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Beatrice ( / ˈbiː ( ə) trɪs / BEE- (ə-)triss, Italian: [beaˈtriːtʃe]) [ 1] is a female given name. The English variant is derived from the French Béatrice, which came from the Latin Beatrix, which means "blessed one". [ 2] Beatrice is also the Italian language version of Beatrix. The Spanish and Portuguese form is Beatriz.
Namaste ( Sanskrit pronunciation: [nɐmɐste:], [ 1] Devanagari: नमस्ते), sometimes called namaskār and namaskāram, is a customary Hindu [ 2][ 3][ 4] manner of respectfully greeting and honouring a person or group, used at any time of day. [ 5] It is used in the Indian subcontinent, and among the Indian and Nepalese diaspora.
Yves (French pronunciation:; in English as / ˈ iː v / EEV) is a common French male given name of uncertain origin, either from Celtic as in the Gaulish name Ivo (Iuo) and compound names Ivorix (Iuo-rigi or Iue-ricci) and Ivomagus (Iuo-magi), all derived from the Gaulish term for yew, iuos or īuos, [1] or from Germanic, derived from Proto-Germanic *īwaz, *īhwaz (compare Icelandic ýr ...
Veronica (name) Veronica (variants in other languages: Veronika, Verónica, Verônica, Véronique, Weronika, Вероника) is a female given name, a Latin alteration of the Greek name Berenice (Βερενίκη), [ 1] which in turn is derived from the Macedonian form of the Athenian Φερενίκη, Phereníkē, or Φερονίκη ...
Kimberly (given name) "From the meadow of the royal fortress". Kimberly (also Kimberley[ 1] or Kimberlee) is a predominantly unisex given name of Old English origin. John Wodehouse, 1st Earl of Kimberley, a place in Norfolk, England, popularised the name by giving it to a town in South Africa and a region in Australia.
Eugene is a common male given name that comes from the Greek εὐγενής ( eugenēs ), "noble", literally "well-born", [ 1] from εὖ ( eu ), "well" [ 2] and γένος ( genos ), "race, stock, kin". [ 3] Gene is a common shortened form. The feminine variant is Eugenia or Eugenie . Egon, a common given name in parts of central and northern ...
Linda is a female given name, of German origin, but widespread in the English-speaking world since the end of the nineteenth century. [ 1] The German name Linde was originally an abbreviated form of older names such as Dietlinde and Sieglinde. [ 2] In the form Linda, it was used by the writer Jean Paul for a leading character in his four-volume ...
Morgan (given name) Morgan is a name of Welsh and Breton origin. Traditionally, it is a masculine-coded name in Wales and Brittany, but has been decoupled from its traditional gender outside of its regions of origin. It spread in popularity outside of Welsh and Breton communities during the past century, including in France, and in English ...