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in reply to a message by Caprice
NOt your question, but
Agnes-- often gets confused with Latin "agnus" meaning "lamb"
Curt -- sometimes is short for Curtis-- there is an English surname that came from a nickname meaning "short pants" (curt hose)
Erin-- sometimes gets confused with Irene -- Greek Eirene, and Erin is a poetic name for Ireland, (modern form Éire ) Eirene is sort of a combo of the two!
I've been spending years trying to figure out all the weird entries in my baby name books-- I have some that are up to 80% inaccurate!
Anyway, about the Aboriginal names-- I suspect it's like Native American names in American baby name books-- there are hundreds of languages, so sometimes it's easier to just throw that label on an "exotic" sounding name than to actually do real research!
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http://www.behindthename.com/pnl/67246
Agnes-- often gets confused with Latin "agnus" meaning "lamb"
Curt -- sometimes is short for Curtis-- there is an English surname that came from a nickname meaning "short pants" (curt hose)
Erin-- sometimes gets confused with Irene -- Greek Eirene, and Erin is a poetic name for Ireland, (modern form Éire ) Eirene is sort of a combo of the two!
I've been spending years trying to figure out all the weird entries in my baby name books-- I have some that are up to 80% inaccurate!
Anyway, about the Aboriginal names-- I suspect it's like Native American names in American baby name books-- there are hundreds of languages, so sometimes it's easier to just throw that label on an "exotic" sounding name than to actually do real research!
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http://www.namenerds.com
http://www.behindthename.com/pnl/67246
This message was edited 10/12/2012, 10:52 PM
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