- Origin: Igbo
- Meaning: “thanks; gratitude.”
- Gender: Unisex
- EH-KEH-NEH
The name is from the Igbo meaning “thanks; gratitude.”
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Ekene
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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
Oytuman
- Origin: Uzbek
- Meaning: “misty moon; foggy moon.”
- Gender: Female
The name is composed of the Uzbek words, oy (moon) and tuman (mist; fog).
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Selema
- Origin: Mordvin Селема
- Meaning: “elm.”
- Gender: Female
The name is derived from the Mordvin, sele (elm).
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Daetor
- Origin: Greek Δαίτωρ
- Meaning: “to light; to burn; to kindle; divider; judge; host of a feast.”
- Gender: Male
- Modern Greek: Daitor (DYE-tore)
- Eng pron: DAY-tor
The name is derived from the Greek δαίω (daio) meaning, “to light; to burn; to kindle,” and “to divide, share, tear” or “to host a feast.” The element has the same meaning as distributing justice, items or food.”
It is borne in the Illiad by a minor character, a Trojan warrior who attacked the Greek fleet during the tenth year of the Trojan war and was subsequently shot dead.
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- Homer, Iliad 8.275
- Homer, Iliad 8.273-280
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daetor
- https://logeion.uchicago.edu/%CE%B4%CE%B1%CE%AF%CF%89
Nihar, Nihara
- Origin: Sanskrit
- Nihar: निहार, नीहार
- Nihara: निहारा, नीहारा
- Meaning: “mist; dew; fog; hoarfrost; snow.”
Nihara is a Sanskrit female name which comes directly from the word for “mist; dew; fog; hoarfrost; snow.”
The masculine form is Nihar.
Another female form is Nihari.
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Kohu
- Origin: Maori
- Meaning: “mist; fog.”
- Gender: Unisex
The name comes directly from the Maori word for “mist; fog; haze; smog.”
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Vīksna
- Origin: Latvian
- Meaning: “elm tree.”
- Gender: Female
- Pronunciation: VEEKS-nah
A rare autumnal Latvian female name, it comes directly from the Latvian word for “elm tree.” It was recorded in use in the 16th-century but is now obsolete.
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- Balodis, Pauls. Latviešu personvārdu etimoloģiskās semantikas teorētiskais modelis un tā realizācija. PhD diss., University of Latvia, 2008. Accessed via DSpace. https://dspace.lu.lv/server/api/core/bitstreams/ca9c09cf-e952-4022-9ac3-cb1bfaf27530/content
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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Hãng
- Origin: Vietnamese 沆
- Meaning: “mist; evening fog.”
- Gender: Unisex
From the Sino-Vietnamese meaning 沆, meaning “mist; evening fog.”
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