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Given name / surname Means jewel in French. Jewel (given name) Given name Lapis lazuli: Rumi Given name Originates from Japanese and means "lapis lazuli" and "flow". Malachite: Malachy (given name) Given name Originates from Ireland. Pearl: Madge (given name) Given name A girl's name of Greek origin, meaning "pearl" Maggie: Given name Mairead ...
Diana is a feminine given name of Latin and Greek origins, referring to the Roman goddess Diana, goddess of the hunt and the moon. [1] [2]It came into use in the Anglosphere in the 1600s by classically educated parents as an English-language version of the French version of the name, Diane.
Pages in category "Given names derived from gemstones" The following 62 pages are in this category, out of 62 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
Chantal (UK: / ʃ ɒ̃ ˈ t ɑː l,-ˈ t æ l, ʃ æ n ˈ-/, US: / ʃ ɑː n ˈ t ɑː l /, [1] French: ⓘ) is a feminine given name of French origin. The name Chantal can be traced back to the Old Occitan word cantal, meaning "stone". It came into popular use as a given name in honor of the Catholic saint, Jeanne de Chantal.
Camille (given name) Carina (name) Carine (given name) Carole; Caroline (given name) Cécile; Céline; Chantal; Char (name) Charline (name) Charlotte (given name) Chloe; Christelle; Christine (name) Claire (given name) Clara (given name) Claude (given name) Claudette; Claudine (given name) Clemence; Clémence; Clémentine (given name) Colette ...
In Dumas' novel, Camille is not the given name of the heroine; this name was applied to her in derived works in the English-speaking world, presumably because of the similarity in sound to the floral name Camellia (which was coined by Linnaeus (1753) after the name of the Czech Jesuit missionary Georg Joseph Kamel).
In Italian, Simone is a masculine name or patronymic surname, pronounced with three syllables, whilst the feminine form Simona is widespread throughout Europe. [2] [3] In French and English Simone is a feminine name, pronounced with two syllables, whilst its masculine form in both languages is Simon/Simeon. Additionally, Simone, as a feminine ...
Corinne is a female name, the French and English variant of Corina, of ancient Greek origin, [1] derived from κόρη (korē) meaning "beautiful maiden". [2] It became popular following the publication of Corinne, or Italy, an 1808 novel by Madame de Staël.