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Anyone have any info on this female name? There is a user submission that says that it is Persian and means spider. Can anyone verify this?
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please vote on my names list:
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Thank you!!
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Arania cames from Araña from spanish and it means Spider and in spain they use it but very rarly so it's possible.
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Well, Spanish araña, pronounced more or less like 'arania', means spider:
http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/araña
The word is derived from a Latin word that is in turn derived from a Greek word:
http://www.myetymology.com/latin/araneus.html
Maybe Persian borrowed the Greek 'arachne' somehow as well, as a loanword, however I don't know how to check that.
With so many new, old and very old words similar to 'arania' floating around it is probably impossible to get a clear picture.
Anyway, somehow I doubt that somebody anywhere would name his or her child 'spider'. But who nows, strange things happen.
http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/araña
The word is derived from a Latin word that is in turn derived from a Greek word:
http://www.myetymology.com/latin/araneus.html
Maybe Persian borrowed the Greek 'arachne' somehow as well, as a loanword, however I don't know how to check that.
With so many new, old and very old words similar to 'arania' floating around it is probably impossible to get a clear picture.
Anyway, somehow I doubt that somebody anywhere would name his or her child 'spider'. But who nows, strange things happen.
This message was edited 4/21/2011, 11:13 PM
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