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Islam[edit] According to Islam, Michael (Mika'el) is an archangel who brings down rain to the earth by the decree of Allah. He was created from light [3] and the one entrusted with the sustenance of creatures, and is also one of the most prominent angels. As the Angel of Mercy, he asks Allah to forgive people’s sins.
Fatima ( Arabic: فَاطِمَة, Fāṭimah ), also spelled Fatimah, is a feminine given name of Arabic origin used throughout the Muslim world. Several relatives of the Islamic prophet Muhammad had the name, including his daughter Fatima as the most famous one. The literal meaning of the name is one who weans an infant or one who abstains.
James is one of the most common male names in the English-speaking world. In the United States, James was one of the five most common given names for male babies for most of the 20th century. Its popularity peaked during the Baby Boom (Census records 1940–1960), when it was the most popular name for baby boys. Its popularity has declined ...
Jeffrey and its variants are found as surnames, usually as a patronymic ending in -s (e.g., Jefferies, Jaffrays); The surname Jefferson is also a patronymic version of the given name. In Scotland, Jeffrey is most frequently found to be a surname. Variations include Jeff, Jeffry, Jeffy, Jeffery, Jefferey, Jeffory, Jefrie, Geoff, Geoffrey ...
Ryan is an English-language given name of Irish origin. Traditionally a male name, it has been used increasingly for both boys and girls since the 1970s. It comes from the Irish surname Ryan, which in turn comes from the Old Irish name Rían ( Irish: Rian ). [1] Popular modern sources typically suggest that the name means " Little king ", [2 ...
Beatrice ( / ˈbiː ( ə) trɪs / BEE- (ə-)triss, Italian: [beaˈtriːtʃe]) [1] is a female given name. The English variant is derived from the French Béatrice, which came from the Latin Beatrix, which means "blessed one". [2] Beatrice is also the Italian language version of Beatrix. The Spanish and Portuguese form is Beatriz.
Evelyn. Evelyn is a given name, very common in the English language, where it can be used as a first name or a surname. [1] The name originally was used as a surname, which derived from Aveline, which means "hazelnut" in modern french, but the older origin is a feminine Norman French diminutive of the name Ava. [2]
Naomi (nah-o-mi) ( נָעֳמִי ) is a feminine name of Hebrew origin. In Hebrew, it means "pleasantness" and was originally pronounced with the stress on the i (the o is a hataf qamatz, marked with a shva to indicate that it is very short). In the Book of Ruth, Naomi is Ruth 's mother-in-law, making the name Naomi a Biblical name.