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NAPIER
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English
English : occupational name for a naperer, the servant in charge of the linen in use in a great house, Middle English, Old French nap(p)ier. Compare Scottish Napier.Dutch : nickname from an agent derivative of Middle Dutch nappen ‘prick’, ‘sting’, ‘bite’.Dutch : occupational name from an agent derivative of nap ‘cup’, denoting a turner who made cups, dishes, and bowls.Altered spelling of German Knapper.
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American, Australian, British, English
In Charge of Royal Linens
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English
English : topographic name for someone who lived by a hillock (see Knapp), or habitational name for someone from a place named with this word.English : possibly a variant spelling of Napper, a variant of Napier.German (also Knäpper) : habitational name from either of two places in Westphalia named Knapp.German (Knäpper) : unflattering nickname from an agent derivative of knappen ‘to be stingy’ or, in some places, ‘to grab or snatch’.
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Bengali, Gujarati, Hindu, Indian, Kannada, Malayalam, Marathi, Telugu
Wave
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Latin
Blind. Famous bearer: The blind St. Cecilie, patron saint of music, was a talented musician.
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American, Australian, Japanese
Beauty; Harmony; Ring; Wheel
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Arabic, Muslim
Alive; Having Life
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Bengali, Indian
Given by God
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Greek
Glory.
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Hindu, Indian, Traditional
A King Like a Victorious Lion
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English
English : probably a variant spelling of Tear.Perhaps also a reduced form of Irish McTeer.Americanized spelling of German Thier or Dier.
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Darling, dearly loved, from the Old english 'deorling'.
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Tamil
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a.
Alt. of Naperian
a.
Of, pertaining to, or discovered by, Napier, or Naper.
n.
The method or art of performing arithmetical operations by means of Napier's bones. See Napier's bones.
n.
One of a class of auxiliary numbers, devised by John Napier, of Merchiston, Scotland (1550-1617), to abridge arithmetical calculations, by the use of addition and subtraction in place of multiplication and division.