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Scoop.it!
From an article about famous people reclaiming their names in The Guardian: Earlier this year, the BBC presenter formerly known as Ben Bland changed his surname to Boulos to celebrate his maternal … 
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Scoop.it!
The (new) Latin name Ravensara means "good leaf," from the Malagasy word ravendsara, ravin'tsara.
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Scoop.it!
I belatedly realised I left out three names in the first post in this series: Daiva was created by Lithuanian writer Vydūnas and possibly based on a Sanskrit word meaning "destiny." Dalma was created by Hungarian poet Mihály Vörösmarty for his 1825 epic poem Zalán Futása. Though the original Dalma was male, later writers used…
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