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My son is called James.JAMES
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English, Biblical
Pronounced: JAYMZ [key]
English form of the Late Latin Jacomus which was derived from ??????? (Iakobos), the New Testament Greek form of ??????? (Ya'aqov) (see JACOB). This is the name of two apostles in the New Testament. The first was Saint James the Greater, the apostle John's brother, who was beheaded by Herod Agrippa in the Book of Acts. The second was James the Lesser, son of Alphaeus. Another James (known as James the Just) is also mentioned in the Bible as being the brother of Jesus.
Kings of England and Scotland have borne this name. Other famous bearers include the inventor of the steam engine James Watt, the explorer Captain James Cook, and the novelist and poet James Joyce...
...and every dude named Jim, yeah, Jims rule the world ya know, just ask one sometime we're all around you all the time
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BARBARA
Gender: Feminine Usage: English, Italian, French, German, Polish, Hungarian, Slovene Pronounced: BAHR-bahr-a (English), BAHR-bra (English), bahr-BAH-rah (Polish) [key]
Derived from Greek βαρβαρος (barbaros) meaning "foreign". According to legend Saint Barbara was a young woman killed by her father Dioscorus, who was then killed by a bolt of lightning. She is the patron of architects, geologists, stonemasons and artillerymen.
Never liked my name!![]()
So, I looked up A2J's soon-baby's name, and it made me curious about my own, and every one else's
What does yours mean?
ANNA
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English, Italian, German, Dutch, Scandinavian, Finnish, Estonian, Greek, Hungarian, Polish, Russian, Czech, Slovak, Bulgarian, Icelandic, Catalan, Breton, Biblical
Other Scripts: Αννα (Greek), Анна (Russian, Bulgarian) Pronounced: AN-a (English), AHN-nah (Italian, Dutch, Polish), AH-nah (German, Russian) [key]
Latinate form of HANNAH. It appears briefly in the New Testament belonging to a prophetess who recognized Jesus as the Messiah. It was also borne by an 18th-century empress of Russia and by the main character in Tolstoy's 'Anna Karenina', a woman forced to choose between her son and her lover.
HANNAH Gender: Feminine Usage: English, Jewish, French, German, Biblical Pronounced: HAN-a (English), HAH-nah (German) [key]
From the Hebrew name חַנָּה (Channah) which meant "favour" or "grace". Hannah was the mother of the prophet Samuel in the Old Testament. The Latin version of this name is Anna.
So, favour or grace... sweet!!
You can find your own here![]()
MARIA
Latinate form of MARY. This was the name of several queens of Portugal. It was also borne by the 18th-century Habsburg queen Maria Theresa, whose inheritance of the domains of her father, the Holy Roman Emperor Charles VI, began the War of the Austrian Succession. In some countries, for example Germany and Poland, Maria is occasionally used as a masculine middle name.
MARY
Usual English form of Maria, which was the Latin form of the New Testament Greek names Μαριαμ (Mariam) or Μαρια (Maria) (the spellings are interchangeable), which were from the Hebrew name מִרְיָם (Miryam). The meaning is not known for certain, but there are several theories including "sea of bitterness", "rebelliousness", and "wished for child". However it was most likely originally an Egyptian name, perhaps derived in part from mry "beloved" or mr "love".This is the name of several New Testament characters, most importantly Mary the virgin mother of Jesus, and Mary Magdalene. Two queens of England have had this name, as well as a Queen of Scotland, Mary Queen of Scots.
....but on the forums, I go by Mel.![]()

Give it your best shot!JOSÉPHINE
Gender: Feminine
Usage: French
Origin: Hebrew
http://www.behindthename.com/nmc/fre.phpPronounced: zho-zay-FEEN [key]
Meaning: He will enlarge
French feminine form of JOSEPH. A notable bearer of this name was the first wife of Napoleon Bonaparte.
And the first one to say "not tonight" is a dead man!!![]()

£amb;39504933 said:HEATHER
Gender: Feminine Usage: English Pronounced: HE-dhur
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.
but I don't see it...My name is Eric
The meaning of 'Eric' is Always Ruler or Eternal Ruler
The origin of 'Eric' is Scandinavian

Mine wasn't there ~ not surprising ~ but all the modern versions were; see below. Oh! The name is Jehane.
Jane: English form of Jehanne, an Old French feminine form of Johannes (see JOHN). Jane Austen was the British novelist who wrote 'Sense and Sensibility' and 'Pride and Prejudice' among other works. Also, the central character in Charlotte Bronte's 'Jane Eyre' bears this name.
JOHN
Gender: Masculine Usage: English, Biblical Pronounced: JAHN [key]
English form of Iohannes, which was the Latin form of the Greek name ??????? (Ioannes), itself derived from the Hebrew name ???????? (Yochanan) meaning "YAHWEH is gracious". This name owes its consistent popularity to two New Testament characters, both highly revered as saints. The first was John the Baptist, the forerunner of Jesus Christ and a victim of beheading by Herod Antipas. The second was the apostle John, also supposedly the author of the fourth Gospel and Revelation. The name has been borne by 21 popes and eight Byzantine emperors, as well as kings of England, France, Sweden, Denmark, Poland, Portugal and Hungary. It was also borne by the poet John Milton and the philosopher John Locke.
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