- Origin: Shona
- Meaning: “to be thankful.”
- Gender: Unisex
- TEN-dye
From the Shona word tenda or kutenda (to give thanks), it is technically unisex but slightly more common for boys.
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Category Archives: Winter Holiday Names
Cheymarina
- Origin: Mordvin Чеймарина
- Meaning: “cranberry.”
- Gender: Female
A Pre-Christian Mordvin female name meaning, “cranberry.”
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Tebogo
- Origin: Tswana
- Meaning: “gratitude.”
- Gender: Unisex
The name comes from the Tswana word for gratitude.
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Dagolitus
- Origin: Gaulic
- Meaning: “good feast.”
- Gender: Male
A Gaulic name meaning, “good feast.”
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- https://fr.wiktionary.org/wiki/Dagolitus#Gaulois
- Jean-Paul Savignac, Dictionnaire français-gaulois, La Différence, 2004, ISBN 978-2729115296, page 62
Ekene
- Origin: Igbo
- Meaning: “thanks; gratitude.”
- Gender: Unisex
- EH-KEH-NEH
The name is from the Igbo meaning “thanks; gratitude.”
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Meýlis
- Origin: Turkmen
- Meaning: “feast; celebration.”
- Gender: Male
The name comes directly from the Turkmen word for “a feast” or “a gathering.”
The name is also sometimes spelled Meilis.
A notable bearer is Turkmen chess champion, Meylis Annaberdiyev (b. 1985).
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Kaldi, Kalda
- Origin: Old Norse
- Meaning: “cold; chill.”
The masculine name Kaldi and the feminine Kalda is derived from the Old Norse meaning, “cold; chill.”
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Fiddah, Fizzah, Fizziyah
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- Origin: Arabic فِضَّة
- Meaning: “silver.”
- Gender: female
- Phonetic Pronunciation Standard Arabic: FEED-dah; Spoken Arabic: FEEZ-zah
- IPA: /fidˤ.dˤa/
The name comes directly from the Arabic word فِضَّة (fiddah), meaning “silver”, it is sometimes transliterated as Fizzah.
Another form is Fizziyah فِضِّيَّة, which means “silvery.” Also transliterated as Fiddiyah.
Fizzi فِضِّي is a unisex variation.
It is the same word in Maltese, but spelled Fidda. It is not used as a given-name in Malta, but may hypothetically make a nice Maltese female name since it is already used as a legitimate Arabic female name in other parts of the world.
Other forms include:
- Fidah (Malay)
- Fedha (Swahili)
Other transliterations include: Feda, Fedda, Fedha, Feza, Fezza, Fidda, Fida & Fidha.
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- فضة – Wiktionary
- Fizzah – Islamic Name Meaning – Baby Names for Muslims (quranicnames.com)
- Fizziyah – Islamic Name Meaning – Baby Names for Muslims (quranicnames.com)
- Fizzi – Islamic Name Meaning – Baby Names for Muslims (quranicnames.com)
- Meaning, origin and history of the name Fidda – Behind the Name
- Meaning, origin and history of the name Fizza – Behind the Name
Himani
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- Origin: Sanskrit/Hindi हिमानी
- Bengali: হিমানী
- Meaning: “mass of collection of snow; snow drift.”
- Gender: feminine
- Pron: HEE-mah-NEE
The name comes directly from the Sanskrit word हिमानी meaning, “a mass of collection of snow; snow dirft.”
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Dongmei
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- Origin: Chinese
- Spelling: 冬梅 (most popular)
- Meaning: “winter plum.”
- Gender: unisex
- Approx Pron: (DAWNG-MAY)
The name is a transliteration of the Chinese unisex name 冬梅 (winter plum). This is the most popular form. Other character combinations for this name are possible, which then alters the meaning and in some cases, the gender. There is 东 dong (east) & 梅 mei (plum; apricot); or 东 mei (little sister) or 美 mei (beautiful). There are numerous other character combinations that will alter the meaning.
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