Historic Names, Meanings, and their History

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Agin (AY-gin)

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gender-neutral baby ancient historic

agin name meaning

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Bindusar (BIN-doo-sar)

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ancient kings hindu empire boy masculine historic

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Burzinkurush (boor-zin-koo-roosh)

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historic iranian iranian-kurdish male persian iranian-persian baby

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Charleston (CHAHR-uhl-stuhn)

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english english-american historic american cities boy baby

charleston name meaning

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Dathan (Day-than)

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hebrew biblical jewish traditional baby historic beloved

dathan name meaning

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Duryasi (dur-yah-see)

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masculine traditional warrior hindu powerful ancient strong

duryasi name meaning

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Earna (ER-nah)

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traditional scottish gaelic rare uncommon baby gender-neutral

earna name meaning

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Etelburga (eh-tuhl-BUR-ga)

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girl baby english traditional anglo-saxon female historic

etelburga name meaning

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Harischandra (Ha-ree-shan-dra)

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traditional baby male historic religious masculine hindu

harischandra name meaning

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Hubur (HU-bur)

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strong turkic traditional historic unisex masculine baby

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Huet (hweh)

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english french-german french european historic boy english-french

huet name meaning

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Kunala (koo-NAH-lah)

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male baby indian boy masculine hindu historic

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Pankajaksha (pan-kuh-jahk-shuh)

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Nesrin (NEZ-reen)

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Ammara (ah-MAR-ah)

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Bhagyaranth (BHA-gyah-ranth)

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Mawar (MAH-wahr)

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Mabella (mah-BEL-uh)

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Bhola (BHO-luh)

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Peter (PEE-ter)

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Khalood (kha-lood)

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Shrida (shree-dah)

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Devamandana (deh-va-man-dah-nah)

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Muztar (muhz-tar)