<p>TYLER
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English
Pronounced: TIE-lər [key]
From an English surname meaning “tiler of roofs”.The surname was borne by American president John Tyler (1790-1862).</p>
<p>I’ve heard that definition before but I thought it was a joke. That’s quite lame.</p>
<p>Marissa!</p>
<p>Derived from Marisa which is Italian, Spanish and Portuguese combination of MARIA and LUISA. I’ll just go ahead and read Maria’s…</p>
<p>Gender: Feminine & Masculine</p>
<p>Usage: Italian, Portuguese, Catalan, German, Scandinavian, Dutch, Frisian, Greek, Polish, Romanian, English, Finnish, Icelandic, Corsican, Basque, Biblical Greek, Biblical Latin, Old Church Slavic</p>
<p>Other Scripts: Μαρια (Greek), Маріа (Church Slavic)</p>
<p>Pronounced: mah-REE-ah (Italian, German, Dutch), MAHR-yah (Polish), mə-REE-ə (English) [key]
Latin form of Greek Μαρια, from Hebrew מִרְיָם (see MARY). Maria is the usual form of the name in many European languages, as well as a secondary form in other languages such as English (where the common spelling is Mary). In some countries, for example Germany, Poland and Italy, Maria is occasionally used as a masculine middle name.</p>
<p>This was the name of two ruling queens of Portugal. It was also borne by the Habsburg queen Maria Theresa (1717-1780), whose inheritance of the domains of her father, the Holy Roman Emperor Charles VI, began the War of the Austrian Succession.</p>
<p>The girl’s name Catherine \c(a)-theri-ne,</p>
<p>is pronounced KATH-rin, KATH-er-in. It is of Greek origin, and the meaning of Catherine is “pure”. </p>
<p>Variant spelling of Katherine. This form of the name is also used in France. Catharine is the English-only form. One of the great traditional names for women, </p>
<p>with variations in many languages. The name of several saints and queens, including Catherine the Great, empress of Russia, Saint Catherine of Alexandria, and three of Henry VIII’s six wives. </p>
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<p>It’s also super fun searching your last name on wiki, you might get some interesting results.</p>
<p>Lydia [lih-dee-yuh]</p>
<p>I’m named after my grandmother.
But, originally, it’s from the bible and
Lydia was one of the first women
ever to work outside of the home.</p>