Bituin means "star" in Tagalog. The Tagalog people make up a quarter of the Filipino population, and a standardized version of the Tagalog, simply called Filipino or Pilipino, is the national language. Before colonization, from places such as Spain, Japan, Britain, and not shockingly, America, the study of stars by the native people were integral to life. For example, when the constellation Orion, called Balatik by certain peoples, for it's resemblance to a hunting trap they used, appeared in the December sky, they knew it was time to start preparing the land for farming. Stars helped with so many things, like knowing the best time to fish, or set out to sea.
Photo by luizclas on Pexels.com Origin: SomaliMeaning: "morning star."Gender: femininePronunciation: SAH-gul The name is a traditional Somali female name meaning "morning star." Sources Sagal - Nordic Names Wiki - Name Origin, Meaning and StatisticsSomali name - WikipediaappendixE.pdf (heartlandntbc.org)
~*~*~*~*~*~*~ Next to angels, the most common symbol to top Christmas trees is stars. For Christians, stars symbolise Christ, "the bright morning star." The Christmas Star, in particular, is a reference to the Star of Bethlehem that led the Magi to the baby Jesus in the Nativity. There ha
It’s another name interview! This one is with Sidra (pronounced see-druh), a 37-year-old from New York City. What’s the story behind her name? My mother named me. She told me she found my nam…
Origin: Sesotho Meaning: "star." Gender: feminine (nah-leh-DEE) The name comes from the Sotho-Tswana word for "star." It is borne by South African minister of Science & Technology, Naledi Pandor (b. 1953). It was also given to a species of homo sapiens known as homo naledi due to their bones being found in Rising Star Cave,…
Stella's story begins with a martyr and a misprint, and travels through the centuries to New Orleans, where Marlon Brando screams this forever cool name.
Tarachand is an Indian male name, a combination of Tara meaning "star" in Sanskrit and Chand meaning "moon". From what I could find, it's used as a predominantly male name. Origin: Proto-Indo-European Variants: Tarachandra
A stellar superstar who paved the way for Nova, Luna, and all of their variants, #39 Stella is a favorite of many, a space-themed baby name that took off in the 2000s. She’s beloved for her feminine charm by so many families with little Stellas of their own, a lovely example of what some expecting parents love in a bab
Photo by fotografierende on Pexels.com Origin: Greek ἈστραίαMeaning: "star."Gender: feminineEng Pronunciation: (uh-STRAY-ah) The name is borne in Greek mythology by the daughter of Astraeus and Eos. She is the goddess of justice, innocence, purity, & precision and is closely associated with Dike, the goddess of Justice. According to Ovid, Astraea was a mortal woman during…
Vishnu appears before Dhruva – A painting by Raja Ravi Varma. Origin: SanskritMeaning: "constant, immovable, fixed; polar star."Gender: masculinePronunciation: DROOV; DROO-vah The name is derived from the Sanskrit word dhruva, meaning, "constant; immovable, fixed" and is also synonymous with the polar star. Dhruva appears in the Hindu text, Vishnu Parana as the name of the…
Hesper is the English form of Hesperia, the Latin and Ancient Greek feminine form of Hesperos meaning "evening; western". In Greek mythology, Hesperos is the personification of the evening star, which refers to the planet Venus. The Hesperides (belonging to Hesperus) refers to a group of nymphs, the daughters of either Atlas or Hesperos, who were the nymphs of evening and the golden…
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