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English
English : occupational name for someone who constructed or repaired roofs, from an agent derivative of Middle English roof (Old English hrÅf). In the Middle Ages roofs might be thatched with reeds or straw, or covered with tiles, slates, or wooden shingles.German and English : nickname for an unscrupulous individual, from Middle Low German rÅver ‘pirate’, ‘robber’, Middle English rover. The English verb rove ‘to wander’ is probably a back-formation from this, and is not attested before the 16th century, so it is unlikely to lie behind any examples of the surname.German : variant of Röver (see Roever).
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English
English : variant of Slate.
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English
English : occupational name for a roofer, from Old French co(u)vreur, an agent derivative of co(u)vrir ‘to cover’ (Latin cooperire). Roofing materials in the Middle Ages might be tiles (see Tyler), slates (see Slater), or thatch (see Thatcher), depending on the regional availability of suitable materials.English (of Norman origin) : occupational name for a maker of barrels and tubs, from an agent derivative of Middle English, Old French cuve ‘vat’, ‘tub’ (Late Latin cupa, of Germanic origin; compare Cooper).Americanized spelling of German Kober.
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Boy/Male
Anglo, British, English
From the Damp Field
Girl/Female
Indian
One who gives, Giver, Donor
Boy/Male
Bengali, Gujarati, Hindu, Indian, Kannada, Malayalam, Marathi, Oriya, Sanskrit, Sindhi, Tamil
Vishnu and Shiva Joined Together
Boy/Male
Indian, Telugu
Chocolate
Male
Native American
Native American Algonquin name MATUNAAGA means "fights."
Boy/Male
Muslim
Felicity. Good fortune. Good luck.
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English (West Midlands)
English (West Midlands) : habitational name from any of various places, for example Yardley in the West Midlands, Essex, Northamptonshire, etc., or Yarley in Somerset, named with Old English gerd, gyrd ‘pole’, ‘stick’ + lēah ‘wood’, ‘clearing’. The compound apparently referred to a forest where timber could be gathered.
Female
Hebrew
(×ֵלָה) Variant spelling of Hebrew Eila, AYLA means "oak tree, terebinth tree." Compare with another form of Ayla.
Girl/Female
Hindu, Indian
A Precious Jewel
Female
English
Pet form of English Eleanor, ELLA means "foreign; the other." Compare with masculine Ella.
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SLATES
n.
Slates, collectively; also, material for slating.
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That part of a shingle, slate, or tile, which is exposed to the weather, when laid; also, one course of such shingles, slates, or tiles.
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A tool for trimming the edges of roofing slates.
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A tool for trimming and puncturing roofing slates.
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A kind of chopping instrument for trimming the edges of roofing slates.
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One who lays slates, or whose occupation is to slate buildings.
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The act of covering with slate, slates, or a substance resembling slate; the work of a slater.
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Any crystalline rock having a foliated structure (see Foliation) and hence admitting of ready division into slabs or slates. The common kinds are mica schist, and hornblendic schist, consisting chiefly of quartz with mica or hornblende and often feldspar.
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Thin boards for sheathing, as above the rafters, and under the shingles or slates, and for similar purposes.