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This category is for feminine given names from England (natively, or by historical modification of Biblical, etc., names). See also Category:English-language feminine given names , for all those commonly used in the modern English language , regardless of origin.
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This set of names is a Spanish variant of the Hebrew name Elisheba through Latin and Greek represented in English and other European languages as Elisabeth. [2] [3] These names are derived from the Latin and Greek renderings of the Hebrew name based on both etymological and contextual evidence (the use of Isabel as a translation of the name of the mother of John the Baptist). [4]
Josephine is a female name. It is the English version of the French name Joséphine , itself a female variant of the name Joseph , which is ultimately derived from the Hebrew name Yosef ( Hebrew : יוֹסֵף), meaning "he shall add/grow".
It has been among the top five names given to girls since 2002, and was the most popular name for girls in 2008 and from 2014 to 2018. [3] In England and Wales it was number 14 in 1996 but has dropped in popularity since (number 61 in 2021). [4] In Canada, it was the second most popular name given to girls in 2022. [5]
It was also among the 10 most popular names for girls in Brazil in 2023 [14] and in Portugal in 2024. [15] Rory is a modern English nickname for the name. Aurore is the French form of the name. Aurore was most popular in France in the 1970s and 1980s, when it was among the 100 most popular names for girls.
When Lushootseed names were integrated into English, they were often recorded and pronounced very differently. An example of this is Chief Seattle. The name Seattle is an anglicisation of the modern Duwamish conventional spelling Si'ahl, equivalent to the modern Lushootseed spelling siʔaɫ Salishan pronunciation: [ˈsiʔaːɬ].