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Kristin

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Arne

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Millie

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A diminutive of longer names like Mildred and Millicent, connecting to the broader family of names with the 'mil' element (including Camilla and Aemilia).

Germanic/Latin, diminutive form
Hunter

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An English occupational surname, from Old English 'hunta'/'huntian' ('to hunt') — someone who hunted for a living.

English, an occupational surname describing someone who hunted
Terje

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Sadie

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A diminutive form of the name Sarah.

Biblical Hebrew, diminutive form
Tone

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Willow

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From the name of the willow tree, ultimately from Old English 'welig' — an English nature/word name.

English, a modern nature name from the willow tree
Frida

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Traditionally interpreted as 'beautiful' or 'beloved', from Old Norse fridr.

Old Norse, used in Swedish, Norwegian and Danish tradition
Anette

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Selma

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Ivy

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From the English word for the ivy plant.

English (plant name)
Karoline

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Oisín

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Nicholas

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From Greek Nikolaos, combining 'nike' (victory) and 'laos' (people) — 'victory of the people'. Associated with Saint Nicholas, a 4th-century bishop and the inspiration for Santa Claus.

Greek
Aaron

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Best known as the name of Moses's elder brother and the first high priest of Israel in the Old Testament; the literal meaning of the name itself is not reliably established.

Biblical Hebrew (likely of Egyptian origin)
Eva

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A form of Eve used across many languages, from the Hebrew root 'hawa'.

Biblical Hebrew
Jordan

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From the Jordan River, from Hebrew Yarden ('descend, flow down'). Crusaders brought water from the river to baptize children in Europe after John the Baptist baptized Jesus there.

Biblical Hebrew (place name origin)
Finn

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Traditionally associated with the Irish hero Fionn mac Cumhaill; functions as the usual Anglicised spelling of the Irish name Fionn.

Irish
Ben

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A short form of Benjamin, Benedict and other names beginning with 'Ben'; in Dutch, can also be short for Bernhard.

Hebrew/Germanic, short form
Sebastian

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Traditionally interpreted as 'venerable' or 'revered' — from Latin Sebastianus, 'from Sebaste' (a city in Asia Minor), whose own name derives from a Greek word used to translate the Roman imperial title Augustus.

Latin, from Greek
Riley

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An Irish surname (variant of Reilly) or an English surname meaning 'rye clearing' — its use as a first name is relatively modern, dating from the 1980s-90s.

Irish/English (surname origin), dual tradition
Craig

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From the Scottish surname derived from Gaelic 'creag', meaning 'crag, rocks, outcrop' — originally denoting someone who lived near a crag.

Scottish Gaelic (surname origin)
Ada

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A short form of Germanic names beginning with 'adal' meaning 'noble', such as Adelaide or Adelina. Notably borne by Ada Lovelace, who assisted Charles Babbage with early computer development.

Germanic

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