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Billehard - is this a surname or place name?
Neither. Middle name. Probably from an old German name, a combo of "will" and "hard", I think. Bertil Billehard was my mother's mother's father. While Bertil is common, no one knows wherever his parents found Billehard!
Napoleon - bold choice
Was only a middle name; his first name was Joel.
Turinna - ancient city?
Nope; an old, rare feminine form of Ture.
Tamar Norine - don't see a Swedish pron. for Tamar at forvo; similar to Hadar?
TAH-mar. The siblings were called Hadar (HAH-dar), Vidar (VEE-dar), Tamar and...Vivi (VIV-ee). I guess Vivi was the lucky one. Turinna was their mother. Their father had a common Swedish name - Arvid.
Elvan - love Elva but would have guessed this is masculine
Elva means "eleven" in Swedish, "elvan" means "the eleventh". Älva (pr. "elva") means "fairy", btw.
Does the sea exist
Because of our longing?
My PNL
http://www.behindthename.com/pnl/3258/61573
Neither. Middle name. Probably from an old German name, a combo of "will" and "hard", I think. Bertil Billehard was my mother's mother's father. While Bertil is common, no one knows wherever his parents found Billehard!
Napoleon - bold choice
Was only a middle name; his first name was Joel.
Turinna - ancient city?
Nope; an old, rare feminine form of Ture.
Tamar Norine - don't see a Swedish pron. for Tamar at forvo; similar to Hadar?
TAH-mar. The siblings were called Hadar (HAH-dar), Vidar (VEE-dar), Tamar and...Vivi (VIV-ee). I guess Vivi was the lucky one. Turinna was their mother. Their father had a common Swedish name - Arvid.
Elvan - love Elva but would have guessed this is masculine
Elva means "eleven" in Swedish, "elvan" means "the eleventh". Älva (pr. "elva") means "fairy", btw.
Does the sea exist
Because of our longing?
My PNL
http://www.behindthename.com/pnl/3258/61573
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