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Eastern Slavic naming customs are the traditional way of identifying a person's family name, given name, and patronymic name in East Slavic cultures in Russia and some countries formerly part of the Russian Empire and the Soviet Union . They are used commonly in Russia, Ukraine, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, and to a lesser ...
Name Name meaning Referred to as a valkyrie in Brynhildr "Armor battle" or "bright battle" [6] Skáldskaparmál: Eir "Peace, clemency" [7] or "help, mercy" [8] Nafnaþulur: Geirahöð Connected to the Old Norse words geirr ("spear") and höð ("battle"). [9] Appears in some manuscripts of Grímnismál in place of the valkyrie name Geirölul [9 ...
A feature film of the same name written by Robert Rossen and starring Jean Seberg and Warren Beatty was released in 1964. In the 2024 adult animated series Hazbin Hotel, Lilith is depicted as the wife of Lucifer and the queen of Hell. Charlie, the protagonist of the series, is Lilith's daughter.
St. Monica was born in Numidia in North Africa, but was also a citizen of Carthage, hence the name may be of Punic or Berber origin. [1] It has also been associated with the Greek word monos, meaning "alone". [2] Though etymologically unrelated, "Monica" was also a name in Latin, deriving from the verb monere, meaning "to advise". [citation needed]
A name is a term used for identification by an external observer. They can identify a class or category of things, or a single thing, either uniquely, or within a given context. The entity identified by a name is called its referent. A personal name identifies, not necessarily uniquely, a specific individual human.
Malay names. Traditional Malay names were taken from one of a number of languages, or even a combination of two or more elements from these languages: Malay such as Intan, Melati, Kiambang or Tuah. Khmer, Siamese or Cham such as Tam, Som or Lai. Javanese such as Ratnasari, Joyo or Kesuma. Sanskrit or Pali such as Wira, Darma or Wati.
The name Basil ( royal, kingly) comes from the male Greek name Vassilios ( Greek: Βασίλειος, female version Bασιλεία ), which first appeared during the Hellenistic period. It is derived from "basileus" (Greek: βασιλεύς ), a Greek word of pre-Hellenic origin, meaning "king", from which words such as basilica and basilisk ...
Simone (given name) Simone is a given name that may be used as a masculine or feminine name, depending on the language. Originating from the Greek translation of the Hebrew name Shimon, it became popular due to the Christianization of Europe and Biblical figures such as Simeon (son of Jacob) and Simeon (Gospel of Luke). [ 1]