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Navarana | The Beauty of Names

Navarana | The Beauty of Names | Name News | Scoop.it
Navarana Mequpaluk Origin: Greenlandic Gender: Female Meaning: "One Who Alternates Between Parties" Pronunciation: N/A Other Forms
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Even More Greenlandic Names –

Even More Greenlandic Names – | Name News | Scoop.it
This is the last post about Greenland, I promise. :) The following names were too rare to make the “5+” list that I drew from to create Tuesday’s post, but they all have such fasc…
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Popular Baby Names in Greenland –

According to Statistics Greenland, the most popular baby names in the country in 2018 were Inuk & Norsaq (boy names) and Ivaana & Malu (girl names). The year before, in 2017, the top baby n…
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Marie Ahnighito, the Snow Baby

Marie Ahnighito, the Snow Baby | Name News | Scoop.it
Roald Amundsen was the first explorer to verifiably reach the North Pole (in 1926, with the help of a dirigible). But he wasn’t the first explorer to claim to have reached the North Pole. One…
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A Few Inuktitut Names - Elisapie, Alasie, Aputik - Nancy's Baby Names

I don’t remember where I first heard about Canadian pop singer Elisapie Isaac, but her name definitely caught my attention.
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Desna

Gender: Male
Pronunciation: DES-na
Origin: Inuit
Meaning: Boss
Ranking in the US top 1000: Not ranked
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Nanuq

Gender: Male
Pronunciation: nah-NOOK
Origin: Inuktitut (Inuit)
Meaning: Polar bear
Ranking in the US top 1000: Not ranked
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Nordic Names Blog - Greenlandic Name Suffixes - Nordic Names Wiki - Name Origin, Meaning and Statistics

Nordic Names Blog - Greenlandic Name Suffixes - Nordic Names Wiki - Name Origin, Meaning and Statistics | Name News | Scoop.it
Many traditional Greenlandic names have typical Greenlandic suffixes.

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The Name Navarana –

The Name Navarana – | Name News | Scoop.it
Peter & Navarana, 1910s I mentioned the name Navarana in the post on Greenlandic names the other day. The name means “the one that alternates between different parties” and can be t…
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More Greenlandic Names –

More Greenlandic Names – | Name News | Scoop.it
We looked at popular baby names in Greenland yesterday, but we aren’t stopping there! Because the source I used for that post also listed many of the Greenland’s less-popular names. (Th…
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Malina

Malina | Name News | Scoop.it
Origin: Scottish, Bulgarian, Serbian, Polish, Czech, Slovak, Romanian, Greek, Inuit
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Desna

Gender: Female
Pronunciation: DES-na
Origin: Hindi; Inuit
Meaning: Offering (Hindi); Boss (Inuit)
Ranking in the US top 1000: Not ranked
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Nanook

Gender: Male
Pronunciation: nah-NOOK
Origin: English Literary variant of the Inuktitut (Inuit) name Nanuq
Meaning: Polar bear
Ranking in the US top 1000: Not ranked
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Unique Baby Names in Quebec, 2012 - Nancy's Baby Names

A whole lot of unique baby names that were given to baby boys and girls in Quebec in 2012.
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Hurrah for Quebec's disclosure!  With names like Windflower, Godly Christian, Shyness and Xxxxxxxalaniq O’oka, this is definitely one to read in the bath.

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