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Dorothy (given name) Dorothy Gale is a character in L. Frank Baum's classic children's novel The Wonderful Wizard of Oz. Dorothy is a feminine given name. It is the English vernacular form of the Greek Δωροθέα ( Dōrothéa) meaning "God's Gift", from δῶρον ( dōron ), "gift" + θεός ( theós ), "god". [ 1][ 2] It has been in use ...
Jones. Jones is a surname of Welsh and English origin meaning "son of John". The surname is common in Wales. It evolved from variations of traditionally Welsh names: Ieuan, Iowan, Ioan, Iwan, or even Siôn (note how the letter 'J' was originally being pronounced as 'i', akin to how J is pronounced in the Latin alphabet). [ 1][ 2][ 3] The sound ...
The name is a reference to Nuestra Señora de los Dolores (or La Virgen María de los Dolores ), one of the many titles of Mary, Mother of Jesus, typically translated to Our Lady of Sorrows in English. In given names, Dolores is frequently preceded by the name Maria (María Dolores), the Spanish form of Mary, or one may even bear the entirety ...
Sarpong is an Ashanti surname. It means supreme. The first part of the name SA is of Arabic root and means supreme. While the second part, 'Pong', is Akan and also means supreme. The first syllable 'SA' is also an Akan word meaning 'War'. 'Pɔn' means great or supreme. So Sarpong or Sapɔn means 'Great Warrior' or supreme warrior.
Origin; Word/name: Indo-European ... a surname. It is an ancient Germanic name deriving from two stems: Hrōþi, Hruod, Hróðr or Hrōð, meaning "fame", "glory ...
Aaron (given name) Aaron is an English masculine given name. The 'h' phoneme in the original Hebrew pronunciation "Aharon" (אהרן) is dropped in the Greek, Ἀαρών, from which the English form, Aaron, is derived. Aaron, the brother of Moses, is described in the Torah, the Quran and the Baha'i Iqan.
This Greek name is a feminine form of the Greek Iōannēs (Ἰωάννης), [7] which is in turn a shortened form of the Hebrew Johanan [8] (יוֹחָנָן Yôḥānān, a shortened form of יְהוֹחָנָן Yəhôḥānān), meaning 'God is gracious', and origin of the masculine name John and its cognates. [citation needed]
Evelyn. Evelyn is a given name, very common in the English language, where it can be used as a first name or a surname. [ 1] The name originally was used as a surname, which derived from Aveline, which means "hazelnut" in modern french, but the older origin is a feminine Norman French diminutive of the name Ava. [ 2]