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Okay, I have questions about two unrelated names:
Selma - In Selma's comments section, someone claims that the name derives from "shelma", which is Gaelic for "beautiful view". Can anyone verify if that is true? If Selma doesn't mean "beautiful view", can anyone tells me what it means in Gaelic?
Aiago - This is a Basque girl's name that is derived from a place name. Can anyone tell me if the word aiago is of Basque origin, and if it is, what it means? Also, can Aiago be used on boys?
Selma - In Selma's comments section, someone claims that the name derives from "shelma", which is Gaelic for "beautiful view". Can anyone verify if that is true? If Selma doesn't mean "beautiful view", can anyone tells me what it means in Gaelic?
Aiago - This is a Basque girl's name that is derived from a place name. Can anyone tell me if the word aiago is of Basque origin, and if it is, what it means? Also, can Aiago be used on boys?
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Selma is likely derived from the name Anselma. But Selma actually may have more than one etymology. I've seen it on Turkish and Moroccan girls, so it might be a variant of Salma in Turkey and North Africa.
This message was edited 8/26/2008, 7:03 AM
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Aiago
First of all, Aiago can't be used on boys because the name comes from a Marian advocation (time ago, Marian advocations' names were used also for boys, but not nowadays).
The place name Aiago is Basque, it has the toponymic suffix -ago, "place with abundance of" or "place of", and a first part that it could be from ahier, "incline, slope" (but this is not definitive, it could come from another word).
First of all, Aiago can't be used on boys because the name comes from a Marian advocation (time ago, Marian advocations' names were used also for boys, but not nowadays).
The place name Aiago is Basque, it has the toponymic suffix -ago, "place with abundance of" or "place of", and a first part that it could be from ahier, "incline, slope" (but this is not definitive, it could come from another word).
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