The name is derived from the Arabic word for a young female gazelle.
Another form is Azzah.
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The name is Germanic and of disputed meaning. It is most likely derived from a Germanic element bib- meaning “to tremble,” which formed an etymological basis for the Late Latin nickname, pippinus (little child). This same root is related to the modern French word, pépin, which means “seed” or “pulp” in French, but also a “glitch” in modern French slang.
This was a name that appeared among the Carolingian rulers of the Franks. It was most notably borne by King Pepin the Short (8th-century CE), father of Charlemagne, as well as Pepin of Landen, an ancestor, who was revered as a saint in Belgium (6th-century CE).
Pépin appeared in the French Top 500 between 1902-1945, peaking at #358 in 1942.
Its Dutch form of Pepijn (PEP-pine) currently appears in Netherlands’ Top 100, coming in as the 64th most popular male name in the Netherlands (2019).
Forms and usages in other languages are as follows:
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The name comes directly from the Arabic word for the storax tree. This is an old poetic name, it appears in a 7th-century Arabic love poem, Lubna & Qays.
It was also reportedly borne by Lubna of Córdoba, a 10th-century Andalusian poet.
Another transliteration is Loubna.
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The names are derived from the Albanian word kaltër meaning “sky blue; blue.”
The Kaltrina form has also been used as a form of Catherine.
Kaltrina is borne by Albanian pop-singer, Kaltrina Selimi (b.1985).
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The name comes directly from the Arabic word for silver. It is predominately a feminine name but has been occasionally used on males.
Other forms include: Lojain, Lojayne, Lujaina, Lujane & Lujayna.
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The name comes directly from the Farsi word کیمیا (kimia), which originally had a connotation of something rare or unique but later came to form the base word and concept of alchemy. It appears in Persian literature, starting in the 10th-century (CE).
Another spelling is Kimya.
Among the Persian diaspora in Western countries, the name is often shortened to Kim.
Alternately, Kimiya can also be a Japanese male name that changes meaning, depending on the kanji used.
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Plamen Пламен (Bulgarian & Serbian) is primarily South Slavic in the contemporary world, but comes from a pan-Slavic word meaning, “flame.” The feminine form is Plamena.
It was potentially Płomień in Medieval Polish. Płamen (male) and Płamena (female) are also modern Polish transliterations of the Bulgarian.
In Bulgaria, the designated name-day is November 8th.
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The name comes directly from the word and first came into use as a female given-name in 16th-century English, it was later adopted by the Puritans and has had sporadic use as a given-name by various Christian groups since. The name has recent been very popular among Nigerian Christians.
The word itself derives from the Anglo-Saxon, blǣdsian, which originally meant “to mark with blood,” which was often done during pre-Christian Anglo-Saxon religious rights.
Blessing first entered the U.S. Top 1000 Female Names in 2019, ranking in at #916.
A notable bearer is Nigerian Track & Field Athlete, Blessing Ogakbere (b.1988).
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The name is from the Arabic word meaning “innocent; sinless.” It was the sobriquet of a Shia Muslim saint by the name of Fatimah bint Musa, known as Fatimah al-Masumah (circ. 7th-century CE). She was the daughter of the seventh Twelver Shi’a Imam, Musa al-Kadhim and the sister of the eight Twelver Shia Imam, Ali al-Rida. Her shrine, which is located in Qom, Iran, is an important point of pilgrimage for many Shi’a Muslims.
The name was also borne by Masuma Sultan Begun (d. 1509), the Queen Consort of the Ferghana Valley & Samarkand & the fourth wife of Emperor Babur, founder of the Mughul Dynasty.
A variant transliteration is Massouma.
Other forms of the name include:
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The name comes directly from the Arabic word لبابة meaning, “pearl.” It is the name of a famous mosque in Cairo, Egypt, built during the Fatimid Caliphate in the 10th-century, CE.
Other transliterated forms include: Lulua, Lu’lu’ah, Louloua & Lolua.
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