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Adaobi audio ⓘ is a feminine given name of Igbo origin in southeastern Nigeria. In Igbo language, "Ada" means "first daughter" and "Obi" means "heart" or "home." Adaobi is interpreted in English to mean "first daughter of the heart" or "first daughter of the home." [1] [2]
Aclima (also Kalmana, Lusia, Cainan, Luluwa, or Awan) according to some religious traditions was the oldest daughter of Adam and Eve and the sister (in many sources, the twin sister) of Cain. This would make her the first woman to be born naturally.
While use of the name has sometimes proven controversial, it is in regular use in English-speaking countries. [3] While the name has never ranked among the "Top 1,000" baby names used for newborn girls in the United States, the name has seen steady usage for American girls since 2009, the year it was first given to five or more girls born that year.
Una is a feminine given name with various origins. As used by Edmund Spenser in The Faerie Queene, the name is derived from the Latin unus, meaning one. [1] The Filipino word "una" meaning "first" (e.g., in Tagalog and Cebuano) is also derived from this Latin root.
Winona (meaning "first daughter" in Dakota language) LaDuke was born in 1959 in Los Angeles, California, to Betty Bernstein and Vincent LaDuke (later known as Sun Bear). [3] Her father was from the Ojibwe White Earth Reservation in Minnesota , and her mother of Jewish European ancestry from The Bronx, New York .
"Jessica" was the first- or second-most popular female baby name in the United States from 1981 to 1998 [6] [7] before falling out of the Top 20 in 2004. [8] It also rose to No. 1 in England and Wales in 2005, [9] dropping to No. 3 in 2006. [10] Common nicknames of the name Jessica include "Jess", "Jessi" and "Jessie".
A supposed anglicization of Creiddylad, the name of a character in Welsh mythology Cordelia (King Lear) , a central character in William Shakespeare's tragic play King Lear Cordelia, the character who is the object of seduction in Kierkegaard's The Seducer's Diary (a long section in his book Either/Or )
Niamh (Irish:; from Old Irish Niaṁ) is an Irish feminine given name (meaning "bright" or "radiant"), [2] anglicised as Neve, Nieve, Neave, Neavh or Neeve. [3]In Irish mythology, Niamh is the daughter of the god of the sea, Manannán mac Lir and one of the queens of Tír na nÓg, the land of eternal youth.