Diminutive of Barbara: From the Greek barbaros meaning foreign or strange, traveler from a foreign land In Catholic custom St Barbara is a protectress against fire and lightning
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Diminutive of Barbara: From the Greek barbaros meaning foreign or strange, traveler from a foreign land In Catholic custom St Barbara is a protectress against fire and lightning
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Foreign; foreign, strange, exotic, mysterious; Foreigner; From the Greek barbaros meaning foreign or strange, traveler from a foreign land Popular in medieval Britain after the 3rd century martyr St Barbara In Catholic custom St Barbara is a protectress against fire and lightning; Strange; stranger; 'Stranger; Traveler from a foreign land' From the Greek barbaros In Catholic custom St Barbara is a protectress against fire and lightning
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A form of Barbara popular in Medeival Britain after the 3rd century martyr St Barbara
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Traveler from a foreign land In Catholic custom St Barbara is a protectress against fire and lightning
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Diminutive of Barbara: From the Greek barbaros meaning foreign or strange, traveler from a foreign land In Catholic custom St Barbara is a protectress against fire and lightning; Dry A flower name
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A variant of Barbara, meaning foreign or strange, traveler from a foreign land In Catholic custom St Barbara is a protectress against fire and lightning Famous bearer: , American singer Barbra Streisand; Dry A flower name
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Diminutive of Barbara: From the Greek barbaros meaning foreign or strange, traveler from a foreign land In Catholic custom St Barbara is a protectress against fire and lightning
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Courtyard within castle walls; steward or public official Surname or given name
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Beautiful, loving, lovable Diminutive of Amabel, Annabel, Belinda, or Isabel; Diminutive of Annabel: Variant of the Latin Amabel Edgar Allan Poe's poem 'Annahel Lee' made the form Annabel popular throughout the English-speaking world in the 19th century The form Annabelle became popular in the mid-2Oth century; Diminutive of Belinda: From the Old German Betlindis, which is derived from the word for snake; Fair Lovely one Sometimes used as an independent name associated with the French word belle, meaning beautiful; Sacred Wood; Sacred Wood Apple Tree; White
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beautiful snake; From the Old German Betlindis, which is derived from the word for snake; Pretty; Serpentine; Very beautiful
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Beautiful; Beautiful Diminutive of Amabel, Annabel, Belinda, or Isabel; Diminutive of Annabel: Variant of the Latin Amabel Edgar Allan Poe's poem 'Annahel Lee' made the form Annabel popular throughout the English-speaking world in the 19th century The form Annabelle became popular in the mid-2Oth century; Diminutive of Belinda: From the Old German Betlindis, which is derived from the word for snake
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Feminine form of Berenger: Derived from an Old German compound meaning bear-spear; Spearbearer maid
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Bright; Bright or Glorious; glorious, learning; Intelligent; Splendid; Variant of Bertha: From Old English beorht meaning bright In use since the Norman Conquest In World War I a German howitzer was nicknamed Big Bertha
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Bright or Glorious; From Old English beorht meaning bright In use since the Norman Conquest In World War I a German howitzer was nicknamed Big Bertha; From Old German berhta meaning bright, intelligent Famous bearer: In World War I a German howitzer was nicknamed Big Bertha
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a short form of Bessie; Consecrated to God; Diminutive of Elizabeth, meaning my god is bountiful, or god of plenty, used since the 16th century Sometimes used as an independent name; Diminutive of Elizabeth: From the Hebrew Elisheba, meaning either oath of God, or God is satisfaction Famous bearer: Old Testament Elizabeth was mother of John the Baptist and one of the earliest known bearers of this name; Queen Elizabeth II
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a familiar form of Elizabeth; Diminutive of Elizabeth, meaning my god is bountiful, or god of plenty, used since the 16th century Sometimes used as an independent name; Diminutive of Elizabeth: From the Hebrew Elisheba, meaning either oath of God, or God is satisfaction Famous bearer: Old Testament Elizabeth was mother of John the Baptist and one of the earliest known bearers of this name; Queen Elizabeth II
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Diminutive of Elizabeth, meaning my god is bountiful, or god of plenty, used since the 16th century Sometimes used as an independent name; Diminutive of Elizabeth: From the Hebrew Elisheba, meaning either oath of God, or God is satisfaction Famous bearer: Old Testament Elizabeth was mother of John the Baptist and one of the earliest known bearers of this name; Queen Elizabeth II
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dedicated to god; Queen Elizabeth II; Variant of Elizabeth, , meaning my god is bountiful, or god of plenty, originally derived from a central and eastern European name; Variant of Elizabeth: From the Hebrew Elisheba, meaning either oath of God, or God is satisfaction Famous bearer: Old Testament Elizabeth was mother of John the Baptist and one of the earliest known bearers of this name
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