ORIGIN OF YANELIS
Can anyone help me withthe origin of the first name YANELIS. A friend of mine wants to know. She is female and hispanic...born in Cuba.Thanks
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Being your fiend Cuban, it is most probable that her name is a combination of Jane and Lis (short form of Elisabeth) or plain made up. Latin American people are well known for using made-up, combined or creative names, adapted from whatever language to Spanish. It may be because of the diverse influence of other cultures they get, but who knows....
I will assume it is pronounced yuh-neh-LIZ and it is a combination of Jane and Lis, so click on the links and get your meaning!
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Or it could be Jeanne-Elise (zhan eh [like men] -liz)? Click on Jeanne and Elise.
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