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Noel or Noël is a given name and a surname, often given to both girls and boys born over the Christmas period. [ 1] Noel derives from the Old French "Noël", meaning "Christmas". It is a variant (and later replacement) of "nael", which itself comes from the Latin natalis, meaning "birth". The term natalis dies (birth day) was long used in ...
Vivian. Vivian (and variants such as Vivien and Vivienne) is a given name, and less often a surname, derived from a Latin name of the Roman Empire period, masculine Vivianus and feminine Viviana, which survived into modern use because it is the name of two early Christian female martyrs as well as of a male saint and bishop.
Agatha (given name) Agatha, also Agata, is a feminine given name derived from the Greek feminine name Ἀγάθη ( Agáthē; alternative form: Ἀγαθή Agathḗ ), which is a nominalized form of ἀγαθή ( agathḗ ), i.e. the feminine form of the adjective ἀγαθός ( agathós) "good". [ 2][ 3][ 4] It was the name of St. Agatha of ...
Cristina, Christina, Kristine, Kristina, Kristiina, Krystyna. Christine is feminine given name of Greek origin. It is a name in regular usage in French, English, German, Scandinavian, Dutch, Irish, and Scottish cultures, [ 1] and it is often associated with the meaning "Follower of Christ." [ 2]
Christmas is an uncommon English-language surname. The origin is uncertain; some genealogy books state that it was given to people born near Christmas, while this is disputed by researchers, and DNA tests performed on men with the surname show that the majority of those descend from a common ancestor. Others suggest it was given to people who ...
Barbara is a given name used in numerous languages. It is the feminine form of the Greek word barbaros ( Greek: βάρβαρος) meaning "stranger" or "foreign". [ 1] In Roman Catholic and Greek Orthodox tradition, Saint Barbara ( Greek: Ἁγία Βαρβάρα) was imprisoned in a tower by her father. She was then martyred by her father when ...
Eva, Evita, Evie, Eeva, Evelyn, Evans. 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 ...
Carmen is a feminine given name in the Spanish language. It has two different origins, with its first root used as a nickname for Carmel, from Hebrew karmel meaning "vineyard of God", [ 2] which is the name of a mountain range in the Middle East. The second origin is from Latin carmen, which means "song" and is also the root of the English word ...