Any name with a water-related meaning — especially if it connects to fish — is ideal for a Piscean child. Options abound, from Marina and Fisher to Nineveh and Bardo. Mon Feb 17 2025 Let Us Name Your Baby Allison and her husband are at a loss for boy names. They hate all of the...
While choosing a baby boy's name you are probably looking for something beautiful that symbolizes power—strength, leadership, or perhaps resilience. Some names have great history, culture, or even some other significance; it's worth your while to check out their origins. Modern Trends in Boy ...
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"desired; or water, island" Description: After decades of disuse, soft and feminine Evelyn has returned to the baby name stage in a huge way. It reached the Top 10 for the first time in 2017. Evelyn has now surpassed its former heights, joining a legion of contemporary little Evas, Av...
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It is with you as with the seas: the most varied names are given to what is in the end only salt water —Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Lost their names like marbles on the schoolyard —George Garrett Making fun of your name is like making fun of your nose —Willie Morris ...
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I was born in a Dutch province who's name is Flevoland. It's earned its name from the time of the Roman Empire as the lake that used to make up a good portion of the province was called "Lacus Flevo" by them. But some centuries later, the lake got flooded by water from the ...
Not so pretty to look at; more like a waterfall, which, said water manifestation, I have a deep affinity. Ultimately, the label that gets hung on us at birth is much less important than who we actually are. ―lynedgel 6/12/2020...
Most important is the fact that place-names can be used as a source of information themselves, even if other forms of evidence are lacking; for instance, because Moskva (= Moscow) is a Finnish name (Finnish kva‘water’) and because other Finnish toponyms are present in Russia, the ...