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Okay, so I've never been able to find out what my name means. I've never even *seen* it anywhere in the context I want. If I google it, I get references to a plant and a swamp in Mexico. My mother swears it's the name of an ancient Semitic goddess. I am Jewish on my dad's side, so it makes sense to use a name that honors that part of my heritage.
My name is Tovara. "Tova" means good, of course, but I'm lost beyond that. Heeeeelp?
My name is Tovara. "Tova" means good, of course, but I'm lost beyond that. Heeeeelp?
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Tovar, usually preceded by the particle de (meaning from), is a surname that was adopted in the Middle-Ages by a Castilian noble house of visigothic ancestry that received the lordship of the village of Tovar from Fernando III. It has since spread to several Spanish and a few Portuguese branches.
The Tovar surname in the Americas appears mainly as a toponymic derived from the many settlements of this name founded there by the Spanish, and therefore does not share the same genealogical origin. Recent DNA testing does show that some families with the Tovar surname in the Americas appear to have descended from the Tovar's of Spain and Portugal.
plus the feminine ending of A.
The Tovar surname in the Americas appears mainly as a toponymic derived from the many settlements of this name founded there by the Spanish, and therefore does not share the same genealogical origin. Recent DNA testing does show that some families with the Tovar surname in the Americas appear to have descended from the Tovar's of Spain and Portugal.
plus the feminine ending of A.
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I found a post on WordReference asking the same question:
http://forum.wordreference.com/threads/tovara.2497212/
That's the only page I can find with regards to Tovara's meaning but I can't find the meaning on here, just guesses and explanations on what it could mean.
Just to be clear, when the OP said that her mother pronounces the name /tʌ vɑːr ə/, ʌ isn't in the IPA for Hebrew.
http://forum.wordreference.com/threads/tovara.2497212/
That's the only page I can find with regards to Tovara's meaning but I can't find the meaning on here, just guesses and explanations on what it could mean.
Just to be clear, when the OP said that her mother pronounces the name /tʌ vɑːr ə/, ʌ isn't in the IPA for Hebrew.
This message was edited 5/22/2015, 2:40 AM
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His first suggestion was based on TVB, the root of the name TOBIAH, but Hebrew has a B that is not conflated with a V. V is usually used interchangeably with W.
TVR < http://www.blueletterbible.org/lang/lexicon/lexicon.cfm?Strongs=H2905&t=KJV > may be closer to the root. |-ah| is a feminine ending.
One likely meaning is "defender."
TVR < http://www.blueletterbible.org/lang/lexicon/lexicon.cfm?Strongs=H2905&t=KJV > may be closer to the root. |-ah| is a feminine ending.
One likely meaning is "defender."
This message was edited 5/23/2015, 2:15 PM
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