Basketball Names, Meanings, and their History

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Colby (KOL-bee)

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american american-english english-american surname gender-neutral unisex basketball

colby name meaning

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Harden (HAHR-duhn)

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jewish baby male basketball american nba american-english

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Jaylen (juh-LIN)

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jamaican-english masculine american-jamaican baby male english-american athletes

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Jermaine (jer-MAYN)

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french-english african-american english boy french basketball masculine

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Jimmie (JIM-ee)

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english male nickname english-american masculine baseball american-english

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Kimball (KIM-bawl)

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american-english english-american lawyer american-korean scottish american-german masculine

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Klay (klay)

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american irish-german german-american english-scottish german german-english english-irish

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Kobe (KO-bee)

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boy masculine baby basketball male japanese athlete

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Lamar (luh-MAR)

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american-english basketball english-american english american male masculine

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Lamarcus (luh-MAR-kus)

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male masculine african-american basketball english american-english baby

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Lew (Lee-u)

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hebrew-spanish russian-australian australian-irish catholic artist polish-russian australian-spanish

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Marvin (mahr-vin)

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english-german male masculine english baby german basketball

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Tribhuvan (tree-BOO-vahn)

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Magadhi (mah-gah-dee)

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Sukumaar (soo-koo-maar)

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Shruja (shroo-juh)

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Mauktik (mowk-tik)

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Yogammal (yo-gum-mawl)

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Selvam (SEHL-vahm)

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Laynee (LAY-nee)

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Miten (mee-ten)

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Charlesh (CHAR-lesh)

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Maraichelvi (ma-rye-chel-vee)

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Darashikoh (dah-rah-SHEE-koh)