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This is your Finnish name amateur again :0) I´m passionate about names, but more of a "baby namer", just stating my likes and dislikes on several other boards. Anyhow, can you help me out with this female name - Hila? Ethnic background could be Arabic, but then again this name could just be another version of an Hebrew name I found in your database, Helah.
I hope everybody had a wonderful, snowy Christmas!
I hope everybody had a wonderful, snowy Christmas!
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Greetings Pavliina :)
Being the resident Greek around here, let me give you my own twist:
Mayeb it is a version of the Greek name "Hilas" (M) meaning "gracious". Recorded female versions of the name include Hilara, Hilaria and Hilaro.
Yep, we had a great snowy X-mas in Greece -- but probably the amount od snow you get in June :P
Being the resident Greek around here, let me give you my own twist:
Mayeb it is a version of the Greek name "Hilas" (M) meaning "gracious". Recorded female versions of the name include Hilara, Hilaria and Hilaro.
Yep, we had a great snowy X-mas in Greece -- but probably the amount od snow you get in June :P
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Hey Pavlos, you are mistaken about the snow matter, I didn´t get a really impressing amount of it - I live in Germany currently. And don´t laugh: back at home we actually once had snow in June.
Thanks again for your help (and I still claim that the name has to have a slight Arabic touch, too) + please allow me a personal question: is etymology in general something you do as a profession? Just curious :0)
Did Nephele become a lot of Christmas presents? My son, Saam, has been driving me crazy with his new police motorbike (drivable, with 5-7 kmh = lots of near-by domestic accidents)
Thanks again for your help (and I still claim that the name has to have a slight Arabic touch, too) + please allow me a personal question: is etymology in general something you do as a profession? Just curious :0)
Did Nephele become a lot of Christmas presents? My son, Saam, has been driving me crazy with his new police motorbike (drivable, with 5-7 kmh = lots of near-by domestic accidents)
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You're very welcome! Actually etymology is what I do when I'm *bored* with my profession (I'm an eekonomist) and feel like procrastinating at work :)
No gifts for Nephele yet, since the Greek version of Santa Claus -- St Basil -- gives out presents on New Years Day, not Christmas (and I regret to say that he does not come from Finland but from Cesarea)
Fortunately Nephele is still young enough not to ask for particular gifts -- but as far as "domestic accidents" are concerned, she has a gift for all forms of mayhem and entropy. Next year she will probably ask for a sledgehammer.
Have a fantastic New Year.
Pavlos
No gifts for Nephele yet, since the Greek version of Santa Claus -- St Basil -- gives out presents on New Years Day, not Christmas (and I regret to say that he does not come from Finland but from Cesarea)
Fortunately Nephele is still young enough not to ask for particular gifts -- but as far as "domestic accidents" are concerned, she has a gift for all forms of mayhem and entropy. Next year she will probably ask for a sledgehammer.
Have a fantastic New Year.
Pavlos
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That´s funny, I sort pictured you as "a university kind of guy", teaching literature, history, art history etc. I have a rather vivid imagination as it seems.
I work myself in the economic field too - and hang out on diverse message boards when I´m bored at work. Talk about bad habits :0)
Have a fantastic New Year too and "yamas" (right??)!
I work myself in the economic field too - and hang out on diverse message boards when I´m bored at work. Talk about bad habits :0)
Have a fantastic New Year too and "yamas" (right??)!
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