The sighing wind and nightingale are singing this name in the 1903 barbershop harmony "Sweet Adeline." Traced back to the Old High German word adal, Adeline is closely tied to the French name Adele and means "noble" or "nobility." Willa Willa is rooted in Germanic and means "strong-wille...
One of the most famous bearers of this beautiful girls’ name is Florence Nightingale, a British nurse and founder of modern nursing. This name means “prosperous” and “flourishing.” 107. Jane. Jane is a sweet and simple name with a British vibe. And what’s more British than the aut...
nightingale noun (n.) A small, plain, brown and gray European song bird (Luscinia luscinia). It sings at night, and is celebrated for the sweetness of its song. noun (n.) A larger species (Lucinia philomela), of Eastern Europe, having similar habits; the thrush nightingale. The name is...
blackcapnoun(n.) A small European song bird (Sylvia atricapilla), with a black crown; the mock nightingale. noun(n.) An American titmouse (Parus atricapillus); the chickadee. noun(n.) An apple roasted till black, to be served in a dish of boiled custard. ...
PHILOMELA: "nightingale." Variant Philomel exists. PHILOMENA: "greatly loved." Variant Philomina exists. PHILOTHEA: lover of God PHOEBE: mother of Leto PHOENIX: "heron" PHYLLIS: "green bough." Variants include Philis, Phillis, and Phylis. PIERETTE: " rock." Variant Perrine exists. PLEASURE: ...
du(Sindarin) 'dark', 'shadowed', inNanduhirion, 'valley of dim streams', theElvishname for theDimrill Dale. This element may also appear induilin, aSindarinword for anightingale, in which contextdui-apparently means 'dusk' (and so the whole name may mean 'dusk-singer', as does itsQu...
Pamela Nightingale, Emeritus Professor of Medieval Economic and Social History at the University of Sheffield. Tanner The Tanner is a medieval job that specializes in the tanning of animal hides. This trade dates back to antiquity, and is still present in some parts of the world today. ...
What is also possible is that it originates fromSlavuj, which stands for the common nightingale bird in most of the Slavic languages. The most famous namesake today is the worldwide recognized philosopher from Slovenia, Slavoj Žižek. ...
1854:545births -- The year Florence Nightingale went to the Crimea. 1856:1677births 1858:1522births Click to enlarge As we can see, effect of both Dickens and Florence Nightingale the name Florence was marked and it went from strength to strength. ...
Solov’iovfrom [Russian] nightingale. StamboliT: from Istanbul in Turkey. Surdzhiunfrom [Turkish] exile. Suruzhin, Szhudi(see Zhud) TabonM: from the Hebrew given name Tibon. TakatlyT: from Tokat in Turkey. Taukchi(see Taukhet) ...