Literary Names, Meanings, and their History

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Acira (uh-see-rah)

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swift literary female italian baby rare spanish

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Affery (Af-feh-ree)

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rare literary unisex english english-literature baby

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Aldous (AL-duhs)

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intellectual boy novelist english educated masculine male

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Algernon (AL-jər-non)

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uncommon victorian medieval given english-french surname french-english

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Alumit (ah-LOO-mit)

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israeli-hebrew rare jewish feminine literary hebrew-israeli israeli

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Arden (AHR-dən)

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nature unisex gender-neutral baby literary surname english

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Arundhathi (uh-run-dha-thee)

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literary feminine mythology baby female kannada hindu

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Beatrix (BEE-ah-triks)

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italian-irish norwegian-english finnish-greek irish-finnish hungarian-romanian swedish-french finnish-croatian

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

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indian-bengali baby male bengali-indian boy novelist indian

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Carroll (/ˈkærəl/)

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scottish-irish traditional poet literary irish-english english-scottish writer

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Colette (koh-let)

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Cordelia (kawr-DEE-lee-ə)

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literary girl neutral baby english feminine female

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Gauthami (gow-THAH-mee)

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Sejaaf (Seh-jahf)

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Ilamurugu (ee-la-moo-roo-goo)

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Faiqa (FAY-kah)

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Ketubh (keh-TOOB)

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Lakshmiraman (luhk-sh-mee-rah-mahn)

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Baran (bah-RAHN)

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Sumahu (soo-MAH-hoo)

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Dorao (doh-RAH-oh)

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Areebah (uh-REE-bah)

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Tena (TEE-nah)

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Mahbuba (muh-HOO-buh)