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A unisex name (also known as an epicene name, a gender-neutral name or an androgynous name) is a given name that is not gender-specific. Unisex names are common in the English-speaking world, especially in the United States. By contrast, some countries have laws preventing unisex names, requiring parents to give their children sex-specific ...
This category is for unisex given names from England (natively, or by historical modification of Biblical, etc., names). See also Category:English-language unisex given names , for all those commonly used in the modern English language , regardless of origin.
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It is used as a unisex name in Germany and Sweden as well as a feminine name in Estonia, the Netherlands and the English speaking countries. It is also used as a short form or variation of Maria, especially common in Estonia, the Netherlands and Germany. Also, Maris is a short form of the biblical name Damaris.
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In Ancient Hebrew times, the name "Koby" was used as a pet-name for Jacob.The Hebrew meaning is rooted to the words Yakov (Jacob) meaning "Yahweh (God) may protect.[citation needed] It can also be translated to "Supplanter" from the late Latin word "Iacobus" which is rooted to the Greek lakobos (Ἰάκωβος) which is connected to the base name Jacob [4] and used as a diminutive (nickname ...
Marni is also in use as a Danish and Faroese unisex variant. Marnina is an extended version of the Hebrew name. [3] [4] Awareness of the name in the Anglosphere increased due to the 1961 crime novel Marnie by Winston Graham and the 1964 psychological film thriller Marnie directed by Alfred Hitchcock. [5]
The given name Kimberley is derived from place of Kimberley, in Northern Cape, South Africa. This South African place name was named after Lord Kimberley in the 19th century. [ 1 ] At the end of the 19th century, this place was the scene of fighting and a British victory during the Second Boer War , and consequently the given name was ...