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Isa (Arabic: عِيسَى, romanized: ʿĪsā) is a Classical Arabic name which is the name given to Jesus in the Quran and other Islamic texts. The name Eesa (إيساء) or Isa in Arabic can also be interpreted as meaning “God is salvation” or “God’s gift”. It is derived from the root word “Esa” (إيس) which carries the ...
The names Dorothy and Godiva also mean "gift of God(s)". In German, Theodore is the feminine form and the masculine form is Theodor . Although similar to, and probably influenced by it, the Germanic name Theodoric (and variants Theodoricus, Dietrich, Thierry, and others) has a separate origin.
The popularity of the name is due to Matthew the Apostle, one of the twelve apostles of Jesus and the traditional author of the Gospel of Matthew. [3] [4] Maiú and Maidiú were both a borrowing of the name Matthew among the Anglo-Normans settlers in Ireland. [5] Maitiú is the most common Irish form of the name.
Matthew — A Hebrew name that means “gift from God,” the Gospel of Matthew recounted the Nativity Story in the Bible. 10. Marvella — A French name that means “miracle to marvel at.”
Joanna: Meaning "gift of God," Joanna in the New Testament was the name of the wife of Chuza, Herod's steward. Shiloh: Meaning "peace or abundance," Shiloh is the name of a biblical place ...
Dorothy is a feminine given name. It is the English vernacular form of the Greek Δωροθέα (Dōrothéa) meaning "God's Gift", from δῶρον (dōron), "gift" + θεός (theós), "god". [1] [2] It has been in use since the 1400s. [3]
names containing El, a word meaning might, power and (a) god in general, and hence in Judaism, God and among the Canaanites the name of the god who was the father of Baal. names containing Yah, a shortened form of Yahweh. names referring to Levantine deities (especially the storm god, Hadad) by the epithet Baal, meaning lord.
Nathanael is a biblical given name derived from the Hebrew נְתַנְאֵל (Netan'el), which means "God/El has given" or "Gift of God/El." [1] Nathaniel is the variant form of this name and it stands to this day as the usual and most common spelling for a masculine given name.