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Actress Farrah Fawcett in 1977. Reality television personality Farrah Abraham.. Farah, or Farrah, is a feminine given name in Arabic and Persian, among other languages.. Derived from the concept of Khvarenah (divine radiance, halo) in Zoroastrianism [dubious – discuss], it has more recently risen in popularity in the Anglosphere due to association with the American celebrities Farrah Fawcett ...
Vera (Cyrillic: Вера: Véra, "faith") is a female given name of Slavic origin, and by folk etymology it has also been explained as Latin vera meaning "true". In Slavic languages, Vera means faith. [1] The name Vera has been used in the English speaking world since the 19th century and was popular in the early 20th century. [2]
Fera may refer to: Fera (band), a pop rock/singer-songwriter duo from Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada; Fera (constellation), old name for the southern constellation Lupus; Fera (fish), a local name for several fish species and the eponymous dish; Fera Airport, Fera Island, the Solomon Islands; Fera Island, an island in Isabel Province ...
One proposed etymology of nosferatu is that the term originally came from the Greek nosophoros (Greek: νοσοφόρος), meaning "disease-bearing". [14] F. W. Murnau's film Nosferatu (1922) strongly emphasizes this theme of disease, and Murnau's creative direction in the film may have been influenced by this etymology (or vice versa). [15]
The dictionary definition of يارا at Wiktionary; Biblical Yaʿrah (יַעֲרָה) in the Masoretic text of 1 Chronicles 9:42 is a variant of יַעֲרָה yaʿărâh "forested", used as a masculine given name of a descendant of Saul (son of Micah, great-grandson of Mephibosheth). [6]
It is a Bulgarian diminutive of Rayna, meaning happy or a Russian diminutive of Raisa. It might also be related to the Latin name Regina meaning queen. [1] It is also said to be an Arabic name derived from ريا (raya), meaning perfume or from راية (rayah), meaning banner or flag. [2] It is also said to be a Hebrew name meaning friend. [3]
It gained popularity after the Battle of Alma in the 19th century and appeared as a fashionable name for girls and a popular place name, [4] but it has decreased in appearance in the 20th and 21st centuries. The name Alma also has several meanings in a variety of languages, and is generally translated to mean that the child "feeds one's soul ...
Cara is a feminine given name with multiple origins in different languages. It is often considered a spelling variant of the name Kara.As an English name, it is usually considered a modern spelling variant of the Italian endearment cara, meaning beloved, or the Irish word cara, meaning friend.