Historic Names, Meanings, and their History

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Agin (AY-gin)

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baby ancient historic gender-neutral

agin name meaning

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Bindusar (BIN-doo-sar)

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empire kings baby male masculine ancient hindu

bindusar name meaning

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Burzinkurush (boor-zin-koo-roosh)

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persian ancient iranian-kurdish boy farsi male kurdish

burzinkurush name meaning

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Charleston (CHAHR-uhl-stuhn)

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cities masculine male historic american-english baby english

charleston name meaning

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Dathan (Day-than)

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unisex traditional biblical jewish religious hebrew gender-neutral

dathan name meaning

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Duryasi (dur-yah-see)

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strong masculine historic indian hindu traditional boy

duryasi name meaning

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Earna (ER-nah)

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uncommon historic gaelic scottish rare gender-neutral baby

earna name meaning

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Etelburga (eh-tuhl-BUR-ga)

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etelburga name meaning

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Harischandra (Ha-ree-shan-dra)

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hindu historic baby religious indian male boy

harischandra name meaning

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Hubur (HU-bur)

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hubur name meaning

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Huet (hweh)

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german-english german male historic masculine english-french german-french

huet name meaning

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Kunala (koo-NAH-lah)

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indian boy historic masculine baby male hindu

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