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7 unusual facts about given name


Diogo de Boitaca

His first name is only mentioned once : in 1515 on the list of the members of the ill-fated expedition to São João da Mamora (present-day Mehdya in Morocco) where the Portuguese lost 4,000 men.

Jacob Bar-Salibi

'Jacob' was his baptismal name; 'Dionysius' he assumed when consecrated to the bishopric.

Máedóc of Ferns

Mogue is no longer used as a Christian name but the name Aidan is popular for boys in the West Cavan area.

Maronites

Given names of Arabic origins identical with those of their Muslim neighbors are also common, such as Khalil, Toufic, Jamil, Samir, Salim or Hisham.

Ravikumar

Ravikumar is commonly used Indian Hindu name.

Tassos

Tassos, is a Greek name that comes from Anastasius, and that comes from "Anastasi", that means "Resurrection (e.g. of Christ)".

William Sandham

Sandham's fore-initial is stated a being 'A.' on rugbyleagueproject.org.


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Agra liv

Agra liv (Erwin, 2002) is a species of carabid beetle named after the "first name of the actress Liv Tyler, starlet of the movie, Armageddon...because the "existence of this species of elegant beetle is dependent upon the rainforest not undergoing an armageddon.

Andreas, Prince of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha

Andreas, Prince of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, Duke of Saxony (given names: Andreas Michael Friedrich Hans Armin Siegfried Hubertus; born 21 March 1943) has been the head of the House of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha since 1998.

Ayameko

Ayameko is the English spelling of the given name ( あやめこ ) - (A あ, Ya や, me め, ko こ) of Japanese origin.

Bannus

Bannus (or Banus) is a given name, the occurrence of which is first documented in the writings of Josephus, when referring to a hermit with whom Josephus spent three years in the mid-first century CE.

Bianca Maria

Bianca Maria is a feminine given name, a combination of the Italian name Bianca, which means "white" and is a cognate of the medieval name Blanche and of Maria, a Latin form of the Greek name Μαριαμ or Mariam or Maria, found in the New Testament.

Bridgetta

Bridgetta is the Italian version of the Irish name, Bridget.

Chlothar

Chlothar (Latin Chlotharius; French Clotaire) is a Germanic given name, which evolved into the later form Lothair (Lotharius).

Churl

While the word churl went down in the social scale, the first name derived from the same etymological source ("Karl" in German, "Charles" in French and English, "Carlos" in Spanish etc.

Drama Köprüsü

The song is based on the legend of Debreli Hasan (Hasan from Debre), who lived at the end of the 19th century and the beginning of the 20th century.

Fabia

Fabia (given name), an Italian feminine given name derived from masculine Fabio

Fujiko

Fujiko is a Japanese feminine given name, usually derived from 藤 (Fuji), which means "Wisteria", and the suffix 子 (-ko), which means "child" or "child of".

Grischa

Grischa (alternatively spelled Grisha or Gricha) is a short form for the name Gregory or Grigorij, and sometimes for the name Georgi as well, used in Russia and some nearby countries, including Ukraine and Bulgaria.

Jacinta

The girl's name Jacinta is the feminine form of the male Spanish and Portuguese name Jacinto ("Hyacinth").

Jacinto

Jacinto is a Spanish and Portuguese name meaning Hyacinth, which can refer to Saint Hyacinth, a Roman martyr (Hyacinth and Protus), or the Hyacinth flower itself.

Lauritz

Lauritz or Laurits is a male given name, the Swedish and Norwegian variant of Laurence/Lawrence

Leon, New York

The name is derived from the former Kingdom of León in Spain, though it is pronounced like the American first name, "Lee-on".

Maronites

Modern Maronites often adopt French or other Western European given names (with biblical origins) for their children, including Michel, Marc, Marie, Georges, Carole, Charles, Antoine, Joseph and Pierre.

Nykanor Deyneha

Bishop Nykanor (his given name was Mykola; Nykanor is his monastic name) was born in Svystilnyky village (now is Svitanok village, Rohatyn Raion, Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast) into a peasant family.

Opel Adam

Adam is a given name in many languages, after the legendary figure Adam of the Abrahamic religions, and specifically the given name of the company's founder Adam Opel.

Petrosyan

It is a patronymic from the Armenian first name Petros (equivalent to Peter, making the name effectively equivalent to Peterson).

Philippe François Armand Marie de Noailles

His second wife was HRH Princess Joan of Luxembourg (née Joan Douglas Dillon (b. New York City, New York, 31 January 1935).

Sakartvelos Gogona Skautebis Asociacia 'Dia'

Dia itself is an ancient Georgian feminine name, referring to the goddess associated in Georgian pre-Christian mythology with the planet Jupiter.

Samppa

Samppa is a common Finnish given name.

Shoshana

It is the name of at least two women in the Bible, and via Σουσάννα (Sousanna), it developed into such European names as Susanna, Susan, Susanne, Susana, Susannah, Suzanne, Suzie and Sanna.

Sorcha

In Ireland, because Sorcha is pronounced "surra-kha", the name has been considered as a Gaelic form of the etymologically unrelated name Sarah, and in consequence Sorcha has been Anglicised as Sally, Sarah.

Trần Dụ Tông

Trần Dụ Tông (1336–1369), given name Trần Hạo (), was the seventh emperor of the Trần Dynasty, and reigned over Đại Việt from 1341 to 1369.

Trần Hiến Tông

Trần Hiến Tông (1319–1341), given name Trần Vượng (), was the sixth emperor of the Trần Dynasty who reigned Đại Việt from 1329 to 1341.

Trần Minh Tông

Trần Minh Tông (1300–1357), given name Trần Mạnh (), was the fifth emperor of the Trần Dynasty who ruled Đại Việt from 1314 to 1329.

Trần Nghệ Tông

Trần Nghệ Tông (1321–1394), given name Trần Phủ (), was the eighth emperor of the Trần Dynasty who reigned Đại Việt from 1370 to 1372.

Trần Nhân Tông

Trần Nhân Tông (1258–1308), given name Trần Khâm, was the third emperor of the Trần Dynasty, reigning over Đại Việt from 1278 to 1293.

Trần Phế Đế

Trần Phế Đế (1361–1388), given name Trần Hiện, was the tenth emperor of the Trần Dynasty who reigned Đại Việt from 1377 to 1388.

Trần Thánh Tông

Trần Thánh Tông (1240–1290), given name Trần Hoảng (), was the second emperor of the Trần Dynasty, reigning over Đại Việt from 1258 to 1278.

Trần Thiếu Đế

Trần Thiếu Đế (Born 1396, date of death unknown), given name Trần An, was the twelfth and the last emperor of the Trần Dynasty who reigned over Đại Việt from 1398 to 1400.

Unique Population Registry Code

When a person has two given names and the first given name is María, as is often the case for women in Mexico, or José, in the case of men, the first name will be overlooked and the fourth character will be taken from the second given name's initial.

Valeriya Gai Germanika

Valeriya Gai Germanika was born and registered Valeriya, named after Lucius Cornelius Sulla's wife Valeria, and later legally changed her given name, patronymic (to alienate from the bilogical father) and family name (in a Roman style) upon her adolescence.

Vardan Mamikonian

Vardan or Vartan are both common given names for Armenian males, the female version is Vardanoush or Vartanoush.

Wedginald

The name "Wedginald" was arrived at after a naming contest on the site, and is intended as a humorous portmanteau of "wedge" (as in a wedge of cheese) and the given name Reginald.

Zareh

Zareh is an Armenian given name, derived from a legendary king mentioned in chapter 1.31 of the History of Armenia.

Zhenren

Note that Japanese 真人 can be pronounced shinjin in the Daoist sense and Masato (e.g., Masato Shimon) or Mahito (Mahito Tsujimura) as a given name.

Zooey

The name was, at least for decades, best known as a masculine nickname for "Zachary" or "Zechariah", from its use by J. D. Salinger for his character Zooey Glass.


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