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Monday, January 03, 2005

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RANJIT
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Indian
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Means either "coloured" or "charmed, delighted" in Sanskrit. A famous bearer was Ranjit Singh, the founder of a Sikh kingdom that covered most of the Punjab and Kashmir.

XD to the MAX!

ZECHARIAH (Zach Lau Yang Lun)
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Biblical
Pronounced: ze-ka-RIE-a [key]
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From the Hebrew name Zekaryah which meant "YAHWEH remembers". Zechariah was a minor prophet of the Old Testament, author of the Book of Zechariah. This is also the name of the father of John the Baptist in the New Testament, who was temporarily made dumb because of his disbelief.

For those who dunno, YAHWEH is God. Hahah.

IVY
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English
Pronounced: IE-vee [key]
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Means simply "ivy" from the name of the climbing plant that has small yellow flowers.

Bleh. No fun.

VANESSA
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English
Pronounced: va-NES-a [key]
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Invented by author Jonathan Swift. He arrived at it by rearranging the initial syllables of the first name and surname of Esther Vanhomrigh, his close friend. Vanessa was later used as the name of a genus of butterfly.

No fun!

LYNN (root word of Lyncia)
Gender: Feminine & Masculine
Usage: English
Pronounced: LIN [key]
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From an English surname which derives from Welsh llyn "lake". It can also be a short form of LINDA or names which end in lyn or line.

Nice!

NOVIA (root word of Novi)
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Spanish
Pronounced: NO-vyah [key]
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Means "girlfriend" in Spanish.

Hahah! Can call her stead liao!

ALICE (Li Ping)
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English, French
Pronounced: AL-is (English), a-LEES (French) [key]
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Short form of the Old French Adelais, itself a short form of Adalheidis (see ADELAIDE). This is the name of the heroine of Lewis Carroll's 'Alice's Adventures in Wonderland' and 'Through the Looking Glass'.

Cool!!!!!

ELIZABETH
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English, Biblical
Pronounced: ee-LIZ-a-beth [key]
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From Elisabet, the Greek form of the Hebrew name Elisheba meaning "my God is an oath" or perhaps "my God is abundance". In the New Testament this is the name of the mother of John the Baptist. It was also borne by the 12th-century Saint Elizabeth, a daughter of King Andrew II of Hungary who became a Franciscan nun and lived in poverty. It was also the name of a ruling queen of England and an empress of Russia. Famous modern bearers include the British queen Elizabeth II and actress Elizabeth Taylor.

Amen.

CHERYL
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English
Pronounced: SHER-il, CHER-il [key]
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Meaning unknown, perhaps a blend of CHERIE and BERYL

No wonder we dunno what's she teaching.

Gender: Masculine
Usage: English, Jewish, Biblical
Pronounced: jer-e-MIE-a [key]
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Options: Contribute Information From the Hebrew name Yirmeyahu which meant "YAHWEH has uplifted". This was the name of one of the major prophets of the Old Testament, author of the Book of Jeremiah and (supposedly) the Book of Lamentations. He lived to see the Babylonian destruction of Jerusalem in the 6th century BC.

Amen. Serious.

KK. Tmr then post more.