Gender: Masculine
Origin: Dutch
(WAHR-reh)
The name is a short form of the Germanic male name, Waltram, which is composed of the elements walt (rule) and hraben (raven), hence: “raven ruler.”
Warre is now used exclusively as an independent given name currently ranking in as the 64th most popular male name in Belgium, (2008).
Gender: Masculine
Origin: Kazakh Бекзат
Meaning: “sultan’s child.”
The name is composed of the Kazakh elements, bek (sultan, ruler) and zat (baby, child).
As of 2010, Bekzat was the 24th most popular male name in Kazakhstan.
Gender: Masculine
Origin: Latin
Meaning: “dark-skinned.”
The name is a Spanish and Italian form of the Latin male name, Maurus, which may have been originally used as a nickname for someone with dark hair or a dark complexion.
The name was borne by numerous saints.
Currently, Mauro is the 58th most popular male name in Belgium, (2008). His rankings in other countries are as follows:
Other forms of the name include:
A feminine form is Maura.
Gender: Masculine
Origin: Dutch
(LAHN-der)
The name is a short form of any name beginning with the Land element which means simply, “land.”
It can also be a Basque form of Leander.
As of 2008, Lander was the 55th most popular male name in Belgium, (2008).
Gender: Masculine
Origin: Dutch
(LOH-wee)
The name is a diminutive form of Lodewijk, now used exclusively as an independent given name.
As of 2008, Lowie was the 98th most popular male name in Belgium.
Gender: Masculine
Origin: Dutch
(FER-reh)
The name is a Dutch diminutive form of Ferdinand, now used exclusively as an independent given name.
As of 2008, Ferre was the 59th most popular male name in Belgium.
Gender: Masculine
Origin: Latin
Meaning: “fifth.”
Eng (KWEN-tin)
The name is an English form of the Latin cognomen, Quintinus meaning “the fifth.”
The name was popularized by a 3rd-century Gaulic saint, missionary and martyr who was beheaded by the Romans in what is now Picardy. He is considered the patron saint of Picardy and as a result, the name has always been common in that particular region of France.
It was introduced into England after the Norman Conquest.
In the United States, the name was brought to spotlight by Theodore Roosevelt’s son, Quentin Roosevelt (1897-1918) who was killed in World War I.
Currently, Quentin is the 35th most popular male name in France, (2009), while its Dutch form of Quinten is the 60th most popular male name in Belgium, (2008) and the 67th most popular in the Netherlands, (2010).
Quentin is the 396th most popular male in the United States, while Quinten is the 884th most popular, (2010).
Other forms of the name include:
Common diminutive forms include:
Feminine forms include:
Gender: Feminine
Origin: Dutch/Frisian
Meaning: “people.”
(DOO-keh)
The name is a feminine form of the Frisian male name, Dieuwe which is derived from the Old Germanic element, þeud, meaning, “people.”
In 2008, Dieuwke was the 94th most popular female name in Belgium.
Gender: Feminine
Origin: Greek
Meaning: “resurrection.”
Eng (an-ne-STAY-zha); (ah-na-STAH-zee-a)
The name is derived from the Greek masculine name, Anastasios (Αναστασιος), which is from the Greek (anastasis) αναστασις the word for resurrection.
The name was popularized in the Orthodox Christian world by an early Christian marytr of Dalmatia, revered as the patron saint of weavers. It is borne by several other saints as well.
Usually, the name is bestowed upon children born around the Easter season, currently, Anastasia is one of the most popular female names in Russia and in other former Soviet countries. Its rankings are as follows:
In the English-speaking world, the name was occasionally used in the Middle Ages in its archaic English forms of Anastice or Anstice (AN-ne-stis); (AN-stis). It was never very common and was only re-introduced into the English-speaking world via Eastern European immigrants in the United States starting in the late 19th-century.
In the Western World, the name is most famously associated with the youngest daughter of the Tsar Nicholas II of Russia, who was rumored to have survived the massacre of her family.
The designated name-days are: December 25 (Germany/Poland), December 22 (Greece), January 4 (Russia), February 4 (Russia), February 27 (Poland), April 15 (Czech Republic/Hungary/Poland), April 30 (Slovakia), August 17 (Poland) and November 11 (Lithuania/Poland/Russia).
Other forms of the name include:
Czech/Slovak diminutives are: Anaska, Anastazka, Anastázička, Anuška, Nasťa, Nastička, Nastík, Staci, Stasa, Staska, Stáza, Stázi, Stazinka, Tazia.
English short forms are: Ana, Annie, Stacey and Tacey.
Greek diminutives are: Natasa, Sia, Tasia , Tasoula.
Polish diminutives are: Ania, Anka, Nastka, Nastusia, Stasia, Staska, Tusia.
Russian diminutives are: Anya, Asya, Nastasya, Nasten’ka, Nastya, Nastyona, Nastyuha, Stasya
Masculine forms include:
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Gender: Feminine
Origin: Kazakh Айдана
Meaning: “moon.”
(I-dah-nah)
The name is derived from the Kazakh word, ai (moon).
It is currently the 25th most popular female name in Kazakhstan, (2010).
Another transliterated form is Ajdana.
A masculine form is Aidan/Ajdan Аидан.
Another form is the Tatar Aida/Ajda, which is also used in Kazakhstan.