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  2. Gretchen - Wikipedia

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    Gretchen (German: [ˈɡʁeːtçən] ⓘ, English: / ˈ ɡ r ɛ tʃ ən / GRETCH-ən; literal translation: "Little Grete" or "Little Greta") is a female given name of German origin that, stand-alone, is most prevalent in the United States. Its popularity increased because a major character in Goethe's Faust (1808) has this name.

  3. List of Irish-language given names - Wikipedia

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    Not all Irish given names have English equivalents, though most names have an anglicised form. Some Irish names have false cognates, i.e. names that look similar but are not etymologically related, e.g. Áine is commonly accepted as the Irish equivalent of the etymologically unrelated names Anna and Anne.

  4. Maeve - Wikipedia

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    Maeve (in that spelling) was a Top 100 girls' name in Ireland for all but 12 of the 46 years between 1964 and 2009, and Meabh ranked 99th on the list of the most popular Irish girls' names of 2020. In Northern Ireland , Maeve was a Top 100 girls' name between 1997 and 2004, and Meabh ranked 44th in 2017.

  5. Jan (name) - Wikipedia

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    The name Jan is sometimes combined with another first name, such as in Jan Peter (for instance in Jan Peter Balkenende), or in Klaas Jan (for instance in Klaas Jan Huntelaar). Very rarely the name Jan is given to a girl, as variants like Jann , Jannie , Janneke or Jantje are more common.

  6. My name is hard to spell, so I gave my kids names that are ...

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    My name is fairly common, but the spelling is unique, and it's caused issues. I gave my kids names that are nearly impossible to misspell. My name is fairly common, but the spelling is unique, and ...

  7. Nationality - Wikipedia

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    Nationality is sometimes used simply as an alternative word for ethnicity or national origin, just as some people assume that citizenship and nationality are identical. [37] In some countries, the cognate word for nationality in local language may be understood as a synonym of ethnicity or as an identifier of cultural and family-based self ...

  8. German name - Wikipedia

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    Over time, the spelling often changed to reflect native German pronunciation (Sloothaak for the Dutch Sloothaag); but some names, such as those of French Huguenots settling in Prussia, retained their spelling but with the pronunciation that would come naturally to a German reading the name: Marquard, pronounced French pronunciation: in French ...

  9. Noah (name) - Wikipedia

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    From 2013 until 2015, the name was the most popular given name for male babies in the US. [3] In 2013 it was the third most popular name for baby boys in Australia. [4]In 2021, it became the most popular given name for male babies in England and Wales, [5] and in Canada. [6]