Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
Élise, Elise, Elyse, Elyce or Elize is the shortened feminine French form of Elizabeth, coming originally from the Hebrew name אלישבע (אלי = My God שבע = oath) and meaning "My God is an oath" or "My God is abundance".
All are ultimately derived from the Hebrew Elisheba, meaning God is my oath. Isabella has been in wide use in the Anglosphere since the 1700s and has been a popular name in recent years. [1] It is particularly well used for Hispanic girls in the United States. [2] A common diminutive form is Bella. [3] It may refer to:
This is a set of lists of English personal and place names having spellings that are counterintuitive to their pronunciation because the spelling does not accord with conventional pronunciation associations. Many of these are degenerations in the pronunciation of names that originated in other languages.
Elise, the unidentified person to whom Beethoven dedicated Für Elise; Elise, a 1979 speculative fiction novel by Ken Grimwood; Élise ou la vraie vie (Elise, or the Real Life), a 1967 novel by the French writer Claire Etcherelli; Élise ou la vraie vie (Elise, or Real Life), a 1970 French drama film based on the novel of the same name
Some Irish-language names have English equivalents, both deriving from a common source, e.g. Irish Máire (anglicised Maura), Máirín (Máire + - ín "a diminutive suffix"; anglicised Maureen) and English Mary all derive from French: Marie, which ultimately derives from Hebrew: מַרְיָם (maryām).
Some usages identified as American English are common in British English; e.g., disk for disc. A few listed words are more different words than different spellings: "aeroplane/airplane", "mum/mom". See also: American and British English differences, Wikipedia:List of common misspellings and Wikipedia:Manual of Style#National varieties of English
Get AOL Mail for FREE! Manage your email like never before with travel, photo & document views. Personalize your inbox with themes & tabs. You've Got Mail!
This set of names is a Spanish variant of the Hebrew name Elisheba through Latin and Greek represented in English and other European languages as Elisabeth. [2] [3] These names are derived from the Latin and Greek renderings of the Hebrew name based on both etymological and contextual evidence (the use of Isabel as a translation of the name of the mother of John the Baptist). [4]