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Luca
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Italian
Italian form of Luke.
From the Greek name Λουκας (Loukas) which meant "from Lucania". Lucania was a region in Italy.
Saint Luke, the author of the third Gospel and Acts in the New Testament, was a doctor who travelled in the company of Saint Paul.
Giada
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Italian
Italian form of Jade.
Simply means "jade" from the name of the precious stone that is often used in carvings. It is probably derived from the Spanish (piedra de la) ijada meaning "(stone of the) colic", relating to the belief that jade could cure colic.
Nerina
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Italian
Feminine form of Nerio, the Italian form of Nerius.
Derived from Greek νηρος (neros) meaning "water". In Greek and Roman myth this was the name of a god of the sea. This was also the name of a Roman saint of the 1st century, a member of the army, who was martyred with his companion Achilleus because they refused to execute Christians.
Teo
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Italian, Spanish
Short form of Teofilo (or other names beginning with "teo" wink , the short form of Teophilus.
Latinized form of the Greek name Θεοφιλος (Theophilos) which meant "friend of god", derived from θεος (theos) "god" and φιλος (philos) "friend". In the New Testament the evangelist Luke addresses his gospel and the Book of Acts to a man named Theophilus.
Rebecca
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English, Italian, Swedish, Biblical
From the Hebrew name רִבְקָה (Rivqah), possibly meaning "a snare" in Hebrew, or perhaps derived from an Aramaic name. This was the name of the wife of Isaac and the mother of Esau and Jacob in the Old Testament.
Francesca
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Italian
Italian feminine form of Franciscus, which meant "frenchman".
Mariani
Usage: Italian
From the given name Mariano, the Italian form of Marianus, the Roman family name which derives itself from the Roman name Marius.
The nameMarius was derived either from Mars, the name of the Roman god of War, or else from the Latin root mas, maris meaning "male". Gaius Marius was a famous Roman consul of the 2nd century BC.
Thomas
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English, French, German, Dutch, Scandinavian, Greek, Biblical.
Greek form of the Aramaic name Te'oma which meant "twin". In the New Testament this is the name of the apostle who doubts the resurrected Jesus. According to tradition he was martyred in India.
Walker
Usage: English
Occupational surname for a person who walked on damp raw cloth in order to thicken it.
Derived from Middle English walkere.
Cecilia
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English, Italian, Spanish, Swedish
Latinate feminine form of the Roman family name Caecilius, which was derived from Latin caecus "blind". According to legend, Saint Cecilia was a 3rd-century martyr who was sentenced to die because she refused to worship the Roman gods. After attempts to suffocate her failed, she had her head chopped off. She is the patron saint of music and musicians.
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Nicholas
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English, French
From the Greek name Νικολαος (Nikolaos) which meant "victory of the people" from Greek νικη (nike) "victory" and λαος (laos) "people". Saint Nicholas was a 4th-century bishop from Anatolia who, according to legend, saved the daughters of a poor man from lives of prostitution. He is also known as Santa Claus (from Dutch Sinterklaas), the bringer of Christmas presents. He is the patron saint of children, sailors and merchants, and Greece and Russia. Nicholas was also the name of two czars of Russia and five popes.
David
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English, Jewish, Biblical, French, Spanish, Portuguese, Russian, Czech, Slovene, German, Hebrew...
Possibly derived from Hebrew דוד (dvd) meaning "beloved". David was the second and greatest of the kings of Israel, ruling in the 10th century BC. Several stories about him are told in the Old Testament, including his defeat of Goliath, a giant Philistine. Jesus was supposedly descended from him.
Cain
Usage: Biblical
Means "acquired" in Hebrew. In Genesis in the Old Testament Cain was the first son of Adam and Eve. He killed his brother Abel after God accepted Abel's offering instead of his.
Magdalyn
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Greek
Greek name meaning "high tower".
Also another form of the name Magdalene, meaning "of Magdala".
Mary Magdalene, a character in the New Testament, was named thus because she was from Magdala - a village on the sea of Galilee whose name meant "tower" in Hebrew. She was cleaned of evil spirits by Jesus and then remained with him during his ministry, witnessing the crucifixion and the resurrection.
Emil
Gender: Masculine
Usage: German, Scandinavian, Czech, Polish, Slovene, Hungarian, Romanian, Bulgarian, Serbian, Croatian, English.
From the Roman family name Aemilius, which was derived from Latin aemulus meaning "rival".
[ It can also be spelled "Emile".
But every time I see it like that, it makes me think of the name "Emily". ]
Selene
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Greek, Greek Mythology, English
Means "moon" in Greek.
This was the name of a Greek goddess of the moon, sometimes identified with the goddess Artemis.
Diego
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Spanish
Possibly a short form of Santiago, but it is more likely derived from the medieval name Didacus which meant "teaching" from Greek διδαχη (didache).
Santiago - means "Saint James". Derived from Spanish term santo, meaning "saint"; combined with the name Iago, an old Spanish form of James, the patron saint of Spain. Cities in Chile and Spain bear this name.
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Vivienne
Gender: Feminine
Usage: French
Feminine variant of the french form of "Vivian".
From the Roman name Vivianus which was derived from Latin vivus "alive".
Saint Vivian was a French bishop who protected people during the Visigoth invasion in the 5th century.
 Ophrysia · Sat Jul 14, 2007 @ 01:38am · 2 Comments |
