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| JULIA f English, German, Scandinavian, Dutch, Spanish, Polish, Finnish, Ancient Roman, Biblical | Feb 6th |
| Feminine form of JULIUS. A person by this name has a brief mention in the New Testament. It was borne by a few early saints and martyrs, including the patron saint of Corsica. Shakespeare used the name in his comedy 'The Two Gentlemen of Verona' (1594). | |
| LEONARD m English, Polish, Ancient Germanic | Feb 5th |
| Means "brave lion", derived from the Germanic elements levon "lion" and hard "brave, hardy". This was the name of a 5th-century Frankish saint who is the patron of prisoners and horses. The Normans brought this name to England, though it did not become common there until the 19th century. | |
| RAMIRO m Spanish | Feb 4th |
| Spanish form of Ramirus, a Latinized form of a Visigothic name derived from the Germanic elements ragin "advice" and mari "famous". Saint Ramirus was a 6th-century prior of the Saint Claudius Monastery in Leon. He and several others were executed by the Arian Visigoths, who opposed orthodox Christianity. | |
| ANDROMACHE f Greek Mythology | Feb 3rd |
| Means "battle of a man" from the Greek elements ανδρος (andros) "of a man" and μαχη (mache) "battle". In Greek legend she was the wife of Hector, taken by Neoptolemus after the fall of Troy. | |
| GEORGE m English, Romanian | Feb 2nd |
| From the Greek name Γεωργιος (Georgios) which was derived from the Greek word γεωργος (georgos) meaning "farmer, earthworker", itself derived from the elements γη (ge) "earth" and εργον (ergon) "work". | |
| ODOVACAR m Ancient Germanic | Feb 1st |
| From the Germanic name Audovacar meaning "wealthy and vigilant", derived from the elements aud "wealth" and wacar "vigilant". Odovacar was a 5th-century Gothic leader who overthrew the last western Roman emperor and became the first barbarian king of Italy. | |
| NAOMI (1) f English, Hebrew, Biblical | Jan 31st |
| From the Hebrew name נָעֳמִי (Na'omiy) meaning "pleasantness". In the Old Testament this is the name of the mother-in-law of Ruth. After the death of her husband, Naomi took the name Mara (see Ruth 1:20). | |
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