Variant of Alvah. A famous bearer of this name was the inventor Thomas Alva Edison (1847-1931).
Blaine
Gender:Masculine
Usage: English
Pronounced:BLAYN
Personal remark:"yellow"
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From a Scottish surname that was derived from the Old Irish given name Bláán.
Chaya
Gender:Feminine
Usage: Hebrew
Other Scripts:חַיָה(Hebrew)
Pronounced:KHA-ya
Personal remark:"life"
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Derived from Hebrew חָיָה (ḥaya) meaning "living", considered a feminine form of Chaim.
Duncan
Gender:Masculine
Usage: Scottish, English
Pronounced:DUNG-kən(English)
Personal remark:"brown battle"
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Anglicized form of the Scottish Gaelic name Donnchadh, derived from Old Irish donn "brown" and cath "battle". This was the name of two kings of Scotland, including the one who was featured in Shakespeare's play Macbeth (1606).
Jacinth
Gender:Feminine
Usage: English (Rare)
Pronounced:JAY-sinth, JAS-inth
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From the English word for the orange precious stone, originating from the same source as Hyacinth.
From the word for the silk-like material, introduced by DuPont in 1968 and popular in the fashions of the 1970s [1].
Sinclair
Gender:Masculine & Feminine
Usage: English (Rare)
Pronounced:sin-KLEHR
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From a Scottish surname that was derived from a Norman French town called "SaintClair". A notable bearer was the American author Sinclair Lewis (1885-1951).
Yaffa
Gender:Masculine & Feminine
Usage: Hebrew
Other Scripts:יָפָה(Hebrew)
Personal remark:"beautiful"
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Alternate transcription of Hebrew יָפָה (see Yafa).
Yaffe
Gender:Masculine & Feminine
Usage: Hebrew
Other Scripts:יָפֶה(Hebrew)
Personal remark:"beautiful"
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Alternate transcription of Hebrew יָפֶה (see Yafe).
Zaccai
Gender:Masculine
Usage: Biblical
Other Scripts:זַכָּי(Ancient Hebrew)
Personal remark:"purity"
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From the Hebrew name זַכָּי (Zakkai) meaning "pure". This is the name of a minor character in the Old Testament.