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Pages in category "French masculine given names" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 345 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
Dacian name Modern name Etymology Attestation Alutus, Aloutas Olt: Possible etymology: Sanskrit alu, meaning "float, raft, water pot, small water jar" Ptolemy, Jordanes: Amutrion, Amutria Motru: Skt. *mūtra "dripping water, urine", Skt. Jīmūta, "clouds that cause rain but not thunder" [63] Argessos, Ordessos Argeș: Buseos Buzău
Franco-Provençal-language surnames (14 P) Pages in category "French-language surnames" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 1,773 total.
Here are 100 French boy names and their denotations. Bonne chance! Florin — Flower. Gaston — A guest. Laurence — A person from the ancient Roman city Laurentum. Jean — Gracious gift from god.
French statesman Charles de Gaulle's surname may not be a traditional French name with a toponymic particule, but a Flemish Dutch name that evolved from a form of De Walle meaning "the wall". In the case of nobility, titles are mostly of the form [title] [ particle ] [name of the land]: for instance, Louis, duc d'Orléans ("Louis, duke of ...
It originates as a French name derived from the Latin Mauritius or Mauricius and was subsequently used in other languages. Its popularity is due to Mauritius, a saint of the Theban Legion (died 287). Mauritius is otherwise attested as a given name of the Roman Empire period, in origin meaning "one from Mauretania", i.e. "the Moor".
When Lushootseed names were integrated into English, they were often recorded and pronounced very differently. An example of this is Chief Seattle. The name Seattle is an anglicisation of the modern Duwamish conventional spelling Si'ahl, equivalent to the modern Lushootseed spelling siʔaɫ Salishan pronunciation: [ˈsiʔaːɬ]. He is also ...
Hervé is a French masculine given name of Breton origin, from the name of the 6th-century Breton Saint Hervé. The common latinization of the name is Herveus (also Haerveus), an early (8th-century) latinization was Charivius. Anglicized forms are Harvey and Hervey.