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Photo by Thgusstavo Santana on Pexels.com Origin: Galician Spanish, PortugueseMeaning: "saints."Gender: unisexPronunciation: SAHN-tose (Sp) The name comes directly from the Iberian word for "saints," since Medieval times, it was originally bestowed on children born on November 1st, the Feast of All Saints, it's French equivalent being Toussaint. For females, the name was often used in… 
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Xoel (the x is pronouced like a sh sound; Forvo) is the Galician form of Joel, which comes from Hebrew Yo'el meaning "Yahweh is God". Origin: Hebrew Variants: Joel (English, Spanish, Portuguese, Swedish, Finnish) Yoel (Hebrew, Biblical Hebrew) Yo'el (Hebrew) Ioel (Biblical Greek) Iohel (Biblical Latin) Joël (French, Dutch) Gioele (Italian)
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NOTE: AS SHOWN IN THE ORIGINAL DATA FROM THE SOURCE BELOW, THE NAMES SHOWN HERE DOESN’T INCLUDE ANY DIACRITICS. Martin stays at the top in Galicia, while Noa, the top girl name for 3 years, has now been knocked out by Sofia. Here are the top 10 names of 2016: BOYS Rank Name Number Rank…
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Note: As shown in the original data from the source below, the names shown here doesn't include any diacritics. Once again, Martin (for the second year) and Noa (for the third year) are Galicia's top names. Here are the top 10 names in 2015: BOYS Rank Name Number Rank change N° change 1 MARTIN 421…
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X-names may be hard to come by in English, but I bet we can find plenty abroad....
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Special thanks to the languages of the Iberian peninsula (Galician, Catalan, Spanish, Portuguese, Basque) for providing the lion's share of these names.
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Origin: Late Latin Meaning: "golden rose." Gender: feminine Usage: Galician, Italian, Spanish The name is derived from the Latin rosa (rose) & aurea (golden), other sources believe the second element may be from the Latin aura meaning "breath; air."Some sources believe Pedro Calderón de la Barca invented the name for his 1635 play, Life is…
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February may have been short, but it's sure packed a punch. From glorious sunshine to snow, and plenty of name-sightings in between. Kip Has anyone else been watching the Netflix-BBC thriller Collateral recently? I was drawn in by the amazing cast: Carey Mulligan, Nicola Walker, John Simm, Billie Piper..
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Pinterest Origin: Spanish Meaning: Zapata is a Spanish and Galician surname derived from an occupational name for someone who was
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Origin: Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, Galician Meaning: the Italian, Spanish, Portuguese and Galician form of Greek Linus meaning "flax" Variants: Linus (Greek); Linos (Ancient Greek); Linas (Lithuanian)
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"I grew up on a street that was named an Italian variant of Roger. When I got married and we bought our first house, it turned out to be on Roger Street. Once noting that coincidence, I started searching for other variants of the name. However, female variants turned out to be pretty nonexistent. Save for Roxeria, which I later discovered was the Galician female form, possibly pronounced rohz-AIR-ee-uh. That led me to a few lists of female Galician names, ranging from common to rare. Here is a sampling of names not often heard here in the states..."
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I'd never thought of that before...why do we not hear Rogerina or Rogetta? Meanwhile, the list here has lots of interesting names, like Aranzazu, Etelvina, Gliceria, and Pomba. Enjoy!
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