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There are also many variants of the name in other languages. Dorothy was a less common variant of Dorothea until it became more common and one of the top 10 most popular names for girls in the United States between 1904 and 1940. The name remained among the top 100 most popular names for American girls until 1961.
Janet is a feminine given name meaning "God is gracious" or "gift from God". It is the feminine form of John. It is the feminine form of John. It is a variation of the French proper noun Jeannette , Spanish proper noun Juanita , Russian Жанет (Zhanet), Circassian Джэнэт (Dzhenet), and Hungarian Zsanett .
Nkechi audio ⓘ is the shortened form of Nkechinyere, an Igbo-language female given name of Nigeria. It means "what god has given" or "gift of god". It means "what god has given" or "gift of god". [ 1 ] [ 2 ]
It is the feminine form of the name Ivan, which are both the Slavic cognates of the names Joanna and John. It may also be spelled as Ivanna. In Croatia, the name Ivana was the most common feminine given name between 1970 and 1999. [1] Variants Iva and Ivanka are diminutives derived from Ivana. The name day is celebrated on April 4.
The name survived the suppression of the worship of the Egyptian goddess Isis in the newly Christianized Roman Empire, and is, among others, the name of several Christian saints. Similar "gift" names include the Greek " Theodore " and Slavic " Bogdan " (both meaning "gift of God"), the Persian " Mithradates " ("gift of Mithras ") and Datis ...
Dora (Greek: Δώρα) is a female name of Greek origin, being a shortened form or derived from Dorothea and Theodora (masculine Theodore), [1] [2] meaning "gift" or in its full form "god's gift", from δῶρον, doron, "gift" [3] + θεός, theos, "god". [4] The name Dora can also be a short form of Isadora (Isidora). Doreen, Dorian, and ...
In recent years Eliana has become an even more popular name and has ranked among the top 50 names given to newborn American girls. It was the 41st most popular name in that country for girls in 2022. [4] [5] Popularity of the female name Eliana in the United States.
Dorotheus [pronunciation?] or Dorotheos is a male given name from Greek Dōrótheos (Δωρόθεος), meaning "God's Gift", from δῶρον (dōron), "gift" + θεός (theós), "god". [1] Its feminine counterpart is Dorothea, (Dorothy). Theodore means the same, with the root words in reverse order.