Date : January 18, 2008
Time : 10:23 AM
Title : Behind the name…


FARUQGender: MasculineUsage: ArabicOther Scripts: فاروق (Arabic)Means "person who can tell right from wrong" in Arabic. This was the name of the last king of Egypt (1920-1965)._______________________________MUHAMMADGender: MasculineUsage: ArabicOther Scripts: محمّد (Arabic)Pronounced: moo-HAH-med [key]Means "praiseworthy", derived from Arabic حمد (hamid) "to praise". This was the name of the prophet who founded the Islamic religion in the 7th century. Since his time, it has been very popular in the Muslim word.The name was borne by six sultans of the Ottoman Empire (though their names are usually given in the Turkish spelling Mehmed). Another famous bearer was Muhammad ibn Musa al-Khwarizmi, a 9th-century Persian mathematician and scientist who devised algebra._____________________________________--Evans(not found cause its a surname..)Evans is a family name. Within the United Kingdom it is the 8th most common surname, being most common in the city of Swansea, Wales. Within the United States, it is ranked as the 48th-most common surname.________________________Could not find HAZLAMI... lol__________________________TAHMIDGender: MasculineUsage: ArabicOther Scripts: تحميد (Arabic)Means "praising" in Arabic.________________________GENEVIÈVEGender: FeminineUsage: FrenchPronounced: zhe-ne-VYEV, zhawn-VYEV [key]The meaning of this name is uncertain, though it possibly means "tribe woman" in Gaulish. Alternatively, it could be a form of GUINEVERE. Saint Geneviève, the patron saint of Paris, inspired the city to resist the Huns in the 5th century.___________________________________________NARCISOGender: MasculineUsage: Italian, Spanish, PortuguesePronounced: nahr-CHEE-so (Italian), nahr-SEE-so (Spanish), nahr-THEE-so (Spanish) [key]Italian, Spanish and Portuguese form of NARCISSUS______________________________HILARYGender: Feminine & MasculineUsage: EnglishPronounced: HIL-a-ree [key]Medieval form of HILARIUS or HILARIA______________________-DUFFGender: MasculineUsage: ScottishPronounced: DUF [key]Derived from Gaelic dubh meaning "dark".extras:.. haha.. this you will laugh!!!As an acronymDouble-Ugly Flying Fucker________________________________ALANAGender: FeminineUsage: EnglishPronounced: a-LAN-a [key]Feminine form of ALAN~~~ALANGender: MasculineUsage: English, Scottish, BretonPronounced: AL-an [key]The meaning of this name is not known for certain, though it possibly means either "little rock" or "handsome" in Breton. Alternatively, it may derive from the tribal name of the Alans, an Iranian people who migrated into Europe in the 4th and 5th centuries. This was the name of several dukes of Brittany, and was introduced to England by Bretons after the Norman invasion. Famous modern bearers include Alan Shepard, the first American in space and the fifth man to walk on the moon, and Alan Turing, a British mathematician and computer scientist.____________________________source...http://www.behindthename.com/



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