Basketball Names, Meanings, and their History

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Colby (KOL-bee)

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surname baby unisex gender-neutral english-american basketball american

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Harden (HAHR-duhn)

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masculine baby jewish nba basketball athlete american-english

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Jaylen (juh-LIN)

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athletes male girl jamaican-american feminine boy jamaican-english

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Jermaine (jer-MAYN)

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basketball male english french-american french-english muslim american

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Jimmie (JIM-ee)

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diminutive american-english english nickname english-american american baseball

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Kimball (KIM-bawl)

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male scottish-english american-korean english boy english-scottish engineer

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Klay (klay)

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german-english scottish-english masculine scottish-irish boy american american-scottish

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Kobe (KO-bee)

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Lamar (luh-MAR)

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Lamarcus (luh-MAR-kus)

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Lew (Lee-u)

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Marvin (mahr-vin)

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Sincerity (sin-ser-i-tee)

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Bernice (ber-nees)

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Dasoor (duh-soor)

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Shibhya (shi-bhya)

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Rahbulsadar (rah-buhl-sah-dahr)

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Dilkasha (dil-KAH-sha)

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Gyanishtha (gya-ni-shtha)

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Naatir (Nah-teer)

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Sumanta (su-MAHN-tah)

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Yafita (ya-fee-ta)

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Imanni (i-MAH-nee)

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Trianksh (tree-anksh)