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ArchivesRe: "Cissa", "Ubbi (Old English/ Norse) and "Benou" (French)
in reply to a message by "Bagpus"
Cissa- pronounced CHEE-sa. The etymology of this name isn't known but it may be related to the Old English word 'cisse' meaning "gravelly place" or from the Old English 'cís' meaning "fastidious". Another possible explanation is from the Old Norse 'kyssa' meaning "to kiss".
Ubbi - this one is hard. I can't find any definite etymology on this either. But there is a suggestion that Ubbe, Ubbi etc may be derived from the Hebrew name Job but it seems a little far fetched (but here is what I found on that anyway:
[The Hebrew for Job is here 'yôwb' according to Strong's; in the book of Job the Hebrew 'îyôwb' is used. In James 5:11 the name is rendered in Greek as 'Iob' and in the Koran he features as 'Ayyub'. 'îyôwb' comes from 'âyab', meaning 'hated' or 'persecuted'. (Could it be that the very Frisian names like Ubbo, Ubbe, Obbe, Abe and Ubo stem from this?)]
Or it could be from the Scandinavian name Hubba which may be a pet form these Old Germanic names - Hugibold, Hubold which means "mind-bold" or Hubbert meaning "mind-bright". But I'm sorry because I really can't find a satisfactory explanation. Sorry.
Benou - this sounds a little strange but the name Benou appears to be an Egyptian word used by the French meaning "(Egyptian) phoenix".
I hope this helps, sorry I couldn't find any certain meanings for Ubbi and Cissa. :)
Ubbi - this one is hard. I can't find any definite etymology on this either. But there is a suggestion that Ubbe, Ubbi etc may be derived from the Hebrew name Job but it seems a little far fetched (but here is what I found on that anyway:
[The Hebrew for Job is here 'yôwb' according to Strong's; in the book of Job the Hebrew 'îyôwb' is used. In James 5:11 the name is rendered in Greek as 'Iob' and in the Koran he features as 'Ayyub'. 'îyôwb' comes from 'âyab', meaning 'hated' or 'persecuted'. (Could it be that the very Frisian names like Ubbo, Ubbe, Obbe, Abe and Ubo stem from this?)]
Or it could be from the Scandinavian name Hubba which may be a pet form these Old Germanic names - Hugibold, Hubold which means "mind-bold" or Hubbert meaning "mind-bright". But I'm sorry because I really can't find a satisfactory explanation. Sorry.
Benou - this sounds a little strange but the name Benou appears to be an Egyptian word used by the French meaning "(Egyptian) phoenix".
I hope this helps, sorry I couldn't find any certain meanings for Ubbi and Cissa. :)
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