Literary Names, Meanings, and their History

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Acira (uh-see-rah)

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girl literary rare artistic spanish italian unisex

acira name meaning

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Affery (Af-feh-ree)

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literary unisex english english-literature rare baby

affery name meaning

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Aldous (AL-duhs)

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educated boy baby writer literary english masculine

aldous name meaning

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Algernon (AL-jər-non)

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english-french english boy medieval french-english baby uncommon

algernon name meaning

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Alumit (ah-LOO-mit)

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israeli jewish feminine rare israeli-hebrew baby hebrew

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Arden (AHR-dən)

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english gender-neutral literary unisex nature surname baby

arden name meaning

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Arundhathi (uh-run-dha-thee)

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fame hindu female mythology powerful strong indian

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Beatrix (BEE-ah-triks)

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female slovak-czech slovene-french polish-slovene scottish-norwegian french-dutch bulgarian-hungarian

beatrix name meaning

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Bibhutibhusan (bi-boo-tee-boo-shun)

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arts indian bengali-indian hindu male indian-bengali writer

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Carroll (/ˈkærəl/)

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english traditional irish-scottish surname english-irish unisex scottish-irish

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Colette (koh-let)

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kirundi-french feminine french-kirundi haitian creole-kirundi kirundi-haitian creole french girl

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Cordelia (kawr-DEE-lee-ə)

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girl english female neutral baby feminine literary

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Herizo (heh-REE-zoh)

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Gopiram (go-pee-rahm)

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Nayyab (NAI-yəb)

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Supreetha (soo-PREE-thuh)

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Bishakha (bi-sha-kha)

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Mahafil (mah-ha-feel)

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Vedashruti (ve-da-SHROO-tee)

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Khadaarat (Kha-daa-raat)

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Gulbasham (gool-buh-shahm)

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Bibsbebe (Unknown)

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Janetta (juh-NET-uh)

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Sivaprakash (suh-vuh-prah-kesh)