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If you're providing a name meaning that is not on this site, please provide either a reliable source or a clear etymological justification.
Thanks!
♦ Chrisell ♦
All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given us. - J.R.R. Tolkien.
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All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given us. - J.R.R. Tolkien.
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Hey Chrisell
I found this information on these sites:
http://www.thinkbabynames.com/meaning/0/Amaris
http://www.babynamenetwork.com/detail.cfm?name=Amaris&gender=Female
http://www.babynames.com/Names/name_display.php?n=AMARIS
http://www.babynamecorner.com/babynames/a/42/
A couple of Dutch sites say the same.
Some sites say that te meaning is also "child of the moon". That would be the astrological name for Cancer.
I have also found variant forms of Amaris: Amariah, Amarissa, Amarit, Amarisa and Amarise
I found this information on these sites:
http://www.thinkbabynames.com/meaning/0/Amaris
http://www.babynamenetwork.com/detail.cfm?name=Amaris&gender=Female
http://www.babynames.com/Names/name_display.php?n=AMARIS
http://www.babynamecorner.com/babynames/a/42/
A couple of Dutch sites say the same.
Some sites say that te meaning is also "child of the moon". That would be the astrological name for Cancer.
I have also found variant forms of Amaris: Amariah, Amarissa, Amarit, Amarisa and Amarise
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None of those sites are reliable sources . . .
A good look at those sites will show that they have no requirement for accuracy and no lists of sources for their name meanings. They are frequently incorrect about even the best-known name meanings. Some even allow un-moderated user additions to the database.
In this case, they appear to have 'decided' that Amaris is a variation of the masculine Hebrew name Amariah, which means "Yahweh has said" (which could easily be extrapolated to mean "God has Promised"). However, there is no evidence to support the derivation of Amaris from Amariah. Hebrew names don't work that way.
"That would be the astrological name for Cancer."
The what? Cancer is the astrological name for Cancer. I can't find any reference to Amaris at all on www.answers.com, and certainly not on their Cancer (astrology) page.
http://www.answers.com/topic/cancer-astrology
Please, don't site these commercial "Baby name" sites again unless you have a good reason to believe they are correct and can justify it using etymology.
♦ Chrisell ♦
All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given us. - J.R.R. Tolkien.
A good look at those sites will show that they have no requirement for accuracy and no lists of sources for their name meanings. They are frequently incorrect about even the best-known name meanings. Some even allow un-moderated user additions to the database.
In this case, they appear to have 'decided' that Amaris is a variation of the masculine Hebrew name Amariah, which means "Yahweh has said" (which could easily be extrapolated to mean "God has Promised"). However, there is no evidence to support the derivation of Amaris from Amariah. Hebrew names don't work that way.
"That would be the astrological name for Cancer."
The what? Cancer is the astrological name for Cancer. I can't find any reference to Amaris at all on www.answers.com, and certainly not on their Cancer (astrology) page.
http://www.answers.com/topic/cancer-astrology
Please, don't site these commercial "Baby name" sites again unless you have a good reason to believe they are correct and can justify it using etymology.
All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given us. - J.R.R. Tolkien.
This message was edited 7/29/2006, 2:36 AM
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I read it and they do mention 'moonchild', so I suppose that is what they meant on that site. Anyway, I don't think it makes a lot of sense as the meaning for Amaris.
I guess the sites I mentioned aren't very reliable, but one of the Dutch sites has a book as their source: '10.000 moderne en klassieke voornamen.' Maybe that is a better source.
I guess the sites I mentioned aren't very reliable, but one of the Dutch sites has a book as their source: '10.000 moderne en klassieke voornamen.' Maybe that is a better source.
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