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Heidi is a Germanic feminine given name. It became an internationally popular first name as a direct result of the Swiss children's book, Heidi. It can sometimes be an affectionate diminutive of the name Adelheid (English: 'Adelaide'), which means "nobility" or, more loosely, "of noble birth". The name began to be used in the English-speaking ...
Sophia (given name) A statue of Sophia, the personification of wisdom, in the Celsus Library in Ephesus, Turkey. A depiction of Saint Sophia and Her Three Daughters, Faith, Hope and Charity (icon of the Novgorod school, 16th century). Sophia, also spelled Sofia, is a feminine given name, from Greek Σοφία, Sophía, "Wisdom".
Mark is a common male given name and is related to the Latin word Mars. It means "consecrated to the god Mars ", and also may mean "God of war" or "to be warlike". [ 1] Marcus was one of the three most common Roman given names. It is also used as a short form of Martin, a name which is either also of Latin origin and also meaning "warlike", or ...
The given name Erika, Erica, Ericka, or Ereka is a feminine form of Eric, deriving from the Old Norse name Eiríkr (or Eríkr in Eastern Scandinavia due to monophthongization). The first element, ei- is derived either from the older Proto-Norse *aina (z), meaning "one, alone, unique", [ 1] as in the form Æinrikr explicitly, or from *aiwa (z ...
Michael (given name) Michael is a usually masculine given name derived from the Hebrew phrase מי כאל mī kāʼēl, 'Who [is] like-El', in Aramaic: ܡܝܟܐܝܠ ( Mīkhāʼēl [miχaˈʔel] ). The theophoric name is often read as a rhetorical question – "Who [is] like [the Hebrew God] El ?", [ 1] whose answer is "there is none like El ...
Fatima (Arabic: فَاطِمَة, Fāṭimah), also spelled Fatimah, is a feminine given name of Arabic origin used throughout the Muslim world. Several relatives of the Islamic prophet Muhammad had the name, including his daughter Fatima as the most famous one. The literal meaning of the name is one who weans an infant or one who abstains. [3] [4]
Eve / iːv / is an English given name for a female, derived from the Latin name Eva, in turn originating with the Hebrew חַוָּה (Chavah/Havah – chavah, to breathe, and chayah, to live, or to give life ). The traditional meaning of Eve is life or "living". It can also mean full of life and mother of life .
Looks like “Cowboy Carter” wants us to wet our whistles. On Aug. 20, Beyoncé Knowles-Carter and Moët Hennessy announced the debut of SirDavis, a new whisky, in a first-of-its-kind joint ...