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There are various figurative meanings of the name Rekha. Some are: the lines of adorning deities or their followers, such as the three cross-wise white lines adorning Shiva's forehead or the two vertical lines adorning Rama's
Reika Hazama, a character in the manga series Black Jack; Reika Houjou (北条 麗華), a character in the light novel series Good Luck! Ninomiya-kun; Reika Kuze, a character in the video game Fatal Frame III; Reika Lee (レイカ), a character in the anime series Terminator Zero; Reika Matsubara (松原 麗架), a character in the visual novel ...
The name is thus usually taken to mean "sole ruler, monarch" or "eternal ruler, ever powerful". [4] It is a common name in many Western societies. Erika (えりか , エリカ) is a common female Japanese given name in Japan. It has multiple meanings depending on the kanji. The Japanese origin of the given name has nothing in common with the ...
Wolf or Wulf is used as a surname, given name, and a name among Germanic-speaking peoples. "Wolf" is also a component in other Germanic names: Wolfgang (wolf + gang ("path, journey")) Adolf, derived from the Old High German Athalwolf, a composition of athal, or adal, meaning noble, and wolf; its Anglo-Saxon cognate is Æthelwulf.
In some cases words have entered the English language by multiple routes - occasionally ending up with different meanings, spellings, or pronunciations, just as with words with European etymologies. Many entered English during the British Raj in colonial India. These borrowings, dating back to the colonial period, are often labeled as "Anglo ...
In Norse mythology, Hati Hróðvitnisson (first name meaning "He Who Hates", or "Enemy" [1]) is a warg; a wolf that, according to Snorri Sturluson's Prose Edda, chases Máni, the Moon, across the night sky, just as the wolf Sköll chases Sól, the Sun, during the day, until the time of Ragnarök, when they will swallow these heavenly bodies.
The name also has cognates in the Irish Ríona and Manx Reina, both also meaning "queen". Some forms of the name are short forms of the name Lorraine and its variants. Some English versions of the name such as Rainna and Reigna are influenced by its similarity in sound and spelling to the words “rain” and “reign” and “rein”. Rain ...
It is a surname of patronymic origin; it was originally a given name in Medieval Spain. The name originated in the Basque Country and means "the wolf", from the Basque vocabulary word otso/otxo meaning "wolf" (the suffix -a in the Basque language represents the definite article). In Standard Basque, the name is spelled otsoa or otxoa.