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DANIEL
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English, Jewish, French, German, Scandinavian, Polish, Czech, Spanish, Portuguese, Romanian, Biblical
Pronounced: DAN-yul (English), dan-YEL (French) [key]
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From the Hebrew name Daniyel meaning "God is my judge". Daniel was a Hebrew prophet whose story is told in the Book of Daniel in the Old Testament. He lived during the Jewish captivity in Babylon, where he served in the court of the king, rising to prominence by interpreting the king's dreams. The book also presents Daniel's four visions of the end of the world. Famous bearers of this name include English author Daniel Defoe, Swiss mathematician Daniel Bernoulli, and American frontiersman Daniel Boone.
 
GEORGE
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English
Pronounced: JORJ [key]
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From the Greek name Georgios which was derived from the Greek word georgos meaning "farmer, earthworker", itself derived from the elements ge "earth" and ergon "work". Saint George was a legendary dragon slayer who was supposedly martyred in Palestine. He is the patron saint of England, Portugal and Catalonia. This name has been borne by six kings of England, two kings of Greece, and the first president of the United States, George Washington.

great.... are they saying I'm a ricepattie worker? :|
 
Originally posted by: johnjbruin
JOHN
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English, Biblical
Pronounced: JAHN [key]
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English form of Johannes, which was the Latin form of the Greek name Ioannes, itself derived from the Hebrew name Yochanan meaning "YAHWEH is gracious". This name owes its consistent popularity to two New Testament characters, both highly revered as saints. The first was John the Baptist, the forerunner of Jesus Christ and a victim of beheading by Herod Antipas. The second was the apostle John, also supposedly the author of the fourth Gospel and Revelation. The name has been borne by 23 popes, as well as kings of England, Hungary, Poland, Portugal and France. It was also borne by the poet John Milton and the philosopher John Locke.
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Originally posted by: Atomicus
GEORGE
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English
Pronounced: JORJ [key]
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From the Greek name Georgios which was derived from the Greek word georgos meaning "farmer, earthworker", itself derived from the elements ge "earth" and ergon "work". Saint George was a legendary dragon slayer who was supposedly martyred in Palestine. He is the patron saint of England, Portugal and Catalonia. This name has been borne by six kings of England, two kings of Greece, and the first president of the United States, George Washington.

great.... are they saying I'm a ricepattie worker? :|
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Daaaaah tell me about the rabbits again please George? 😀
 
DUNG
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Vietnamese
Means "brave, heroic" in Vietnamese.

Feel free to laugh yourself stupid 🙂
 
Nathan

Gender: Masculine
Usage: English, Biblical
Pronounced: NAY-than [key]
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Means "giver" in Hebrew. In the Old Testament this is the name of a prophet and also a son of King David. This name can also function as a short form of JONATHAN or NATHANAEL.
 
MARTIN
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English, French, German, Russian, Romanian, Czech, Slovene, Hungarian
Pronounced: MAHR-tin (English), mar-TEN (French), MAWR-teen (Hungarian) [key]
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From the Roman name Martinus, which was derived from Martis, the genitive case of the name of the Roman god MARS. Saint Martin of Tours was a 4th-century bishop who is the patron saint of France. According to legend, he came across a cold beggar in the middle of winter so he ripped his cloak in two and gave half of it to the beggar. Five popes have borne this name. Three other influential bearers were Martin Luther, the theologian who began the Protestant Reformation in the 16th century; Martin Shaw, the CADsortaGUY who helped Iowa beome a Red State; and Martin Luther King, the American civil rights leader who fought for racial equality.

OK - so I added a bit - sue me.

CsG
 
DAVID
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English, Jewish, French, Spanish, Russian, Czech, Biblical
Pronounced: DAY-vid (English), da-VEED (French) [key]
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Possibly derived from Hebrew dod meaning "beloved". David was the second and greatest of the kings of Israel, ruling in the 10th century BC. Several stories about him are told in the Old Testament, including his defeat of Goliath, a giant Philistine. Jesus was supposedly descended from him. Other famous bearers of this name include the 5th-century patron saint of Wales, two kings of Scotland, empiricist philosopher David Hume, and explorer David Livingstone. This is also the name of the hero of Charles Dickens' semiautobiographical novel 'David Copperfield'.


Ahh if it were only true...
 
RACHEL
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English, Jewish, French, German, Biblical
Pronounced: RAY-chel (English), ra-SHEL (French) [key]
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Means "ewe" in Hebrew. She was the favourite wife of Jacob and the mother of Joseph and Benjamin in the Old Testament.
 
ADAM
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English, French, German, Polish, Russian, Romanian, Biblical
Pronounced: A-dam [key]
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This is the Hebrew word for "man". It could be ultimately derived from Hebrew adam meaning "to be red", referring to the ruddy colour of human skin, or from Assyrian adamu meaning "to make". According to Genesis in the Old Testament Adam was created from the earth by God (there is a word play on Hebrew adamah "earth"). He and Eve were supposedly the first humans, living happily in the Garden of Eden until Adam ate a forbidden fruit given to him by Eve, an evil bitch that forever screwed mankind.
 
CRAIG
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Scottish, English
Pronounced: KRAYG [key]
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From a Scottish surname which was derived from Gaelic creag meaning "crag" or "rocks". The surname originally belonged to a person who lived near a crag.


Rock huh? Maybe I should play some tunes in honor.

 
ALAN
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English, Scottish
Pronounced: AL-an [key]

The meaning of this name is not known for certain, though it possibly means either "little rock" or "handsome" in Breton. It was introduced to England by Bretons after the Norman invasion. Famous modern bearers include Alan Shepard, the first American in space and the fifth man to walk on the moon, and Alan Turing, a British mathematician and computer scientist.
 
BENJAMIN
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English, French, German, Biblical
Pronounced: BEN-ja-min (English), ben-zha-MEN (French) [key]
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From the Hebrew name Binyamin which means "son of the south" or "son of the right hand". Benjamin in the Old Testament was the twelfth and youngest son of Jacob and the founder of one of the southern tribes of the Hebrews. This name was also borne by Benjamin Franklin, an American statesman, inventor, scientist and philosopher.
 
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MATTHEW
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English, Biblical
Pronounced: MATH-yoo [key]
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English form of Matthaios, which was a Greek form of the Hebrew name Mattithyahu which meant "gift of YAHWEH". Saint Matthew, also called Levi, was one of the twelve apostles (a tax collector). He was supposedly the author of the first Gospel in the New Testament.
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same , general meaning "gift from god"
 
MATTHEW
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English, Biblical
Pronounced: MATH-yoo
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English form of Matthaios, which was a Greek form of the Hebrew name Mattithyahu which meant "gift of YAHWEH". Saint Matthew, also called Levi, was one of the twelve apostles (a tax collector). He was supposedly the author of the first Gospel in the New Testament.
 
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