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Servant girl plucking a chicken
18th century French painting
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Ancilée - French, from Latin, meaning "a servant".
Eddeve - English, derived from German and meaning 'rich gift'. I would love to know the correct pronunciation! With just my guessing it sounds beautiful though!
Emezetta - apparently at least once an Emezetta was listed on a census form as Embesetta. I also found the form Emezette. It may be a familiar form or type of endearment of the name Emma or Emily. As Amezetta is another spelling of the name that I found, it 'may' be a type of endearment for the name Amy or Amelia. It would also be possible that it is a feminine form of the Hebrew name Amos (in the Bible it is at times spelled Amoz). Another possibility is that it is a feminine form of the name Amasa. I will be glad to hone in at some point on an actual etymology or clue on the origin of the name!
Hilza - Lusitanian, from Hebrew and meaning "God's oath".
Joletta - English, derived from the Greek name Iolanthe, meaning "violet flower".
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| orchids of the variety laelia milleri fidelensis |
Laelia - Latin, the name of a Vestal Virgin of Rome. It was also a name given to girls born to the family of ancient Rome called the Laellii. Males were named Laelius or Laelianus. One of the women of the Laellii who was called Laelia was known for her perfect Latin. There is also an orchid called laelia.
Rigonthe - French, derived from German and meaning "ruling war".
Sealbflaith - Erse form a Celtic name meaning 'lady of possessions'.
Theone - Greek, meaning "godly".
Wendelgard - German, meaning "wandering guard".
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Abishalom - Hebrew, from 'ab' meaning 'father' and 'shalom' meaning 'peace'.
Achashverosh - Hebrew form a Zend name, meaning "venerable king".
Adalfieri - "noble pledge"
Dunulf - German, meaning 'hill wolf'.
Miyamoto - Japanese, from 'miya' meaning 'temple' or 'shrine' or 'palace' and 'moto' meaning 'base' or 'root' or 'origin'.
Niklau - Bavarian form of the Greek name Nicholas, meaning "victory of the people". It is ultimately derived from the name of the Greek goddess of victory, Nike.
Pedrinho - Portuguese form of the Greek name Petros, meaning "stone".
