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The Fifteenth Amendment may refer to the: Fifteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution, which guaranteed men the right to vote regardless of
Fifteenth_Amendment
1870 amendment prohibiting denial of voting rights on the basis of race
The Fifteenth Amendment (Amendment XV) to the United States Constitution prohibits the federal government or any state from denying or abridging a citizen's
Fifteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution
Fifteenth_Amendment_to_the_United_States_Constitution
Types of amendments
November 2011. "Fifteenth Amendment". 1963. Archived from the original on 12 May 2018. Retrieved 19 November 2011. "Sixteenth Amendment". Indiacode.nic
List of amendments of the Constitution of India
List_of_amendments_of_the_Constitution_of_India
2026 U.S. Supreme Court case
redistricting map was an unconstitutional racial gerrymander under the Fifteenth Amendment. While the Court declined to find Section 2 of the Voting Rights
Louisiana_v._Callais
Amendment to remove the constitutional prohibition on divorce
The Fifteenth Amendment of the Constitution Act 1995 (previously bill no. 15 of 1995) is an amendment of the Constitution of Ireland which removed the
Fifteenth Amendment of the Constitution of Ireland
Fifteenth_Amendment_of_the_Constitution_of_Ireland
1920 amendment mandating women's suffrage
Reconstruction Amendments (the Thirteenth, Fourteenth, and Fifteenth Amendments). Some unsuccessfully argued that the Fifteenth Amendment, which prohibited
Nineteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution
Nineteenth_Amendment_to_the_United_States_Constitution
Post-Civil War amendments to the United States Constitution
The Reconstruction Amendments, or the Civil War Amendments, are the Thirteenth, Fourteenth, and Fifteenth amendments to the United States Constitution
Reconstruction_Amendments
The Fifteenth Amendment to the Constitution of Bangladesh was passed on 30 June 2011. This amendment made significant — 54 changes to the constitution
Fifteenth Amendment to the Constitution of Bangladesh
Fifteenth_Amendment_to_the_Constitution_of_Bangladesh
US federal legislation that prohibits racial discrimination in voting
Designed to enforce voting rights protected by the Fourteenth and Fifteenth Amendments to the United States Constitution, the Act sought to secure the right
Voting_Rights_Act_of_1965
1868 amendment addressing citizenship rights and civil and political liberties
Fourteenth Amendment (Amendment XIV) to the United States Constitution was adopted on July 9, 1868, as one of the Reconstruction Amendments. Considered
Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution
Fourteenth_Amendment_to_the_United_States_Constitution
Topics referred to by the same term
(disambiguation) Fifteenth (tax), medieval English tax Fifteenth Amendment (disambiguation) Fifteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution 15th century
Fifteenth
Post-civil war voter suppression efforts in the United States
Oklahoma. Their actions were designed to thwart the objective of the Fifteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution, ratified in 1870, which prohibited
Disfranchisement after the Reconstruction era
Disfranchisement_after_the_Reconstruction_era
immediate cause for the split was the proposed Fifteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, a Reconstruction amendment that would prohibit the denial of suffrage
Women's suffrage in the United States
Women's_suffrage_in_the_United_States
Mid-decade change to congressional districts
redistricting map was an unconstitutional racial gerrymander under the Fifteenth Amendment. Following the decision, prominent Republican politicians began pushing
2026_Tennessee_redistricting
Political movement that opposed women's suffrage
women's and black suffrage movements prior to the ratification of the Fifteenth Amendment. The connection between the two movements arose during the 1830s
Anti-suffragism
2013 landmark United States Supreme Court case
as constitutional enforcement legislation under Section 2 of the Fifteenth Amendment in South Carolina v. Katzenbach (1966). The preclearance requirement
Shelby_County_v._Holder
Supreme law of South Africa
three amendments were reversed when floor crossing was ended in 2009 by the Fourteenth and Fifteenth Amendments. The Constitution Eleventh Amendment Act
Constitution_of_South_Africa
Period after American Civil War (1865–1877)
July 9, 1868: The Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution is ratified. February 3, 1870: The Fifteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution
Reconstruction_era
1964 amendment prohibiting poll taxes
Americans from politics so far as practicable without violating the Fifteenth Amendment. This required that voting not be limited by "race, color, or previous
Twenty-fourth Amendment to the United States Constitution
Twenty-fourth_Amendment_to_the_United_States_Constitution
The Fifteenth Amendment of the Constitution of South Africa (formally the Constitution Fifteenth Amendment Act of 2008) repealed some of the provisions
Fifteenth Amendment of the Constitution of South Africa
Fifteenth_Amendment_of_the_Constitution_of_South_Africa
Right of every person to an equal say in politics
implemented full male suffrage in 1871. In the United States, the Fifteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution, ratified in 1870 during the Reconstruction
Universal_suffrage
Bangladeshi constitutional history
Fourteenth Amendment was passed on 17 May 2004.The main provision for this amendment is concerned about women in parliament. The Fifteenth Amendment was passed
Amendments to the Constitution of Bangladesh
Amendments_to_the_Constitution_of_Bangladesh
1971 amendment granting suffrage to 18-year-old citizens
taken on the amendment by the states of Florida, Kentucky, Mississippi, Nevada, New Mexico, North Dakota, or Utah. Fifteenth Amendment to the United
Twenty-sixth Amendment to the United States Constitution
Twenty-sixth_Amendment_to_the_United_States_Constitution
American suffragist (1815–1902)
Americans and women, especially the right of suffrage. When the Fifteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution was introduced that would provide suffrage
Elizabeth_Cady_Stanton
2023 United States Supreme Court case
rights under the Equal Protection Clause and the Fourteenth and Fifteenth Amendment. A three judge panel of the District Court for the Western District
Allen_v._Milligan
Constitution and by federal and state laws. Several constitutional amendments (the Fifteenth, Nineteenth, and Twenty-sixth specifically) require that voting
Voting rights in the United States
Voting_rights_in_the_United_States
Amendment to the Pakistani constitution
The Fifteenth Amendment bill to the Constitution of Pakistan (Urdu: آئین پاکستان میں پندرھویں ترمیم) was passed by National Assembly of Pakistan on 28
Fifteenth Amendment to the Constitution of Pakistan
Fifteenth_Amendment_to_the_Constitution_of_Pakistan
Aspect of election history
presidential and vice-presidential candidates. The passage of the Fifteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution in 1870 affirmed African American
Voter turnout in United States presidential elections
Voter_turnout_in_United_States_presidential_elections
Equality for all races and ethnicities
since it gave previously enslaved people individual rights. The Fifteenth Amendment (1870) made it illegal for any state to deny people the right to
Racial_equality
1980 United States Supreme Court case
electoral districts which disenfranchised African Americans violated the Fifteenth Amendment. In 1911, the state legislature enacted a three-member city commission
Mobile_v._Bolden
African-American author and activist (1825–1911)
in "The Fifteenth Amendment" casts the Fifteenth Amendment in a positive light, which aligns with Harper's previous support for the Amendment that led
Frances_Ellen_Watkins_Harper
1915 U.S. Supreme Court case declaring certain voting restrictions unconstitutional
in compliance with the Fifteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution. However, state legislators soon passed an amendment to the Oklahoma constitution
Guinn_v._United_States
Civil War general, U.S. president from 1869 to 1877
stabilized the post-war economy, supported Reconstruction and the Fifteenth Amendment, and prosecuted the Ku Klux Klan. An effective civil rights executive
Ulysses_S._Grant
Stock short title used for US legislation
guarantees every person due process and equal protection rights; and the Fifteenth Amendment (1870) provides that "[t]he right of citizens of the United States
Civil_Rights_Act
2021 United States Supreme Court case
First and Fourteenth Amendments related to voters' rights. The DNC further stated that H.B. 2023 violated the Fifteenth Amendment and Section 2 of the
Brnovich v. Democratic National Committee
Brnovich_v._Democratic_National_Committee
Concept in constitutional law
Machen in 1910, Manchen arguing that the Fifteenth Amendment might be unconstitutional. Cooley insisted that amendments "cannot be revolutionary; they must
Unconstitutional constitutional amendment
Unconstitutional_constitutional_amendment
1944 United States Supreme Court case
Texas was indeed abridging Smith's Fifteenth Amendment right to vote, which was also denying his Fourteenth Amendment right to equal protection under the
Smith_v._Allwright
1865 amendment abolishing slavery
Constitution: the Fourteenth Amendment (1868) defining citizenship and mandating equal protection under the law, and the Fifteenth Amendment (1870) banning racial
Thirteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution
Thirteenth_Amendment_to_the_United_States_Constitution
List of infamous U.S. Supreme Court decisions
United States and subject to the jurisdiction thereof”, and the Fifteenth Amendment, which prohibits the denial or abridgment of suffrage by the federal
Anticanon
of Islamisation. Regarding the changes made by the fifth amendment, the fifteenth amendment, passed without a referendum or serious deliberations on 25
Fifth Amendment to the Constitution of Bangladesh
Fifth_Amendment_to_the_Constitution_of_Bangladesh
Laws aiming to combat resistance to reconstruction after the US Civil War
Fourteenth Amendment to the US Constitution, which gave full citizenship to anyone born in the United States or freed slaves, and the Fifteenth Amendment, which
Enforcement_Acts
U.S. presidential administration from 1869 to 1877
freedmen's citizenship from the Fourteenth Amendment. They also denied voting rights from the Fifteenth Amendment. Congress then passed three Force Acts.
Presidency of Ulysses S. Grant
Presidency_of_Ulysses_S._Grant
1890 election bill proposed in the U.S. Congress
Southern United States, as provided for in the constitution. The Fifteenth Amendment already formally guaranteed that right, but white southern Democrats
Lodge_Bill
before the ratification in 1870 of the Fifteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution. The Fifteenth Amendment prohibits the federal and state governments
List of African-American United States representatives
List_of_African-American_United_States_representatives
Exemption of existing cases from a new rule
restrictions on voting in place before 1870 were invalidated by the Fifteenth Amendment. After Democrats took control of state legislatures again, especially
Grandfather_clause
Amendment extended citizenship to all Africans born in the US, and the Fifteenth Amendment prohibited racial discrimination in the right to vote. After a brief
White supremacy in the United States
White_supremacy_in_the_United_States
2002, and was effectively repealed on 17 April 2009 by the Fifteenth Amendment. The amendment inserted Schedule 6A, entitled "Loss or retention of membership
Eighth Amendment of the Constitution of South Africa
Eighth_Amendment_of_the_Constitution_of_South_Africa
President of Pakistan from 1998 to 2001
dissolving the National Assembly. He also signed the Fourteenth and Fifteenth amendment to the constitution that limited the powers of the presidency from
Rafiq_Tarar
American 19th-century organization
created after the women's rights movement split over the proposed Fifteenth Amendment to the U. S. Constitution, which would in effect extend voting rights
National Woman Suffrage Association
National_Woman_Suffrage_Association
item among the causes of the Civil War. After the Civil War, the Fifteenth Amendment gave all males the vote, but in practice Black people still faced
Black suffrage in the United States
Black_suffrage_in_the_United_States
Supreme law of the United States
The Twenty-fourth Amendment prohibits a poll tax for voting. Although passage of the Thirteenth, Fourteenth, and Fifteenth Amendments helped remove many
Constitution of the United States
Constitution_of_the_United_States
City in Alabama, United States
Supreme Court ruled that the state legislature had violated the Fifteenth Amendment in 1957 by gerrymandering city boundaries as a 28-sided figure that
Tuskegee,_Alabama
American abolitionist, social activist, and poet (1819–1910)
suffragists at the time, Howe supported the final version of the Fifteenth Amendment, which extended the right to vote to African Americans, but omitted
Julia_Ward_Howe
1962 United States Supreme Court case
districting claims over racial discrimination could be brought under the Fifteenth Amendment. The case arose from a lawsuit against the state of Tennessee, which
Baker_v._Carr
referendum. 1869 Women in Wyoming get equal suffrage rights. 1870 The Fifteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution prevents states from denying the
Timeline of voting rights in the United States
Timeline_of_voting_rights_in_the_United_States
US 19th-century suffrage organization
for its members to work together. Disagreement about the proposed Fifteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, which would prohibit the denial of suffrage
American Equal Rights Association
American_Equal_Rights_Association
Failed Maryland state constitutional amendment
The Digges Amendment was an amendment to the Maryland Constitution, proposed in 1910, to curtail the Fifteenth Amendment of the United States Constitution
Digges_Amendment
Acquisition of citizenship by virtue of the circumstances of one's birth
neither the Fourteenth Amendment, which prohibited states from abridging the rights and privileges of citizens, nor the Fifteenth Amendment, which granted citizens
Birthright citizenship in the United States
Birthright_citizenship_in_the_United_States
American women's rights activist (1820–1906)
women's movement. In 1870, debate about the Fifteenth Amendment was made irrelevant when that amendment was officially ratified. In 1872, disgust with
Susan_B._Anthony
American political group
of former slaves and ensuring equal protection of the laws), and Fifteenth Amendment (prohibiting the denial of the right to vote on grounds of race,
Redeemers
Austrian-born American jurist (1882–1965)
opinion in Gomillion v. Lightfoot (1960) only upheld review under the Fifteenth Amendment. Frankfurter's other decisions include the majority opinion in Beauharnais
Felix_Frankfurter
following the American Civil War, the other two being the Fourteenth and Fifteenth Amendments. The end of slavery effectively occurred with the federal Padrone
End of slavery in the United States
End_of_slavery_in_the_United_States
United States anti-black racial pogroms (~1866–~1888)
especially after the voting rights of freedmen were protected through the Fifteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution. Robert Smalls estimated that overall
Freedmen_massacres
black voters was unconstitutional under the Fourteenth, Fifteenth and Seventeenth Amendments. The court further ruled that the lack of a requirement for
King_v._Chapman
American politician (1913–2002)
enactment of the Voting Rights Act, which gave substance to the Fifteenth Amendment enacted nearly one hundred years before, and increased African American
Herman_Talmadge
ratification on October 16, 1868. That Amendment was only re-ratified on April 25, 1973. In 1870, the Fifteenth Amendment, which prohibited denying the right
Racism_in_Oregon
American politician (1859–1912)
and locked out of representative government by circumventing the Fifteenth Amendment, which guarantees the right to vote. Aycock's may have been a response
Charles_Brantley_Aycock
Important decisions of US courts
district boundaries drawn only to disenfranchise blacks violate the Fifteenth Amendment. Boynton v. Virginia, 364 U.S. 454 (1960) Racial segregation in all
List of landmark court decisions in the United States
List_of_landmark_court_decisions_in_the_United_States
United States law
the Thirteenth, Fourteenth, and Fifteenth Amendments of the United States Constitution were ratified. These amendments were established to provide African
Civil_Rights_Act_of_1960
Amendment of South African constitution
floor-crossing provisions were repealed by the Fifteenth Amendment, which was enacted at the same time. The Fourteenth Amendment contained the repeal provisions which
Fourteenth Amendment of the Constitution of South Africa
Fourteenth_Amendment_of_the_Constitution_of_South_Africa
public office. Fifteenth Amendment (1870) - guaranteed voting rights to all male U.S. citizens, including African-Americans. Nineteenth Amendment (1920) - guaranteed
List of landmark African-American legislation
List_of_landmark_African-American_legislation
1881 United States Supreme Court case
United States Supreme Court case in which the court held that the Fifteenth Amendment invalidated provisions of state constitutions limiting suffrage to
Neal_v._Delaware
1966 United States Supreme Court case
enforcement clause of the Fifteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution. Warren cited the enforcement clause of the 15th Amendment which gave Congress
South_Carolina_v._Katzenbach
Proposed amendment to the U.S. Constitution
further revised the amendment to reflect the wording of the Fifteenth and Nineteenth Amendments. This text would later become Section 1 of the version passed
Equal_Rights_Amendment
redistricting map was an unconstitutional racial gerrymander under the Fifteenth Amendment.[citation needed] April 30 Camp Mystic in Texas withdraws an application
2026_in_the_United_States
Voting rights system
Rebellion. Most African-American men remained excluded; though the Fifteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution, ratified in 1870, upheld their
Universal_manhood_suffrage
Government system where political power lies with the people
July 2007. Retrieved 22 August 2010. Gillette, William (1986). "Fifteenth Amendment: Framing and ratification". Encyclopedia of the American Constitution
Democracy
1903 United States Supreme Court case
under the doctrine set forth in Hans v. Louisiana (1890), the Eleventh Amendment prohibited the plaintiff from suing the state directly in a United States
Giles_v._Harris
American poet
org. Retrieved 2025-06-15. "The_Fifteenth_Amendment,"_ca._1870.jpg "File:Printed song lyrics- "The Fifteenth Amendment," ca. 1870.jpg - Wikimedia Commons"
Joshua_McCarter_Simpson
1876 U.S. Supreme Court case
private actors or state governments despite the adoption of the Fourteenth Amendment. It reversed the federal criminal convictions for the civil rights violations
United_States_v._Cruikshank
1960 United States Supreme Court case
boundaries created to disenfranchise African Americans violated the Fifteenth Amendment. After passage of the Civil Rights Act of 1957, activists in the
Gomillion_v._Lightfoot
Portion of the US Constitution regarding Congress' structure and powers
The Fifteenth Amendment prohibits the denial of the right to vote based on race, color, or previous condition of servitude. The Nineteenth Amendment prohibits
Article One of the United States Constitution
Article_One_of_the_United_States_Constitution
Proposed amendment to remove the constitutional prohibition on divorce
two referendums held in Ireland on the question of divorce; the Fifteenth Amendment in 1995 allowed for divorce under specified conditions. The Constitution
Tenth Amendment of the Constitution Bill 1986
Tenth_Amendment_of_the_Constitution_Bill_1986
American activist (1825–1909)
suffrage amendment that did not enfranchise women – seen by many as overt opposition to the Fifteenth Amendment. Disagreement over that amendment divided
Henry_Browne_Blackwell
in federal elective office before the ratification in 1870 of the Fifteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution, although some (including Alexander
List of African-American United States senators
List_of_African-American_United_States_senators
Fourteenth and Fifteenth Amendments. The amendment renumbered the constitution's existing Schedule 6A (inserted by the Eighth Amendment and dealing with
Tenth Amendment of the Constitution of South Africa
Tenth_Amendment_of_the_Constitution_of_South_Africa
Nineteenth-century political phrase
Thirteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution, the Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution, and the Fifteenth Amendment to the United
The_twin_relics_of_barbarism
American politician (1858–1931)
protections guaranteed to black citizens in Alabama by the Fourteenth and Fifteenth Amendments to the United States Constitution and in enabling the ideology of
Anthony_D._Sayre
redistricting map was an unconstitutional racial gerrymander under the Fifteenth Amendment. Since the 1790 United States census, the United States Census Bureau
Gerrymandering in the United States
Gerrymandering_in_the_United_States
1876 US Supreme Court case
in which the United States Supreme Court narrowly construed the Fifteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution as not supporting the Enforcement
United_States_v._Reese
U.S. civil rights activist and educator (1839–1871)
ratified in 1870.[citation needed] Following the ratification of the Fifteenth Amendment in 1870, Black political organizing in Philadelphia expanded rapidly
Octavius_Catto
2009 United States Supreme Court case
procedural history of the District's suit. Text of Section I The Fifteenth Amendment promises that the "right of citizens of the United States to vote
Northwest Austin Municipal Utility District No. 1 v. Holder
Northwest_Austin_Municipal_Utility_District_No._1_v._Holder
Bangladeshi judge
Secretary General of the Bangladesh Nationalist challenging the Fifteenth Amendment to the Constitution of Bangladesh. "High Court moved to investigate
Debasish_Roy_Chowdhury
Ethnic group and minority in New York City
receive equal voting rights in New York until the ratification of the Fifteenth Amendment of the Constitution in 1870. New York City and other northern cities
African Americans in New York City
African_Americans_in_New_York_City
1939 United States Supreme Court case
citizens who were excluded from voting prior and repugnant to the Fifteenth Amendment. It eliminated the power of county registrars illegally excluding
Lane_v._Wilson
Examination of a person's ability to read and write
violations of Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment nor of the Fifteenth Amendment. Southern states abandoned the literacy test only when
Literacy_test
1915 United States Supreme Court case
literacy test, finding it to be discriminatory and a violation of the Fifteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution. Mahoney, Dennis J. (January 1
Myers_v._Anderson
19th-century American women's-rights newspaper
accompanied by another amendment that would prohibit the denial of suffrage because of sex. Otherwise, they said, the Fifteenth Amendment, which would in effect
The_Revolution_(newspaper)
Native American grouping
States. The Fourteenth Amendment was ratified to make clear that Congress had the legal authority to do so. The Fifteenth Amendment extended the franchise
Five_Civilized_Tribes
Democratic Party in 1912 was declared to violate the Fourteenth and Fifteenth Amendments. After during the initial years of the twentieth century almost completely
Bliley_v._West
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Boy/Male
Irish
Red. Sixteenth-century rebel chief Rory O'More is celebrated in Irish poetry.
Boy/Male
Irish
Irish form of John meaning “â€God’s gracious gift.â€â€ Shane is a very popular variant of the name in Northern Ireland in memory of Shane O’Neill whose forces won notable victories over the armies of Queen Elizabeth 1st in the sixteenth century.
Girl/Female
Irish
The name that was used in Ireland for Our Lady was Muire and interestingly, her name was so honored that it was rarely used as a first name until the end of the fifteenth century. Then Maire became acceptable as a given name but the spelling Muire was reserved for the Blessed Mother.
Surname or Lastname
Norwegian (Sørby)
Norwegian (Sørby) : habitational name from any of fifteen or more farmsteads in southeastern Norway, most of them variants of Sørbø (see Sorbo), with Old Norse býr ‘farm’, ‘settlement’ as the final element. In some cases the first element may be sør ‘south’.English : variant of Sowerby.
Boy/Male
Irish
domhan “â€worldâ€â€ and all “â€mightyâ€â€ implying “â€ruler of the world.â€â€ “â€Donal Ogâ€â€ (“â€Young Donalâ€â€) is the title of a fifteenth-century love song that is still popular among Irish traditional musicians and singers.
Male
English
Anglicized form of Hebrew Yoshiyah (Greek Josias), JOSIAH means "whom Jehovah heals." In the bible, this is the name of the sixteenth king of Judah.
Girl/Female
Hindu, Indian, Sanskrit
Sixteenth Nakshatra
Male
Hebrew
(יׄ×ש×ִיָּה) Hebrew name YOSHIYAH means "whom Jehovah heals." In the bible, this is the name of the sixteenth king of Judah. Josiah is the Anglicized form.
Boy/Male
Irish
domhan “â€worldâ€â€ and all “â€mightyâ€â€ implying “â€ruler of the world.â€â€ “â€Donal Ogâ€â€ (“â€Young Donalâ€â€) is the title of a fifteenth-century love song that is still popular among Irish traditional musicians and singers.
Boy/Male
Irish
Red. Sixteenth-century rebel chief Rory O'More is celebrated in Irish poetry.
Girl/Female
Irish
The name that was used in Ireland for Our Lady was Muire and interestingly, her name was so honored that it was rarely used as a first name until the end of the fifteenth century. Then Maire became acceptable as a given name but the spelling Muire was reserved for the Blessed Mother.
Boy/Male
Irish
Irish form of John meaning “â€God’s gracious gift.â€â€ Shane is a very popular variant of the name in Northern Ireland in memory of Shane O’Neill whose forces won notable victories over the armies of Queen Elizabeth 1st in the sixteenth century.
Boy/Male
Irish
Irish form of John meaning “â€God’s gracious gift.â€â€ Shane is a very popular variant of the name in Northern Ireland in memory of Shane O’Neill whose forces won notable victories over the armies of Queen Elizabeth 1st in the sixteenth century.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : habitational name from a place in West Yorkshire named Colden, from Old English cald ‘cold’ col ‘charcoal’ + denu ‘valley’.English and Scottish : variant of Cowden.Cadwallader Colden (1688–1778), physician, botanist, and mathematician, who for fifteen years was lieutenant-governor of New York colony, was born in Dalkeith, Scotland.
Girl/Female
Irish
Described as “one of the most remarkable women in Irish history†Granuaile or Grainne Ni Mhaille (ang. as Grace O’Malley) was a renowned sea captain who led a band of 200 sea-raiders from the coast of Galway in the sixteenth century. Twice widowed, twice imprisoned, fighting her enemies both Irish and English for her rights, condemned for piracy, and finally pardoned in London by Queen Elizabeth herself, her fame was celebrated in verse and song and in James Joyce’s “Finnegan’s Wake.†She is often seen as a poetic symbol for Ireland.
Boy/Male
Irish
Irish form of John meaning “â€God’s gracious gift.â€â€ Shane is a very popular variant of the name in Northern Ireland in memory of Shane O’Neill whose forces won notable victories over the armies of Queen Elizabeth 1st in the sixteenth century.
Girl/Female
Biblical
Fiftieth.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : nickname for someone who was born at Whitsuntide or had some particular connection with that time of year, such as owing a feudal obligation then. The name is from Middle English, Old French pentecost, from Greek pentēkostē (hēmera) ‘fiftieth (day)’, i.e. the fiftieth day after Easter.
Surname or Lastname
French
French : topographic name for someone who lived on a track or pathway, Old French rue (Latin ruga ‘crease’, ‘fold’).English : variant of Rowe 1, from the Old English byform rǣw, or a habitational name from places in Devon and Isle of Wight called Rew from this word.Norwegian : habitational name from any of over fifteen farmsteads so named, notably in Telemark, from Old Norse ruð ‘clearing’.
Boy/Male
Irish
domhan “â€worldâ€â€ and all “â€mightyâ€â€ implying “â€ruler of the world.â€â€ “â€Donal Ogâ€â€ (“â€Young Donalâ€â€) is the title of a fifteenth-century love song that is still popular among Irish traditional musicians and singers.
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Boy/Male
Hindu
Garland of victory
Girl/Female
Tamil
River Yamuna, Born of the Sun
Boy/Male
Hindu
Flow or sated with drink
Surname or Lastname
English
English : variant of Friar.
Boy/Male
German American English
Powerful.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : occupational name for a dyer of cloth, Middle English dyer (from Old English dēag ‘dye’; the verb is a back-formation from the agent noun). This surname also occurs in Scotland, but Lister is a more common equivalent there.Irish (Counties Sligo and Roscommon) : usually a short form of MacDyer, an Anglicized form of Gaelic Mac Duibhir ‘son of Duibhir’, a short form of a personal name composed of the elements dubh ‘dark’, ‘black’ + odhar ‘sallow’, ‘tawny’.
Girl/Female
Bengali, Gujarati, Hindu, Indian, Kannada, Kashmiri, Malayalam, Marathi, Sanskrit, Traditional
Beloved of the Moon; Moonstone
Girl/Female
African, Australian
Awesome
Girl/Female
Hindu
Girl/Female
Tamil
Clouds
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n.
One of fifteen equal parts or divisions; the quotient of a unit divided by fifteen.
n.
A symbol representing fifteen units, as 15, or xv.
a.
Sixth after the tenth; next in order after the fifteenth.
n.
An interval consisting of two octaves.
a.
Consisting of one of fifteen equal parts or divisions of a thing.
n.
A German cavalry soldier of the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries.
n.
A fifteenth.
n.
The sum of five and ten; fifteen units or objects.
n.
A fiftieth anniversary.
a.
Fiftieth.
a.
Next in order after the fourteenth; -- the ordinal of fifteen.
n.
An interval of two octaves, or a fifteenth; -- called also bisdiapason.
n.
The next in order after the fifteenth; the sixth after the tenth.
n.
A fifteenth part.
n.
A short sword or dagger, worn in the fifteenth century.
n.
A plane figure with fifteen angles, and consequently fifteen sides.
n.
One of a sect of Anabaptists, in the fifteenth and early part of the sixteenth century, who rejected many of the customs and decencies of life, and advocated a community of goods and of women.
n.
A stop in an organ tuned two octaves above the diaposon.
n.
The fifteenth day after a feast day, including both in the reckoning.
n.
A species of tax upon personal property formerly laid on towns, boroughs, etc., in England, being one fifteenth part of what the personal property in each town, etc., had been valued at.