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love
2
meaning
loving
meaning
Amantius
m
Late Roman
Means
"loving"
in Latin. This was the name of several early saints. It has sometimes been confused with the name
Amandus
.
Atuf
m
Arabic
Means
"affectionate, loving"
in Arabic, a derivative of
عطف
(
ʿaṭafa
)
meaning "to incline, to be fond of".
Carthach
m
Old Irish
Means
"loving"
in Irish. This was the name of two Irish saints, from the 6th and 7th centuries.
Thandiwe
f
Xhosa
,
Zulu
,
Ndebele
Means
"loving one"
in Xhosa, Zulu and Ndebele, from
thanda
"to love".
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