This is a list of submitted names in which an editor of the name is
Reade.
Submitted names are contributed by users of this website. The accuracy of these name definitions cannot be guaranteed.
Boisil m History (Ecclesiastical)Saint Boisil (died 661) was a monk of Melrose Abbey, an offshoot of Lindisfarne, then in the Anglo-Saxon Kingdom of Northumbria, but now in Scotland, where he must have been one of the first generation of monks.
Dillard m EnglishMeaning and origin uncertain with various opinions relating to English "dull" plus the suffix
ard, Old English
dol meaning "conceited or proud" and
ard meaning "hard", the French "d'Illard", or a variation of similar English names like
Tilliard or
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Frankincense m Popular Culture (Modern, Rare)Derived from Old French
franc encens meaning "high quality incense"; the word is primarily used to refer to an aromatic resin from trees of the genus
Boswellia, and is mentioned in the Christian Bible as one of the three gifts given to the baby Jesus by the wise men.... [
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Haeva f Germanic MythologyHaeva is a Germanic goddess known from an inscription in what is now the Netherlands. Scholars generally derive her name from Germanic
*hiwan "to marry" and surmise that her function may have been the protection of the family.
Helori m BretonYounger form of
Haelguri, itself derived from Old Breton
hael "generous; prince" and
uuobri "serious; important".
Hunna f History (Ecclesiastical)Feminine form of
Huno. Saint Hunna (died ca. 679) is a French saint who devoted herself to serving the poor women of Strasbourg, France. Because she undertook to do the washing for her needy neighbors, she was nicknamed by her contemporaries "The Holy Washerwoman".
Marial m DinkaThis is a historical name of "Dinka" people in South Sudan in Africa. The meaning refers to a mixture of beautiful colors of black and white type of a bull. Is a name given to a male child after his mother's bride price was inform of such colored bull... [
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Meriasek m CornishConrish form of
Meriadeg. Saint Meriasek was a 4th-century Breton saint. The legends of his life are known through
Beunans Meriasek, a Cornish language play known from a single surviving manuscript copy dated 1504, and a few other sources... [
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Pershing m English (American)Most likely used as a first name due to John Joseph Pershing, General of the Armies for the United States at the end of World War I. His paternal ancestors were of German descent, and the original spelling was likely Pfoersching... [
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Pfiffigunde f LiteratureCreated by the translator Ute Eichler as the name for Princess
Smartypants (by Babette Cole). The name contains the German word
pfiffig "smart" and the German name element
GUND "war" (see, e.g.,
Hildegund).
Shelob f LiteratureAn evil spider in
The Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. Tolkien. The name was created by Tolkien from the English words "she" and "lob", an archaic word from the Old English "loppe" meaning
spider Smartypants f LiteraturePrincess Smartypants is the title of a children's book by Babette Cole. The book won the British Library Association award.
Wyldstyle f Popular CultureWyldstyle is the female protagonist in "The LEGO movie". The name is derived from "wild style" with literal meaning.