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Male names: Ugolino (I) is a superdiminutive of Ugo, which ultimately derives from Hugo/Hugh (see below). One of the most famous stories in The Divine Comedy features the infamous Count Ugolino della Gherardesca eternally gnawing at the skull of Archbishop Ruggieri degli Ubaldini. Urso (I) derives from the Latin word ursus (bear). Female names: Ubaldesca (I)…
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Today’s name is a feminine name found in 12th C France, in two variants:
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Every Monday we will post an entry that hasn't yet been published with a view towards harnessing the collective onomastic power of the internet. If you have any thoughts about the name's origin, other variants it might be related to, other examples of its use, etc., please share them in the comments! If you wish…
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Female: Umayma (Moorish Arabic): "Little mother." Umayna (Moorish Arabic): Form of Amina (feel safe; truthful). Urraca (Spanish, Basque): "Magpie," ultimately from Latin furax (thievish). Ursola (Catalan): Form of Ursula (little bear) Ustė (Baltic) Ustilé (Baltic) Male: Uallach (Irish): "Pride," from root uall. Ubaid (Moorish Arabic): "Servant." Udder (Danish, Swedish): Derived from Old Norse name Oddr (point of a sword), and…
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At first glance, Urraca (oo-RAH-kuh) may not seem like a good name for a newborn. I'll admit it has a clunky oddness about it, and a weight to it. However, like Roxelana, Tomyris, Zenobia and Melisende, a couple of the namesakes for Urraca qualify as some of the most powerful female rulers of all time - at least in Spain.
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Have you come across this name before, in Germany or elsewhere? Have you any thoughts of its origin? Let us know!
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Usimbalda is a name I can't seem to find the etymology for, but my educated guess is that it might be an Italian feminine form of the Ancient Celtic name Cunobelinus. Most people are more familiar ...
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It’s the name of a man, recorded in a document written in Italy, in 827.
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Today’s name appears in Bergamo, Italy, in a list of women between 1265 and 1339. The lady in question is named Domina Ultesmana uxor condam Zoanni de Lapsina “Lady Ultesmana, wife of the late Zoanni of Lapsina”.
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oday’s name is a masculine name from early 10th Austria.
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Today’s name is from mid-14th century Italy. It’s one of those Latin names that looks like it should be identical with some ordinary word, but no root word appears to be forthcoming.
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Today’s name comes from a delightfully varied source of Italian names, both masculine and feminine, from Bergamo between 1265 and 1339 A number of the names from this source are already included in the Dictionary (and you can see a list of them all here), but nearly as many name forms are still awaiting identification. Today’s mystery name we don’t even have any gut feelings about:
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Ulysses on Calypso's island, by Detlev Conrad Blunck Ulysses is the Latin form of Odysseus, which may be derived from the Greek word odyssomai (to hate). I've seen a number of potential alternative meanings from laypeople, but I can't trust their veracity without any sources to back it up. Though I normally far prefer the original…
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