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Eli as a name has two different meanings, both originating in the Hebrew Bible. Eli can be used for males (Hebrew tradition) or females (Scandinavian tradition). Hebrew origin, from Biblical עֵלִי "ascent", spelled with the Hebrew letter ayin in the beginning, the name of Eli , the high priest in the Books of Samuel .
First Jewish actress to win an Academy Award. Their Own Desire: Lucia Marlett Nominated 1930/1931: A Free Soul: Jan Ashe Nominated 1934: The Barretts of Wimpole Street: Elizabeth Barrett: Nominated 1935: Elisabeth Bergner: Escape Me Never: Gemma Jones Nominated 1936: Luise Rainer: The Great Ziegfeld: Anna Held: Won First Jewish born actress to ...
Eleanor (/ ˈ ɛ l ə n ər,-n ɔːr /) is a feminine given name, originally from an Old French adaptation of the Old Provençal name Aliénor.It was the name of a number of women of royalty and nobility in western Europe during the High Middle Ages.
Mary, the mother of Jesus in Christianity, is known by many different titles (Blessed Mother, Virgin Mary, Mother of God, Our Lady, Holy Virgin, Madonna), epithets (Star of the Sea, Queen of Heaven, Cause of Our Joy), invocations (Panagia, Mother of Mercy, God-bearer Theotokos), and several names associated with places (Our Lady of Loreto, Our Lady of Fátima).
Mary of Guise died on 11 June 1560 at Edinburgh Castle, and the conflict in Scotland was subsequently settled by the Treaty of Edinburgh and the Reformation Parliament. Mary and Francis had little involvement in the treaty negotiations. [105] They made a Royal Entry at Orléans in October. [106] Francis II died on 5 December 1560. [107]
The name has many variants in use across the world and has been in consistent use worldwide. Elizabeth was the tenth most popular name given to baby girls in the United States in 2007 and has been among the 25 most popular names given to girls in the United States for the past 100 years.
Mary was the 15th most popular name for girls born in Alabama in 2007, [6] the 22nd most popular name for girls born in Mississippi in 2007, [6] the 44th most popular name for girls in North Carolina, [6] the 33rd most popular name for girls in South Carolina, [6] and the 26th most popular name for girls in Tennessee.
Mary [b] was a first-century Jewish woman of Nazareth, [6] the wife of Joseph and the mother of Jesus.She is an important figure of Christianity, venerated under various titles such as virgin or queen, many of them mentioned in the Litany of Loreto.