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Hello everyone,
When the 2012 presidential election was going on a few weeks ago, I read an article in which an elderly American woman (90+ years of age) by the name of Phignora was mentioned. She seemed to be of either African-American descent or Hispanic-American descent and had an English surname (which is also her maiden name, as I came across an obituary for her late older brother, who had the same surname - plus their parents' names are also mentioned in that obituary). You can easily find her via Google by her first name only.
To me, this is quite an unusual first name - and it's even more unusual to see a name like this on an elderly lady. Does anyone here happen to know what it could possibly mean? Perhaps it is related to Italian or Latin pignora: http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/pignora ?
Also, an obvious spelling variant of Phignora would be Fignora. I have found at least one bearer of this name via Google (also an American).
That's all information that I can provide about the name. I would be interested to know if anyone has got any further information about this name - thank you in advance! :D
"How do you pick up the threads of an old life? How do you go on... when in your heart you begin to understand... there is no going back? There are some things that time cannot mend... some hurts that go too deep... that have taken hold." ~ Frodo Baggins
When the 2012 presidential election was going on a few weeks ago, I read an article in which an elderly American woman (90+ years of age) by the name of Phignora was mentioned. She seemed to be of either African-American descent or Hispanic-American descent and had an English surname (which is also her maiden name, as I came across an obituary for her late older brother, who had the same surname - plus their parents' names are also mentioned in that obituary). You can easily find her via Google by her first name only.
To me, this is quite an unusual first name - and it's even more unusual to see a name like this on an elderly lady. Does anyone here happen to know what it could possibly mean? Perhaps it is related to Italian or Latin pignora: http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/pignora ?
Also, an obvious spelling variant of Phignora would be Fignora. I have found at least one bearer of this name via Google (also an American).
That's all information that I can provide about the name. I would be interested to know if anyone has got any further information about this name - thank you in advance! :D
"How do you pick up the threads of an old life? How do you go on... when in your heart you begin to understand... there is no going back? There are some things that time cannot mend... some hurts that go too deep... that have taken hold." ~ Frodo Baggins
This message was edited 11/25/2012, 2:28 PM
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