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HUMPHREY

Gender: Masculine

Usage: English

Pronounced: HUM-free  [key]

Means "peaceful warrior" from the Germanic elements hun "warrior" and frid "peace". The Normans introduced this name to England, where it replaced the Old English cognate Hunfrið, and it was regularly used through the Middle Ages. A famous bearer was the American actor Humphrey Bogart (1899-1957), who starred in 'The Maltese Falcon' and 'Casablanca'.


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