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Name Name meaning Referred to as a valkyrie in Brynhildr "Armor battle" or "bright battle" [6] Skáldskaparmál: Eir "Peace, clemency" [7] or "help, mercy" [8] Nafnaþulur: Geirahöð Connected to the Old Norse words geirr ("spear") and höð ("battle"). [9] Appears in some manuscripts of Grímnismál in place of the valkyrie name Geirölul [9 ...
Name Nationality Born Died Achievement/s Harriet Chalmers Adams: American: 1875: 1937: Explored and photographed South America, Asia, South Pacific Tania Aebi: American: 1966: Held the record as the youngest person and first American woman to sail solo around the world (with stops and assistance) Alexis Alford: American 1998
Zelda is a nickname for the feminine name Griselda, [1] from Old High German Grisja Hilda, 'Grey Battle-maid'. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] It is also ( Yiddish : זעלדאַ or זעלדע, Hebrew : זלדה) the feminine form of the Yiddish name Zelig , [ 1 ] (זעליג) meaning 'blessed', 'happy'.
As used by Edmund Spenser in The Faerie Queene, the name is derived from the Latin unus, meaning one. [1] The Filipino word "una" meaning "first" (e.g., in Tagalog and Cebuano) is also derived from this Latin root. This is also the meaning implied for the given name of Star Trek character Una Chin-Riley, commonly called Number One.
Marina is a feminine given name. It is the female version of the Roman family name Marinus, which is a form of the Latin name Marius. The meaning of Marius might be connected to Mars, the Roman god of war, or with the Latin word maris, meaning virile. It also later became associated with the Latin word marinus, meaning "of the sea". [1]
Kira is one of several Anglicized forms of the Irish name Ciara, which in Irish means "dark haired" or "little dark one". [5] Kira also means "strong woman" in Slavonic. [6] There is also a Japanese name, romanized as Kira, which is common in Japan, as both given name and family name (e.g. the Kira clan of Mikawa province). Kira kira also means ...
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The most popular given names vary nationally, regionally, and culturally. Lists of widely used given names can consist of those most often bestowed upon infants born within the last year, thus reflecting the current naming trends , or else be composed of the personal names occurring most often within the total population .