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names do not "belong" to any one culture. They are put here because they cannot be categorized anywhere else.
Submitted names are contributed by users of this website. The accuracy of these name definitions cannot be guaranteed.
ADORÉE f VariousMeans "adored" in French. It is not commonly used as a name in France itself. Bearer Adorée Villany (born 1891) was a French dancer and dance theorist.
AERO m VariousFrom the English word, ultimately from Greek ἀήρ
āer- "air".
AKELA f Literature, VariousA character in The Jungle Book novel, meaning "single" or "solitary" in Hindi and Urdu.
AXA f VariousMeaning uncertain, but it may be a feminine form of
AXEL.
BELEE f & m VariousLikely a pet name for a variety of names from different languages.
BERIL f & m VariousVariant of
BERYL. This name was used for 5 baby boys in New York in 1959. As a girl's name, it is more used in Europe.... [
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BRUCELEE m VariousCombination of
BRUCE and
LEE (see also surname
LEE (2)), honouring the actor, director, martial artist, martial arts instructor and philosopher Bruce Lee (1940-1973).
BRUSLEE m VariousVariant of
BRUCELEE, mainly used in Nicaragua (particularly the North Caribbean Autonomous Region) and Peru.
CELOSIA f Various (Rare)Taken from the name of the flower, whose name is derived from Greek κηλος
(kelos) "burned".
CHUBASCO m Various (Rare)From the Spanish word
chubasco, meaning "squall", which is from the Portuguese word
chuva, meaning "rain".
CLAVIUS m Various (Latinized, Rare)Clavius is a latin word meaning "key". The use as a given name is transferred from the humanist surname
Clavius (originally
Clau or
Schlüssel) borne by Christopher Clavius, a 16th century jesuit, astronomer, and mathematician.
CLEIA f Various (Rare)Variant of
KLEIA, which is basically a pseudo-Greek name, as it was never actually used in both ancient and modern Greece.... [
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CLEMA f VariousA diminutive of any name containing the element -
clem-.
CORISSA f VariousPossibly an elaboration of
CORA by way of combining it with the name suffix
-issa.
CRISTOBAL m VariousAnglicized form of Cristóbal and name used outside of Spain, Mexico, And Latin America.
DARRIE f & m VariousA diminutive for any name containing the element -
dar-.
DEEJA f VariousLikely a diminutive for various names, or perhaps a variant of
DEJA.
DUBAI m & f VariousFrom the name of the most populous city in the United Arab Emirates.
EDELINE f German, French, English, VariousCognate of
ADELINE. It was borne by Edeline Thweng, a 14th-century heiress of Ripley Castle in North Yorkshire, England. Allegedly it was not popular as an English name before 1830, until then primarily German and French in usage... [
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ELANE f Various (?)In many cases this name is probably a variant of
ELAINE; in some cases, however, it might have been coined as a bona fide feminine form of Hebrew
ELAN.
ENDORA f Popular Culture, VariousBased on the biblical place name
Endor, which is of uncertain meaning (see
Endor). It was used for a character in the American television series 'Bewitched' (1964-1972), in which case it was presumably an allusion to the biblical Witch of Endor whom Saul consulted, according to the first Book of Samuel in the Old Testament... [
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FRONTASIUS m VariousMeaning and origin uncertain. One source states that it is ultimately derived from the Latin noun
frons meaning "forehead, brow" as well as "front", which would thus make the name etymologically related to the Latin names
FRONTO and
FRONTINUS... [
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HELICIA f VariousApparently from the name of a plant genus meaning "spiral-shaped" from Greek
helix (genitive
helikos; see
HELICE), perhaps via Latin.
JAZZA f & m VariousDiminutive of names beginning with
jaz/
jas