th century by the poet Sir Philip Sidney for use in his poem 'Arcadia'. He possibly intended it to mean "all sweetness" from Greek pan "all" and meli "honey".
Well... My real name is
EVANGELINE
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English
Pronounced: e-VAN-je-leen [key]
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Means "good news" from Greek eu "good" and angelma "news, message".
(SO COOL MEANING!!!!!) I already LOVED my name, but now I love it even more! *See pronunciation, noone seems to be able to pronounce it right. :rolleyes: )
But everyone calls me
(I mean really, this is not just a nickname, no one ever calls me Evangeline. I HATE!!!!! It when people find out my real name and want to call me Angie or Vangie, sorry, but I hate those names.)
EVA
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, English, German, Dutch, Scandinavian, Russian, Czech
Pronounced: EE-va, (this one<<)AY-vah (Italian), E-vah (Spanish) [key]
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Latinate form of EVE (I also hate the name Eve.)
When I breed and show dals, my kennel name will be Longfellow after Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, who wrote the long poem Evangeline, where my mom first saw my name. (I thank him for that) my dad first saw my name on a headstone in a cemetery!:rolleyes:
edit: in 1990, the year I was born, it ranked 820 for female names in the us. Thts good, I like uncomon names!
JUDITH
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English, Jewish, French, Biblical
Pronounced: JOO-dith (English), zhoo-DEET (French) [key]
From the Hebrew name Yehudit which meant "woman from Judea". Judea was an ancient region in Israel. In the Old Testament Judith was one of the wives of Esau. This was also the name of the main character of the apocryphal Book of Judith who kills an invading Assyrian commander by beheading him in his sleep. This name may also be used as a feminine form of JUDAH.
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lol....I "killed a commander by beheading him in his sleep"!!! Muhahahha! Beware of me!! :rolleyes:
Very interesting!! Thanks for the link, Jordan:)
DEBBIE - Pet form of DEBORAH
DEBORAH
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English, Jewish, Biblical
Pronounced: DEB-or-a, DEB-ra [key]
Means "bee" in Hebrew. Deborah was the nurse of Rebecca in the Old Testament. Also in the Old Testament, this was the name of a heroine and prophetess who led the Israelites in defeating the Canaanites.
KARI (1)
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Norwegian
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Norwegian form of KATHERINE
i pronounce it care-ree
Mine doesn't come up on the site but it's probavly the same as Devon's.
I didn't use this website but Amanda means "loved" and Lynn means "fountain", so together I'm a love fountain, lol.
TREVOR
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Welsh, English
Pronounced: TRE-vur [key]
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From a surname which was originally from a place name meaning "big village" from Welsh tref "village" and mawr "large".
HEATHER
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English
Pronounced: HE-dhur [key]
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Means simply "heather" from the English word for the variety of small shrubs with pink or white flowers which commonly grow in rocky areas. It is derived from Middle English hather.
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I didn't find my name in the Dutch list :confused: , though it is an original Dutch name. Somehow, it appears on the German list, and the explanation is about right, so here we go
My first name is in full LUTGARDE
LUTGARD f German
Variant of LUITGARD
LUITGARD f German
Derived from the Germanic elements liut "people" and gard "enclosure".
My parents always told me that my name meant "gardian of the people"
leigh - meadow
kerri - mystery
SARAH
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English, French, German, Jewish, Biblical
Pronounced: SER-a [key]
Means "lady" or "princess" in Hebrew. This was the name of the wife of Abraham in the Old Testament. She became the mother of Isaac at the age of 90. Her name was originally Sarai, but God changed it (see Genesis 17:15).
Thats cool!:) I already knew what it meant.:)
ASHLEY
Gender: Masculine & Feminine
Usage: English
Pronounced: ASH-lee [key]
From a surname which was originally derived from a place name which meant "ash tree clearing" in Old English
Great, I was named after trees...yippee...:rolleyes:
I have a twin brother and my parents I guess thought I was a guy and were going to names us Arthur and Adam well I was a girl so then it bacame Ashley and Adam!