Literary Names, Meanings, and their History

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Acira (uh-see-rah)

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artistic swift girl baby feminine unisex literary

acira name meaning

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Affery (Af-feh-ree)

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english-literature literary english baby rare unisex

affery name meaning

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Aldous (AL-duhs)

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male masculine writer boy literary educated novelist

aldous name meaning

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Algernon (AL-jər-non)

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victorian surname english fictional boy english-french french-english

algernon name meaning

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Alumit (ah-LOO-mit)

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rare girl jewish israeli israeli-hebrew hebrew-israeli female

alumit name meaning

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Arden (AHR-dən)

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baby literary gender-neutral nature english unisex surname

arden name meaning

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Arundhathi (uh-run-dha-thee)

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hindu fame powerful telugu female girl mythology

arundhathi name meaning

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Beatrix (BEE-ah-triks)

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slovene-hungarian french-english hungarian-dutch finnish-french swedish-romanian russian-serbian irish-czech

beatrix name meaning

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

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boy baby hindu male writer masculine indian-bengali

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Carroll (/ˈkærəl/)

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irish-english english-scottish irish scottish scottish-irish baby writer

carroll name meaning

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Colette (koh-let)

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female french-kirundi french literary haitian creole-french kirundi-french feminine

colette name meaning

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Cordelia (kawr-DEE-lee-ə)

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neutral girl shakespearean feminine female literary english

cordelia name meaning

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