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Evin m & f IrishFrom
Éimhín with the typical Irish diminutive suffix ending with the letter 'n'. From the root word
eimh meaning "swift" or "lively". ... [
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Evinrude m Popular CultureThis name was used for the dragonfly in Disney's The Rescuers. It was chosen in reference to Evinrude motors.
Evka f CzechDiminutive of
Eva, not used as an official given name.
Evlale m Georgian (Archaic)Georgian form of
Eulalos. This name was borne by two Catholicoi of Caucasian Iberia: the first lived in the 6th century AD, the other in the 7th century AD.
Evliya m Ottoman TurkishInherited from Ottoman Turkish اولیا (evliyâ, “saint, mahatma”), from Arabic أَوْلِيَاء (awliyā).
Evochildis f FrankishThis was the name of the Frankish queen Evochildis of Cologne (462 - 510). She was likely a Frankish-Rhenish princess. She was the first wife of Clovis I and probably the mother of Theuderic I.
Evoleht f Obscure (Modern)A variation of the name
Evolet. Evoleht spells "The Love" backwards. In the national records of Scotland 2018 there was one girl named Evoleht.
Evolet f Popular Culture, EnglishIt has been suggested that the name was created from an elaboration of
love as a palindrome, or from the backwards spelling of
t(h)e love with the
h omitted for the sake of aesthetics, or from
evolve as an incomplete anagram... [
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Evrain m Arthurian CycleA sorcerer who, with his brother Mabon, entered Wales and laid waste to the city of Snowdon, ruled by Queen Esmeree the Blonde, whom they turned into a snake. He was defeated in combat and was put to flight by Gawaine’s son Guinglain.
Evser f KurdishFrom
ev meaning "the, it" and
ser meaning "crest, crown, top".
Ewainghan m Tłı̨chǫTłįchǫ donek'awi (trading chief) at Old Fort Rae, K'awo (leader) of the Et'aa got'in (“People Next to Another People”).
ʻEwalani f HawaiianMeans "heavenly Eve", from
Ewa, the Hawaiian form of
Eve, combined with Hawaiian
lani "heaven, sky".
Ewostatewos m Ge'ezGe'ez form of
Εὐστάθιος (
Eustathios) (See
Eustathius). This was the name of an Ethiopian religious leader of the Orthodox Tewahedo during the early period of the Solomonic dynasty of the Ethiopian Empire.
Exainetos m Ancient GreekDerived from the Greek preposition ἐξ
(ex) meaning "out of" as well as "outside, beyond" combined with the Greek adjective αἰνετός
(ainetos) meaning "praiseworthy". The latter word is ultimately derived from the Greek noun αἴνη
(aine) meaning "praise, fame" (see
Aeneas).... [
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Excellence m & f English (African, Rare)From the English word
excellence meaning "The quality of being excellent; brilliance" or "An excellent or valuable quality; something at which any someone excels; a virtue".... [
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Exercise f English (Puritan)Simply from the English word
exercise, occasionally used as a given name in early New England. The only biblical text upon which it can be based is I Timothy 4:7, "Exercise thyself rather unto godliness."
Exian f ChineseFrom the Chinese
娥 (é) meaning "be beautiful, good" and
仙 (xiān) meaning "transcendent, immortal".
Exiang f ChineseFrom the Chinese
娥 (é) meaning "be beautiful, good" and
香 (xiāng) meaning "fragrant, sweet smelling, incense".
Exodus m & f American (Rare)Exodus is name of the second book of Hebrew Bible and Christian Old Testament, and the second of five books of the Jewish Torah or Pentateuch. Exodus is the name of ex-boxing world champion Mike Tyson's deceased daughter.
Expectación f & m SpanishMeans "expectation" in Spanish, referring to the expectation of the birth of Jesus Christ.
Expeditus m Late Roman, HistoryFrom the Latin past participle of
expidere "make fit or ready, prepare", literally "free the feet from fetters". This was the name of an obscure, semi-legendary saint, who is invoked against procrastination.
Exuperantia f Late RomanVariant of
Exsuperantia, which is derived from the Latin noun
exsuperantia "preeminence, superiority, superfluity". The noun itself is ultimately derived from
exsuperans "surpassing (greatly), exceeding (greatly), surmounting (greatly)", which belongs to the verb
exsupero (see
Exuperius for more)... [
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Exuperius m Late RomanVariant spelling of
Exsuperius, which was derived from the Latin verb
exsupero "to (greatly) excel, to (greatly) surpass, to (greatly) surmount". The verb itself is ultimately derived from the Latin elements
ex "out of, from within" and
supero "to surpass, to surmount, to transcend"... [
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