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Phoebe (given name) Phoebe or Phœbe ( / ˈfiːbi / FEE-bee; [1] Ancient Greek: Φοίβη, romanized : Phoíbē) is a female name, the feminine form of the male name Phoebus ( Φοῖβος ), an epithet of Apollo meaning "bright", "shining". In Greek mythology, Phoebe was a Titan associated with the power of prophecy as well as the moon.
Kathy. Kathleen is a female given name, used in English - and Irish -language communities. Sometimes spelled Cathleen, it is an Anglicized form of Caitlín, the Irish form of Cateline, which was the Old French form of Catherine. [1] [2] It ultimately derives from the Greek name Aikaterine, the meaning of which is highly debated (see Katherine ).
Sadie. Sasa. Seira. Sairah. Sally. Sarah is a common feminine given name of Hebrew origin. [2] [3] [4] It derives its popularity from the biblical matriarch Sarah, the wife of Abraham and a major figure in the Abrahamic religions. It is a consistently popular given name across Europe, North America, [1] and the Middle East — being commonly ...
In the United States, the name Jennifer first entered the annual government-derived list of the 1,000 most commonly used names for newborn baby girls in 1938, when it ranked at No. 987. Thereafter, the name steadily gained popularity, entering the top 100 most commonly given girls names in 1956 and breaking through into the top 10 in 1966.
Maria. Maria is a feminine given name. It is given in many languages influenced by Christianity . It was used as the feminine form of the unrelated Roman name Marius (see Maria gens ), [2] and, after Christianity has spread across the Roman empire, it became the Latinised form of the name of Miriam: Mary, mother of Jesus .
Jacqueline comes from French, as the feminine form of Jacques (English James ). Jacques originated from ' Jacob ', which is derived from the Hebrew meaning 'may God protect' or 'supplanter'. Supplanter refers to a person who replaces someone or a thing of lesser value, and this Hebrew meaning refers to Jacob's supplanting Esau as recorded in ...
Diana. Diana was the Roman goddess of the hunt. Diana is a feminine given name of Latin and Greek origins, referring to the Roman goddess Diana. It came into use in the Anglosphere in the 1600s by classically educated parents as an English language version of the French version of the name, Diane.
In considering the meaning of names, William Shakespeare used a rose as an example. "A rose by any other name would smell as sweet," he wrote in "Romeo and Juliet."