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The name Archer is derived from the Middle English archere, and Old French archer, archier.The surname originated as an occupational name denoting an archer.By the 14th century, the mentioned Middle English and Old French words replaced the native English bowman.
Yvonne is a feminine given name, the female form of Yvon, which is derived from the French name Yves and Yvette. It is from the French word iv, meaning "yew" (or tree). [1] Since yew wood was used for bows, Ivo may have been an occupational name meaning "archer". Yvonne/Ivonne is also a Spanish girl name.
Ethel was in origin used as a familiar form of such names, but it began to be used as a feminine given name in its own right beginning in the mid-19th century, gaining popularity due to characters so named in novels by W. M. Thackeray (The Newcomes – 1855) and Charlotte Mary Yonge (The Daisy Chain whose heroine Ethel's full name is Etheldred ...
Megan is a Welsh feminine given name, originally a diminutive form of Margaret.Margaret is from the Greek μαργαρίτης (margarítēs), Latin margarīta, "pearl".". Megan is one of the most popular Welsh-language names for women in Wales and England, and is commonly truncated t
Archer is a given name. [1] Notable people with this name include: Archer Alexander (c. 1810–1879), former black slave who served as the model for the slave in the statue variously known as Freedom Memorial and the Emancipation Memorial in Lincoln Park, Washington, DC
Judith is a feminine given name derived from the Hebrew name Yəhūdīt (יְהוּדִית), meaning "praised" and also more literally "Woman of Judea". It is the feminine form of Judah . Judith appeared in the Hebrew Bible as one of Esau 's wives, while the deuterocanonical Book of Judith tells of a different Judith. [ 2 ]
Obadiah (Hebrew: עֹבַדְיָה – ʿŌḇaḏyā or עֹבַדְיָהוּ – ʿŌḇaḏyāhū; "servant of Yah") is a biblical theophorical name, meaning "servant or slave of Yahweh" or "worshiper of Yahweh." [1] The Greek form of the name used in the Septuagint is Obdios.
Arash the Archer (Persian: آرش کمانگیر Āraš-e Kamāngīr) is a heroic archer-figure of Iranian mythology. According to Iranian folklore , the boundary between Iran and Turan was set by an arrow launched by Arash, after he put his own life in the arrow's launch.