Gender: Masculine
Origin: Hungarian
Meaning: “dream”
(AHL-moshe)
The name was borne by the first Grand Prince of the Magyars (854-895), according to legend, his mother Emese dreamt that she was impregnated by a Turul bird, begetting Álmos, and she saw he would be the leader of a great nation, hence the origin of his name.
The designated name-day in Hungary is January 1.
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Gender: Masculine
Origin: Polish
Meaning: fierce anger.”
(yah-RAWG-nyef)
The name is composed of the Old Slavonic elements, jary, “fierce, strong” and gniew “anger.”
Another form is Jerogniew.
A notable bearer was Jarogniew Drwęski (1873-1921) a famous Polish statesman and social activist.
The designated name-day in Poland is December 6.
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Gender: Feminine
Origin: Polish
Meaning: “one who fights alone”
(sahm BOY-ah)
The name is composed of the Old Slavonic elements sam (only, alone) and boj (fight).
The designated name-day is December 13.
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Gender: Masculine
Origin: Polish
Meaning ” ruler’s sacrifice.”
(TSHEH-bo-VEET)
The name is composed of the Old Polish elements, trzebo (sacrifice, offering) and wit (lord, ruler).
The designated name-days are January 16 and November 6.
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Gender: Masculine
Origin: Polish
Meaning: “far from peace.”
(DAH-le-Meer)
The name is composed of the Old Polish elements, dale, which is possibly derived from daleko meaning “far” and mir meaning “peace.”
Other forms of the name include: Dalemiar, Dalimiar and Dalimir.
The designated name-days are: January 15, October 29 and November 5.
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Gender: Masculine
Origin: Old Norse
Meaning: “war warrior.”
Eng (GUN-ner); Swe (GOON-nahr)
The name is composed of the Old Norse elements, gunnr (war) and arr (warrior).
The name was borne a legendary 5th-century Burgundish king. His exploits appear in the ancient Germanic poetic text Nibelungelied and the Medieval poem Walthurius.
In the Nibelungelied he is mentioned as the King of Worms, the husband of Brunhild and the brother of Kriemhild, whom Siegfried comes to woo.
In some tales, he was betrayed by Attila the hun and murdered by him.
The same character later appears in JRR Tolkien’s epic poem based on Norse legend, The Legend of Sigurd and Gudrun.
Gunnar did not appear in the U.S. top 1000 till 1991 coming in as the 705th most popular male names, as of 2009, he was the 551st most popular male name.
Other forms of the name include:
The name was also borne by a medieval Czech saint.
The designated name-days are January 8 (Estonia); January 9 (Sweden) and October 9 (Germany).
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Gender: Masculine
Origin: English
Meaning: “rich protector.”
Eng (ED-mund)
The name is composed of the Anglo-Saxon elements, ead (wealth; riches) and mund (protector).
The name was quite common in Medieval England, both before and after the Norman conquest, and remained common all the way up until this century.
It was borne by two English kings and by two saints.
The highest the name has ranked in U.S. naming history was in 1913, when Edmund was the 130th most popular male name. As of 2009, he does not even rank in the U.S. top 1000.
Other forms of the name include:
Eadmund (Anglo-Saxon)
Edmund (Czech/English/Estonian/German/Polish/Slovak/Slovene)
Edmundur (Faroese)
Edmé (French: archaic)
Edmond (French)
Emond (German)
Ödön (Hungarian)
Játmundur (Icelandic)
Jetmund (Icelandic)
Eamon/Éamonn (Irish-Gaelic)
Edmeo (Italian)
Edmo (Italian)
Edmondo (Italian)
Edno (Italian)
Edmao (Limburgish)
Mao (Limburgish)
Edmundo (Portuguese/Spanish)
Feminine forms include:
Edmonia (English)
Edmée (French)
Edma (Italian)
Edmea (Italian)
Edmonda (Italian)
Nicknames include:
Ed, Eddie, Ned (Dutch/English)
Edi/Edo (Czech/Slovak)
Ödi (Hungarian)
Notable bearers include: English poet Edmund Spenser (1552-1599); Czech philosopher, Edmund Husserl (1859-1938) and New Zealand mountaineer Sir Edmund Hillary (1919-2008)
The designated name-days are:
October 6 (Estonia); October 16 (Poland); October 30 (Poland); November 20 (Poland); December 1 (Poland/Slovakia); March 18 (Sweden).
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Gender: Masculine
Origin: English
The name is the English form of the Latin, Placidus, meaning “calm; placid.”
The feminine form of Placidia was borne by the daughter of Emperor Theodosius I.
The name was never very common in the English-speaking world, however, it was occasionally used by the Puritans.
Other forms the name include:
Placid (English/Hungarian)
Placidino (Italian)
Placido (Italian)
Placyd (Polish)
Plácido (Portuguese/Spanish)
Placidus (Latin)
Feminine forms include:
Placide (French)
Placida (Italian)
Placyda (Polish)
Placidia (Sardinian/Sicilian)
The designated name-day throughout Europe is October 5.
The name is borne by 6th-century Italian monk, St. Placido; 17th-century English Protestant Minister, John Placid Adelham; 20th-century Catholic Indian theologian, Father Placid J Podipara; world famous Spanish tenor and opera singer, Plácido Domingo.
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Gender: Feminine
Origin: Greek
Meaning: “prophetess; sibyl.”
(SIB-el)
The name comes from the Greek, Σιβυλλα (Sibylla) meaning “prophetess.” In Greek and Roman legend, the sibyls were ten female prophets who were located at various sites throughout the ancient world, one notable location being Delphi.
Among Christians, the sibyls were believed to have had divine knowledge, especially with the coming of Christ, and were respected on par as the prophets of the Old Testament. The name was quite common in Medieval Europe as a result, but fell out of usage after the Protestant Reformation. It was revived in the 19th-century.
The name is the subject of a novel by Benjamin Disraeli (1845).
Other forms of the name include:
Sibil·la (Catalan)
Sibyla (Czech)
Sibylle (Danish/French/German)
Sibille (Dutch)
Pille, Sibülle (Estonian)
Sybille (French/German)
Sibylla (German/Greek/Swedish)
Szibilla (Hungarian)
Szibill (Hungarian)
Sibilina (Italian)
Sibilla (Italian/Latvian/Lithuanian/Polish)
Sybilla (Late Latin/Estonian)
Sibila (Portuguese/Spanish)
Sebille (Turkish)
Nicknames include:
Billie, Sibbie (English)
Bülle, Sibä, Sible (Swiss German)
Notable bearers include: Sibylla of Burgundy, Queen of Jerusalem (1126-1150); Sibylla of Burgundy, Duchess of Burgundy (1065-1103)
The designated name-days are: April 29 (Poland); May 19/20 (Latvia); October 3 (France); October 20 (Sweden)
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Gender: Masculine
Origin: Old Slavic
Meaning: “standing peace.”
Станимир
The name is composed of the Old Slavonic elements, stan (stand) and mir (peace.)
The designated name-days are May 7 and October 2 (Poland); December 27 (Bulgaria).