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FAVOR
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Favor, Grace
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English, German, French, and Jewish
English, German, French, and Jewish : from the personal name, Hebrew Yosef ‘may He (God) add (another son)’. In medieval Europe this name was borne frequently but not exclusively by Jews; the usual medieval English vernacular form is represented by Jessup. In the Book of Genesis, Joseph is the favorite son of Jacob, who is sold into slavery by his brothers but rises to become a leading minister in Egypt (Genesis 37–50). In the New Testament Joseph is the husband of the Virgin Mary, which accounts for the popularity of the given name among Christians.A bearer of the name Joseph with the secondary surname Langoumois (and therefore presumably from the Angoumois region of France) is documented in Quebec City in 1718.
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Favor, Grace
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Favor, Grace
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English
English : patronymic from the personal name Miles (of Norman origin but uncertain derivation; possibly related to Michael or Latin miles ‘soldier’, or even the Slavic name element mil ‘grace’, ‘favor’), or a metronymic from the female personal name Milla.English : metronymic from the old female personal name Milde, Milda, from Old English milde ‘mild’, ‘gentle’.
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English
English : from Middle English hap(pe) ‘chance’, ‘luck’, ‘fortune’ (from Old Norse happ), applied as a nickname for someone considered fortunate or well favored. Compare Chance, Fortune.German, Dutch, and northern French (Picardy) : from Middle Low German, Middle Dutch, Old French happe ‘hook’, ‘hatchet’, ‘pruning hook’, a metonymic occupational name for a maker of such implements or for someone who used one in his work. Compare Heppe.German : from a reduced form of the medieval German personal names Hadebald or Hadebert (see Happel).
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English
English : nickname from the wild boar, Middle English galte, gaute, gault (Old Norse gǫltr). Wild boars were common in the British Isles from the earliest times, and became extinct only with the clearing of the large tracts of forest which formerly covered the country; hunting them was a favorite pastime in the Middle Ages.French : from Germanic walþu- ‘wood’, ‘forest’; a topographic name for someone who lived in or near a wood, or a habitational name for someone from any of the places named with this word, for example Le Gault in Loir-et-Cher, Marne, and Eure-et-Loir.
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English, Welsh, German, etc.
English, Welsh, German, etc. : ultimately from the Hebrew personal name yÅÌ£hÄnÄn ‘Jehovah has favored (me with a son)’ or ‘may Jehovah favor (this child)’. This personal name was adopted into Latin (via Greek) as Johannes, and has enjoyed enormous popularity in Europe throughout the Christian era, being given in honor of St. John the Baptist, precursor of Christ, and of St. John the Evangelist, author of the fourth gospel, as well as others of the nearly one thousand other Christian saints of the name. Some of the principal forms of the personal name in other European languages are Welsh Ieuan, Evan, Siôn, and Ioan; Scottish Ia(i)n; Irish Séan; German Johann, Johannes, Hans; Dutch Jan; French Jean; Italian Giovanni, Gianni, Ianni; Spanish Juan; Portuguese João; Greek IÅannÄ“s (vernacular Yannis); Czech Jan; Russian Ivan. Polish has surnames both from the western Slavic form Jan and from the eastern Slavic form Iwan. There were a number of different forms of the name in Middle English, including Jan(e), a male name (see Jane); Jen (see Jenkin); Jon(e) (see Jones); and Han(n) (see Hann). There were also various Middle English feminine versions of this name (e.g. Joan, Jehan), and some of these were indistinguishable from masculine forms. The distinction on grounds of gender between John and Joan was not firmly established in English until the 17th century. It was even later that Jean and Jane were specialized as specifically feminine names in English; bearers of these surnames and their derivatives are more likely to derive them from a male ancestor than a female. As a surname in the British Isles, John is particularly frequent in Wales, where it is a late formation representing Welsh Siôn rather than the older form Ieuan (which gave rise to the surname Evan). As an American family name this form has absorbed various cognates from continental European languages. (For forms, see Hanks and Hodges 1988.)
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Debopriya | தேபோபà¯à®°à®¿à®¯à®¾
Gods favorite
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Tamil
A handsome Man, Born of fire, A scottish favorite in the late th century
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English
English : from a short form of Andrew.English (Norman) : from the Germanic personal name Drogo, which is of uncertain origin; it is possibly akin to Old Saxon (gi)drog ‘ghost’, ‘phantom’, or with a stem meaning ‘to bear’, ‘to carry’ (Old High German tragan). Whatever its origin, the name was borne by one of the sons of Charlemagne, and was subsequently popular throughout France in the forms Dreus, Drues (oblique case Dreu, Dr(i)u), whence it was introduced to England by the Normans. Drogo de Monte Acuto (as his name appears in its Latinized form) was a companion of William the Conqueror and founder of the Montagu family, among whom the personal name Drogo was revived in the 19th century.English (of Norman origin) : nickname from Middle English dreue, dru, Old French dru, ‘favorite’, ‘lover’ (originally an adjective, apparently from a Gaulish word meaning ‘strong’, ‘vigorous’, ‘lively’, but influenced by the sense of the Old High German element trūt, drūt ‘dear’, ‘beloved’).English (of Norman origin) : habitational name from any of various places in France called Dreux, from the Gaulish tribal name Durocasses.English (of Norman origin) : habitational name, with the preposition de, from any of the numerous places in France named from Old French rieux ‘streams’.Irish : when not an adoption of the English surname, a reduced Anglicized form of Gaelic Mac an Druaidh or Ó Druaidh or Ó Draoi ‘son’ and ‘descendant of the druid’, from draoi ‘druid’, genitive druadh or draoi.
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Grace, Favor
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Grace, Favor
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Irish (especially northeastern Ulster)
Irish (especially northeastern Ulster) : shortened Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó hAnnaigh ‘descendant of Annach’, a byname of uncertain meaning.English : from the medieval female personal name Hannah or Anna, ultimately from Hebrew Chana ‘He (God) has favored me’ (i.e. with a child). The name is borne in the Bible by the mother of Samuel (1 Samuel 1: 1–28), and there is a tradition (unsupported by Biblical evidence) that it was the name of the mother of the Virgin Mary; this St. Anne was a popular figure in medieval art and legend.Scottish : variant of Hannay.German : from a pet form of the personal name Hans.
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Anoushka | அநà¯à®·à¯à®•ா  Â
Favor, Grace
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Tamil
Gods favorite
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Favor, Grace
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English and French
English and French : nickname for a gambler or for someone considered fortunate or well favored, from Middle English, Old French fortune ‘chance’, ‘luck’. In some cases it may derive from the rare medieval personal name Fortune (Latin Fortunius).French (Fortuné) : from the personal name Fortuné, a vernacular form of the Late Latin personal name Fortunatus meaning ‘prosperous’, ‘happy’.Scottish : habitational name from a place in Lothian, probably so named from Old English fÅr ‘hog’, ‘pig’ + tÅ«n ‘settlement’, ‘enclosure’; John de Fortun was servant to the abbot of Kelso c. 1200.
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English (Yorkshire)
English (Yorkshire) : nickname for a friendly or amiable person, from Middle English gode ‘good’ + will ‘desire’. The compound is attested in the sense ‘favorable disposition’ since before the Norman Conquest.
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English, French, German, Hungarian (Donát), Polish, and Czech (Donát)
English, French, German, Hungarian (Donát), Polish, and Czech (Donát) : from a medieval personal name (Latin Donatus, past participle of donare, frequentative of dare ‘to give’). The name was much favored by early Christians, either because the birth of a child was seen as a gift from God, or else because the child was in turn dedicated to God. The name was borne by various early saints, among them a 6th-century hermit of Sisteron and a 7th-century bishop of Besançon, all of whom contributed to the popularity of the baptismal name in the Middle Ages, which was not checked by the heresy of a 4th-century Carthaginian bishop who also bore it. Another bearer was a 4th-century gramMarian and commentator on Virgil, widely respected in the Middle Ages as a figure of great learning.
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English (chiefly southwest)
English (chiefly southwest) : occupational name for a tender of animals, normally a cowherd or shepherd, from Middle English herde (Old English hi(e)rde).
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Australian, Chinese, French, German, Hebrew
Exalted by God
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Indian, Punjabi, Sikh
Unique Friend
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Tejashwini | தேஜஷà¯à®µà¯€à®¨à¯€Â
Lustrous or bright or radiant or intelligent, Brave, Powerful
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Hindu
Gift from God, Victorious
Female
Spanish
Unisex pet form of Spanish Jesús and Jesúsa, CHUS means "God is salvation."
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Celtic
Mythical.
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Latin
Speaker.
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Hindu, Indian, Marathi, Sanskrit
Krisna and Radha Conjoined
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Gujarati, Hindu, Indian, Kannada, Malayalam, Marathi, Punjabi, Sikh
Saffron
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FAVOR
n.
One who favors; one who regards with kindness or friendship; a well-wisher; one who assists or promotes success or prosperity.
adv.
In a favored or a favorable manner; favorably.
a.
Unfavored; not regarded with favor; having no countenance or support.
n.
A gift or represent; something bestowed as an evidence of good will; a token of love; a knot of ribbons; something worn as a token of affection; as, a marriage favor is a bunch or knot of white ribbons or white flowers worn at a wedding.
imp. & p. p.
of Favor
n.
To resemble in features; to have the aspect or looks of; as, the child favors his father.
a.
Having a certain favor or appearance; featured; as, well-favored; hard-favored, etc.
n.
To afford advantages for success to; to facilitate; as, a weak place favored the entrance of the enemy.
n.
A letter or epistle; -- so called in civility or compliment; as, your favor of yesterday is received.
n.
A person or thing regarded with peculiar favor; one treated with partiality; one preferred above others; especially, one unduly loved, trusted, and enriched with favors by a person of high rank or authority.
a.
Hard-featured; ill-looking; as, Vulcan was hard-favored.
p. pr. & vb. n.
of Favor
n.
A woman who favors or gives countenance.
n.
The disposition to favor and promote the interest of one person or family, or of one class of men, to the neglect of others having equal claims; partiality.
a.
Regarded with particular affection, esteem, or preference; as, a favorite walk; a favorite child.
a.
That favors.
n.
The object of regard; person or thing favored.
a.
Countenanced; aided; regarded with kidness; as, a favored friend.
n.
Beautiful; well-favored.
n.
Full of favor; favoring; manifesting partiality; kind; propitious; friendly.