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in reply to a message by SugarPlumFairy
romansch/swiss: ursina (f.) - little bear, urs (m.) - bear (similar to ursula)
romansch: linard (m.) - lion ( the "i" is pronounced like in "spinning" and not like in "iowa")
old german version: lennard. those are abbreviations of leonhard (means "hard lion").
scandinavian: arvid (m.) - eagle
aramaic: tabitha (or the latin translation: tabea) (f.) - gazelle
hebrew: rachel (f.) - ewe
there also others like bernhard, bruno, leopold, wolfgang, björn which i guess sound weird in english ;)
romansch: linard (m.) - lion ( the "i" is pronounced like in "spinning" and not like in "iowa")
old german version: lennard. those are abbreviations of leonhard (means "hard lion").
scandinavian: arvid (m.) - eagle
aramaic: tabitha (or the latin translation: tabea) (f.) - gazelle
hebrew: rachel (f.) - ewe
there also others like bernhard, bruno, leopold, wolfgang, björn which i guess sound weird in english ;)
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