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Katriel

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  • Origin: Hebrew כתריאל
  • Meaning: “God is my crown.”
  • Gender: Masculine

The name is a Medieval Ashkenazi creation, composed of the Hebrew words keter (כֶּתֶר) “crown” and el (אֵל) “god.” It may have been a masculinized form of the popular Yiddish female name Kreindel (crown) or the Hebrew female name Atarah (crown).

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  • Kasriel
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There are the modern Israeli feminized forms of Katrielle, Katriella & Katriela.

A notable bearer was Israeli ambassador to the Soviet Union, Katriel Katz (1908-1988).

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Fọláṣadé, Ṣadé, Sharday

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  • Origin: Yoruba
  • Gender: feminine
  • Pronunciation:
  • Yoruba: (FOH-lah-SHAH-day); (shah-DAY);
  • Eng (Shar-day)

Ṣadé is from the Yoruba name, Fọláṣadé, which is composed of the elements, fi (use); ọlá (royalty, wealth), ṣe (perform) and adé (crown).

Ṣadé itself, and its anglicized offshoots of Sharday and sometimes Shardae, was popularized in the English-speaking world by Nigerian-British singer, Ṣadé Adu (nee Helen Fọláṣadé Adu, b. 1959).

Ṣadé appeared in the U.S. Top 1000 between 1985-2002, and peaked at #213 in 1986.

Other anglicized offshoots include Chardae and Charday.

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