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please help a few names
Hey all
My sister in law is having a baby as some of you know from an earlier post. Well her husband will not allow her to call the baby Aslan, so she has come up with other names she has heard but isnt sure of meanings. Can anyone help.Girls:
Naikara - she say it on a movie called "Attila the hun", but it was spelt N'Kara.
Maharleah - It was on some British soap show
Zamora - Surname of someone out of a western movie "bad girls"
Breeanna - no clue
Isabeau - from the movie "Lady hawke"
Jazara - The name of a little girl my husband and my self sponsor from Zimbabwe
Boys:
Denahi - from the movie "brother bear"
Jacobie - The name of the brother of the little girl we sponsor from ZimbabweCheers KylieWe have had our 1st child. Our little angel, Malakai-Rose Brenton 21st May 2006

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I would assume that "Maharleah" is really Mahalia. I assume you are not an American, because that spelling will really confuse a lot of people in the USA, where we pronounce "r" strongly and would not think that a good representation of the sound "ma-HAH-lee-uh". :)Zamora is a Spanish surname indicating one's ancestor came from the city called Zamora in northwestern Spain. According to Hanks & Hodges' A Dictionary of Surnames, the place name may have come from azemur, Arabic for "wild olive."Most experts I've seen seem to think that Isabeau is simply an altered form of Isabelle. Breeanna is just another spelling of Briana or Brianna.My guess would be that the screenwriters of the film Attila just invented N'Kara, as I've never before seen the name of an ancient Hun written with an apostrophe. Of course, I'm not an expert on ancient Hun names, and you'd have to check books about them to see if there is anything similar historically. Jacobie would simply be a pet form of Jacob.As the following remark from this board in 2004 says, Denahi is probably just an alteration of Denali, the original name for Mt. McKinley in Alaska, though one would have to consult the screenwriters of the film to be 100% sure:http://www.behindthename.com/bb/arcview.php?id=37206&board=gen
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Girls:
Maharleah - maybe she meant Mahalia? (other wise I have no clue)
Breeanna - either a variant of Brianna or a combination of Bree and Anna
Isabeau - it's mostly seen as a variant of Isabella
Boys:
Jacobie - from the surname Jacoby, has the same meaning as Jacob
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Um im not sure about Maharleah, all i know is it is Pronounced
Ma-Harley-AWe have had our 1st child. Our little angel, Malakai-Rose Brenton 21st May 2006
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