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Birdie is a given name used in reference to an informal English diminutive word for a bird. Spelling variants include Birdee, Birdy, and Byrdie. Spelling variants include Birdee, Birdy, and Byrdie. It has been in use since at least the 1800s in the United States both as a nickname for various formal names such as Elizabeth and as a formal name.
The earliest form of this female given name was the Old German Haduwig comprising the elements hadu "battle" and wig "fight": the original form of the modern German female name Hedwig, Haduwig was modified to Havoise by the Normans and subsequent to the Norman Invasion the name occurred frequently in England throughout the Middle Ages, the standard Middle English form of the name being Hawise.
In this list of birds by common name 11,278 extant and recently extinct (since 1500) bird species are recognised. [1] Species marked with a "†" are extinct.
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The word is the name of a bird, [2] which is ultimately derived from the Old English hræfn. [3] As a masculine name, Raven parallels the Old Norse Hrafn, [2] and the Old English *Hræfn, which both mean "raven". [4] As a feminine name Raven is among several names derived from birds such as Dove, Kestrel and Teal. [2]
Aviana or Avianna is a feminine given name with multiple origins. It is a Greenlandic name, a variant of the Greenlandic name Avek, meaning "family", combined with the Greenlandic ending -na that is indicative of a first name. [1] It has been a popular name for girls in Greenland in recent years. [2]
Aya (איה) is also in use in Hebrew and means "to fly swiftly" or "bird". In Mongolian, similar to Turkish, it means "goodness", "music", and "melody". In Chemehuevi, Aya means "tortoise". In Baoule on the Ivory Coast, Aya is often given to a female born on Friday. In the Raute language of Nepal, Aya refers to one's sister-in-law.
A Wilson's warbler bird in Alaska. The American Ornithological Society said it is trying to address years of controversy over a list of bird names that include human names deemed offensive.