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Florence

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Flourishing, blossoming.

Latin
Poppy

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Taken directly from the English word for the red flower.

English, from Old English popæg, ultimately from Latin papaver
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
Kristin

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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
Kristine

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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
Sadie

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A diminutive form of the name Sarah.

Biblical Hebrew, diminutive form
Frida

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

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

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Arne

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Ivy

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From the English word for the ivy plant.

English (plant name)
Terje

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Tone

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Anette

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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
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)
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
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
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

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