8/22/2006 - Behind a name...
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Nick

Gender: Masculine

Usage: English, French

 

From the Greek name Νικολαος (Nikolaos) which meant "victory of the people" from Greek νικη (nike) "victory" and λαος (laos) "people". Saint Nicholas was a 4th-century bishop from Anatolia who, according to legend, saved the daughters of a poor man from lives of prostitution. He is also known as Santa Claus (from Dutch Sinterklaas), the bringer of Christmas presents. He is the patron saint of children, sailors and merchants, and Greece and Russia. Nicholas was also the name of two czars of Russia and five popes.

 

Jay

Gender: Feminine

Usage: Arabic

Other Scripts: جنان (Arabic)

Means "heart" or "soul" in Arabic

 

KAY

Gender: Feminine

Usage: English, Greek Mythology (Latinized)

 

From the Greek Κασσανδρα (Kassandra), which possibly meant "shining upon man", derived from κεκασμαι (kekasmai) "to shine" and ανηρ (aner) "man" (genitive ανδρος (andros)). In Greek myth Cassandra was a Trojan princess, the daughter of Priam and Hecuba. She was given the gift of prophecy by Apollo, but when she spurned his advances he cursed her so nobody would believe her prophecies.

 

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8/22/2006 - Behind the name
Posted by SilverWind
That is pretty cool, in one of my stories I am writing I have a char named Jay, though in the story it is a male.

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