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All people from about the same time period
A generation is all of the individuals born and living at about the same time, regarded collectively. It also is "the average period, generally considered
Generation
2026 Chinese television series
Generation to Generation (江湖夜雨十年灯) is a 2026 Chinese wuxia television series written by Shao Sihan, directed by Lü Haojiji [zh], and starring Zhou Yiran
Generation_to_Generation
Cohort born from 1997 to 2012
Generation Z, often shortened to Gen Z and informally known as Zoomers, is the demographic cohort succeeding Millennials and preceding Generation Alpha
Generation_Z
Cohort born from 2010s to 2020s
Generation Alpha, often shortened to Gen Alpha, is the demographic cohort succeeding Generation Z and preceding the proposed Generation Beta. While researchers
Generation_Alpha
Cohort born from 1965 to 1980
Generation X, often shortened to Gen X, is the demographic cohort following the baby boomers and preceding Millennials. Researchers and popular media often
Generation_X
Cohort born from 1928 to 1945
Silent Generation, also known as the Traditionalist Generation or Builders Generation, is a demographic cohort following the Greatest Generation and preceding
Silent_Generation
Cohort succeeding Generation Alpha
Generation Beta, often shortened to Gen Beta, is the proposed name for the demographic cohort succeeding Generation Alpha. The name was coined by futurist
Generation_Beta
Type of information retrieval using LLMs
Retrieval-augmented generation (RAG) is a technique that enables large language models (LLMs) to retrieve and incorporate new information from external
Retrieval-augmented generation
Retrieval-augmented_generation
Cohort born from 1981 to 1996
Millennials, also known as Generation Y or Gen Y, are the demographic cohort following Generation X and preceding Generation Z. Researchers and popular
Millennials
Cohort born from 1901 to 1927
Greatest Generation, also known as the G.I. Generation and the World War II Generation, is the demographic cohort following the Lost Generation and preceding
Greatest_Generation
South Korean girl group
Girls' Generation (Korean: 소녀시대; RR: Sonyeo Sidae), also known as SNSD, is a South Korean girl group formed by SM Entertainment. The group is composed
Girls'_Generation
Topics referred to by the same term
Generation or generations may also refer to: Generation (particle physics), a division of the elementary particles Generation in carrier generation and
Generation_(disambiguation)
Topics referred to by the same term
Look up second-generation in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Second generation or variants may refer to: Second generation immigrant Nisei, one of the
Second_generation
1955 Polish film
A Generation (Polish: Pokolenie) is a 1955 Polish film directed by Andrzej Wajda. It is based on the novel Pokolenie by Bohdan Czeszko, who also wrote
A_Generation
Difference of opinions between generations
A generation gap or generational gap is a difference of opinions and outlooks between one generation and another. These differences may relate to beliefs
Generation_gap
Taiwanese neologism for sensitive people
Strawberry generation (Chinese: 草莓族; pinyin: Cǎoméi zú; or 草莓世代; cǎoméi shìdài) is a pejorative neologism used in Taiwan for Taiwanese people born from
Strawberry_generation
Literary movement
The Beat Generation was a literary subculture movement started by a group of authors whose work explored and influenced American culture and politics in
Beat_Generation
Young adults returning to live with their parents
In Western culture the Boomerang Generation refers to the generation of young adults graduating from high school and college in the 21st century. They
Boomerang_Generation
Topics referred to by the same term
Look up next generation in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Next Generation or Next-Generation may refer to: Next Generation (magazine), video game magazine
Next_Generation
A revolutionary generation is a generation of people for whom a revolution was a major event or influence in their lives. Such revolutions are usually
Revolutionary_generation
Vietnamese demographic cohort born in the 1990s
Thế hệ 9X (literally "9X Generation", often referred to simply as 9X) is a Vietnamese term for people born during the 1990s. The usage of 9X was used to
9X_Generation
progressed through technology cycles typically referred to as generations. Each generation has lasted approximately five years, during which the major console
History of video game consoles
History_of_video_game_consoles
Cohort born from 1954 to 1965
Generation Jones is the generation or demographic cohort sandwiched between the Baby Boomers and Generation X. The term was coined in 1999 by American
Generation_Jones
Cohort born from 1883 to 1900
Generation was the demographic cohort that reached early adulthood in the decade before, or during, World War I, and preceded the Greatest Generation
Lost_Generation
Initiation of consumer interest into products
In marketing, lead generation (/ˈliːd/) refers to the process of attracting and capturing consumer interest in a product or service. A lead is the contact
Lead_generation
Concept in sports
In sport, a golden generation or golden team is an exceptionally gifted group of players of similar age, whose achievements reach or are expected to reach
Golden_generation
Smartphone by Apple
The third-generation iPhone SE (also known as the iPhone SE 3 or the iPhone SE 2022) is a smartphone designed and developed by Apple. It is part of the
IPhone_SE_(3rd_generation)
Theory of generational cycles
The Strauss–Howe generational theory, devised by William Strauss and Neil Howe, describes a theorized recurring generation cycle in American and Western
Strauss–Howe generational theory
Strauss–Howe_generational_theory
Cohort born from 1946 to 1964
the demographic cohort preceded by the Silent Generation and followed by Generation X. The generation is often defined as people born from 1946 to 1964
Baby_boomers
Physics theory about the origin of mass
In theoretical physics, a mass generation mechanism is a theory that describes the origin of mass from the most fundamental laws of physics. Physicists
Mass_generation
Psychological phenomenon
The generation effect is a psychological phenomenon whereby information is better remembered if it is generated from one's own mind rather than simply
Generation_effect
Generation companies (often abbreviated as GenCos or GENCOs) are entities within the deregulated electric power industry that own and operate power plants
Generation_company
Process of generating electrical power
Electricity generation is the process of generating electric power from sources of primary energy. For utilities in the electric power industry, it is
Electricity_generation
Spanish cultural movement
The Generation of '98 (Spanish: Generación del 98) was a group of novelists, poets, essayists, and philosophers active in Spain at the time of the Spanish–American
Generation_of_'98
Classification of sophisticated jet fighter aircraft entering service since 2005
A fifth-generation fighter is a jet fighter aircraft classification which includes major technologies developed during the first part of the 21st century
Fifth-generation_fighter
2024 book by Jonathan Haidt
The Anxious Generation: How the Great Rewiring of Childhood Is Causing an Epidemic of Mental Illness is a 2024 book by Jonathan Haidt. It argues that the
The_Anxious_Generation
Method in which data is created algorithmically as opposed to manually
In computing, procedural generation is a method of creating data algorithmically as opposed to manually, typically through a combination of human-generated
Procedural_generation
Term referring to self-involved baby boomers
The "Me" generation is a term referring to the Baby Boomers, especially the second half, in the United States, and the self-involved qualities associated
Me_generation
1992 album by Manic Street Preachers
Generation Terrorists is the debut studio album by Welsh alternative rock band Manic Street Preachers, released on 10 February 1992 by Columbia Records
Generation_Terrorists
Topics referred to by the same term
first-generation in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. First generation, Generation I, or variants of this, may refer to: 1G, the first generation of wireless
First_generation
American science fiction television series
Star Trek: The Next Generation (TNG) is an American science fiction television series created by Gene Roddenberry. It originally aired from September 28
Star Trek: The Next Generation
Star_Trek:_The_Next_Generation
Topics referred to by the same term
Generation A may refer to: Generation Alpha, a demographic cohort born between the early 2010s and the 2020s Generation A (book), a 2009 book by Douglas
Generation_A
People caring for parents and own children
sandwich generation is a group of middle-aged adults who care for both their aging parents and their own children. It is not a specific generation or cohort
Sandwich_generation
Class of medications
). Both generations of medication block receptors in the brain for dopamine, but atypicals block serotonin receptors as well. Third-generation antipsychotics
Antipsychotic
Topics referred to by the same term
Sixth generation may refer to: Sixth Generation (film movement) (1990—), in Chinese cinema Sixth-generation fighter, a speculated generation of fighter
Sixth_generation
Process of generating keys in cryptography
Key generation is the process of generating keys in cryptography. A key is used to encrypt and decrypt whatever data is being encrypted/decrypted. A device
Key_generation
Classification of post-2020s jet fighters
A sixth-generation fighter is a conceptualized class of jet powered fighter aircraft design more advanced than the fifth-generation jet fighters that
Sixth-generation_fighter
Topics referred to by the same term
Fifth generation or Fifth Generation may refer to: 5G, the fifth generation of cellular wireless standards Fifth generation computer, a Japanese computing
Fifth_generation
1995 film by Gregg Araki
The Doom Generation is a 1995 independent black comedy thriller film co-edited, produced, written, and directed by Gregg Araki. The film stars James Duval
The_Doom_Generation
Cohort born during the late 1970s to early 1980s
these generations" Xennials is a portmanteau blending Generation X and Millennials to describe a "micro-generation" or "cross-over generation" of people
Xennials
Topics referred to by the same term
Third generation, Generation III, Gen 3 or Gen III may refer to: Third Generation (album), a 1982 album by Hiroshima The Third Generation (1920 film)
Third_generation
Topics referred to by the same term
Love Generation may refer to: "Love Generation" (song), a song by Bob Sinclar Love Generation (EP), a 2017 EP by DIA Love Generation (TV series), a Japanese
Love_Generation
Chronological listing of main battle tanks
Like jet fighter generations, main battle tanks are often classified as belonging to a particular generation, although the actual definition and membership
List of main battle tanks by generation
List_of_main_battle_tanks_by_generation
1997 studio album by Mötley Crüe
Generation Swine is the seventh studio album by the American heavy metal band Mötley Crüe, released on June 24, 1997. The album marks the return of lead
Generation_Swine
Tablet computer developed by Apple (2022–2025)
(10th generation) (also referred to as the iPad 10.9-inch) is a tablet computer developed and marketed by Apple as the successor to the ninth-generation iPad
IPad_(10th_generation)
People yet to be born
Future generations are cohorts of hypothetical people not yet born. Future generations are contrasted with current and past generations and evoked in order
Future_generations
Tablet computer developed by Apple released in 2025
eleventh-generation iPad (marketed as the iPad (A16)) is a tablet computer developed and marketed by Apple as the successor of the tenth-generation iPad.
IPad_(11th_generation)
Cohort born during the early 1990s to late 1990s
cusp of or during the later years of the Millennial generation and the early years of Generation Z. Sources typically give ranges of those born from 1993
Zillennials
Game controller by Valve
The second generation Steam Controller is a game controller developed by Valve for use with personal computers, running Steam on Windows, macOS, Linux
Steam Controller (2nd generation)
Steam_Controller_(2nd_generation)
Topics referred to by the same term
Fourth generation may refer to: 4G, the fourth generation of cellular wireless standards Fourth-generation programming language Fourth-generation jet fighter
Fourth_generation
2007 smartphone by Apple
the iPhone turned the smartphone industry "on its head", and later generations of the iPhone propelled Apple to become one of the world's most profitable
IPhone_(1st_generation)
American soccer development program
Generation Adidas is a joint venture between Major League Soccer and U.S. Soccer aimed at raising the level of young professional soccer talent in the
Generation_Adidas
Topics referred to by the same term
The 1960s generation, 60s generation, generation of '60s, Sixties' generation, etc. may refer to the following generations associated with the decade of
60s_generation
Starship inhabited for multiple generations
A generation ship, generation starship, or world ship is a hypothetical type of interstellar ark, a multi-generational space habitat and starship. It is
Generation_ship
Sports car manufactured by Chevrolet (1967-2024)
that evolved into the fifth-generation Camaro; production started on March 16, 2009. Production of the sixth generation of the Camaro ended in December
Chevrolet_Camaro
Topics referred to by the same term
Seventh generation can refer to: Seven generation sustainability, the idea that decisions should be considered for their impact on the seventh generation to
Seventh_generation
Japanese mid-size car
ホンダ・インスパイア, Hepburn: Honda Insupaia) in Japan and China for certain generations, is a series of automobiles manufactured by Honda since 1976, best known
Honda_Accord
Japanese compact car
Toyota reached the milestone of 50 million Corollas sold over twelve generations in 2021, and has sold over 54 million units as of early 2026. The name
Toyota_Corolla
Miniseries on the 2003 invasion of Iraq
Generation Kill is an American seven-part television miniseries produced for HBO that aired from July 13 to August 24, 2008. It is based on Evan Wright's
Generation_Kill_(miniseries)
Subdivision of space into cells
Mesh generation is the practice of creating a mesh, a subdivision of a continuous geometric space into discrete geometric and topological cells. Often
Mesh_generation
Topics referred to by the same term
Generation Next may refer to: Generation Next (professional wrestling), a professional wrestling stable Generation Next (album), the debut album from Aventura
Generation_Next
2004 book by Evan Wright
Generation Kill is a 2004 book written by Rolling Stone journalist Evan Wright chronicling his experience as an embedded reporter with the 1st Reconnaissance
Generation_Kill
France future aircraft carrier project
France Libre, formerly the Porte-avions de nouvelle génération (PA-NG; "new generation aircraft carrier") is a planned aircraft carrier for the French
French aircraft carrier France Libre
French_aircraft_carrier_France_Libre
2016 studio album by Kero Kero Bonito
Bonito Generation is the debut studio album by British indie pop band Kero Kero Bonito. A follow-up to the 2013 mixtape, Intro Bonito, this album was released
Bonito_Generation
Programmable machine that processes data
replaced vacuum tubes in computer designs, giving rise to the "second generation" of computers. Compared to vacuum tubes, transistors have many advantages:
Computer
Theory of life arising from non-living matter
Spontaneous generation is a superseded scientific theory that held that living creatures could arise from non-living matter and that such processes were
Spontaneous_generation
Generational status of immigrants and their descendants
(USCB) uses the term "generational status" to refer to the place of birth of an individual or an individual's parents. First-generation immigrants are the
Immigrant_generations
1965 single by the Who
"My Generation" is a song by the English rock band the Who, written by guitarist and primary songwriter Pete Townshend, from their debut album of the same
My_Generation
Portable media players by Apple (2001–2014)
six generations of the iPod Classic, as well as a spin-off (the iPod Photo) that was later re-integrated into the main iPod line. All generations used
IPod_Classic
Discontinued line of portable media players by Apple
portable media player designed and formerly marketed by Apple. The first-generation model was introduced on September 7, 2005, as a replacement for the iPod
IPod_Nano
Home media streaming device from Apple
first-generation Apple TV was introduced in 2007 and was primarily intended to download and play content from the iTunes Store. The second-generation model
Apple_TV_(device)
Motor vehicle
The Ford Mustang (S650) is the seventh-generation of the Ford Mustang pony car manufactured by Ford. First shown at the 2022 North American International
Ford Mustang (seventh generation)
Ford_Mustang_(seventh_generation)
BBC television game show (1971–2018)
The Generation Game is a British game show produced by the BBC in which four teams of two people from the same family, but different generations, compete
The_Generation_Game
2024 studio album by Anitta
Funk Generation is the sixth studio album by Brazilian singer Anitta. It was released on 26 April 2024, through Floresta Records, Republic Records and
Funk_Generation
Sixth generation of Honda Civic
The sixth-generation Honda Civic is an automobile produced by Honda from 1995 until 2000. It was introduced in 1995 with 3-door hatchback, 4-door sedan
Honda Civic (sixth generation)
Honda_Civic_(sixth_generation)
2021 tablet computer developed by Apple
generation) (also referred to as the iPad 10.2-inch) is a tablet computer developed and marketed by Apple as the successor to the eighth-generation iPad
IPad_(9th_generation)
Line of smartwatches
to use an Apple Watch as of December 2022. Apple has introduced a new generation of the Apple Watch with improved internal components each September –
Apple_Watch
Class of nuclear reactors with improved safety over its predecessors
Generation III reactors, or Gen III reactors, are a class of nuclear reactors designed to succeed Generation II reactors, incorporating evolutionary improvements
Generation_III_reactor
Series of pickup trucks manufactured by Ford
the model line is the F-150 pickup truck, currently in its fourteenth generation (introduced for the 2021 model year). From 1953 to 1983, the entry-level
Ford_F-Series
Wireless earbuds produced by Apple
are taken out of the ear. On March 20, 2019, Apple released the second-generation AirPods, which feature the H1 chip, longer talk time, and hands-free "Hey
AirPods
Topics referred to by the same term
This Generation may refer to: This Generation (Sonicflood album), 2005, or the title song This Generation (Murs and Fashawn album), 2012, or the title
This_Generation
Dutch childhood study
Generation R is a prospective, population based cohort study from fetal life until young adulthood in a multi-ethnic urban population in Rotterdam, the
Generation_R
Retrieved September 12, 2022. Rossignol, Joe (March 21, 2022). "Third-Generation iPhone SE Teardown Reveals Larger Battery Capacity and Snapdragon X57
List_of_iPhone_models
Motor vehicle
eighth-generation Honda Civic is a range of compact cars (C-segment) manufactured by Honda between 2005 and 2012, replacing the seventh-generation Civic
Honda Civic (eighth generation)
Honda_Civic_(eighth_generation)
Political party in Egypt
The Will of a Generation Party (Arabic: حزب إرادة جيل, romanized: Ḥizb irādat jīl), also known as the Eradet Geel Party, is an Egyptian political party
Will_of_a_Generation_Party
1959 film
From Generation to Generation at IMDb From Generation to Generation at the British Film Institute[better source needed] From Generation to Generation on
From_Generation_to_Generation
Canadian teen drama television series (2001–2015)
Degrassi: The Next Generation (renamed to Degrassi for seasons 10 to 14) is a Canadian teen drama television series created by Yan Moore and Linda Schuyler
Degrassi:_The_Next_Generation
2021 American dramedy television series
Generation (stylized as Genera+ion) is an American dramedy television series that premiered on HBO Max on March 11, 2021. In September 2021, the series
Generation_(TV_series)
German World War II TV miniseries
Generation War (German: Unsere Mütter, unsere Väter, translated as "Our Mothers, our Fathers") is a 2013 German World War II TV miniseries in three parts
Generation_War
Theory in the history of war
military history, the term "generations of warfare" refers to the concept of five "generations" in warfare, with each generation having different tactics
Generations_of_warfare
GENERATION
GENERATION
Surname or Lastname
English
English : nickname for someone with a pock-marked face (see Greeley).Richard Gridley arrived in Boston about 1630. His fourth-generation descendant Richard (1710/11–96) was born in Boston and became a military engineer and iron smelter.
Boy/Male
Tamil
Coming generation of father
Surname or Lastname
English and (especially) Scottish (of Norman origin), and French
English and (especially) Scottish (of Norman origin), and French : nickname from Anglo-Norman French graund, graunt ‘tall’, ‘large’ (Old French grand, grant, from Latin grandis), given either to a person of remarkable size, or else in a relative way to distinguish two bearers of the same personal name, often representatives of different generations within the same family.English and Scottish : from a medieval personal name, probably a survival into Middle English of the Old English byname Granta (see Grantham).Probably a respelling of German Grandt or Grand.The U.S. president General Ulysses S. Grant (1822–85), born in OH, was the descendant of a Puritan called Matthew Grant, who landed in Massachusetts with his wife, Priscilla, in 1630. This family of Grants continued in New England until Captain Noah Grant, having served throughout the Revolution, emigrated to PA in 1790 and later to OH.
Surname or Lastname
English, French, German, Dutch, Spanish (TobÃas), Hungarian (Tóbiás), and Jewish
English, French, German, Dutch, Spanish (TobÃas), Hungarian (Tóbiás), and Jewish : from a Greek form of the Hebrew male personal name TÅvyÄh ‘Jehovah is good’, which, together with various derivative forms, has been popular among Jews for generations.
Boy/Male
Tamil
Young generation
Surname or Lastname
English and Scottish
English and Scottish : habitational name from any of the numerous places called Hampton, including the cities of Southampton and Northampton (both of which were originally simply Hamtun). These all share the final Old English element tÅ«n ‘enclosure’, ‘settlement’, but the first is variously hÄm ‘homestead’, hamm ‘water meadow’, or hÄ“an, weak dative case (originally used after a preposition and article) of hÄ“ah ‘high’. This name is also established in Ireland, having first been taken there in the medieval period.The descendants of the clergyman Thomas Hampton, resident at Jamestown, VA, in 1630, lived in VA through three generations, multiplying their homesteads as the colony expanded and then branched into SC.
Boy/Male
Tamil
Coming generation of father
Surname or Lastname
English
English : habitational name from either of two places, in Hertfordshire and Surrey, called Puttenham, from the genitive case of the Old English byname Putta, meaning ‘kite’ (the bird) + Old English hÄm ‘homestead’.John Putnam emigrated from England to Salem, MA, before 1641, and established a family that was still prominent in Massachusetts four generations later, including the revolutionary war soldier Israel Putnam (1718–90) and his cousin Rufus Putnam (1738–1824), also a soldier, one of the first settlers in OH.
Boy/Male
Muslim
Old generation
Boy/Male
Hindu
Generation / banyan tree
Surname or Lastname
English
English : patronymic from the personal name Emery.The poet and essayist Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–82) was born in Boston of a line on his father’s side that can be traced back through preachers to the first colonial generation. The name Emerson was brought over from England independently by various other people, including a Thomas Emerson who settled at Ipswich, MA, in about 1636.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : probably a nickname from Middle English gode ‘good’ (Old English gÅd) + year, yere ‘year’, bestowed on someone who frequently used the expression, perhaps in the sense ‘(as I hope to have a) good year’ or as a New Year salutation. Alternatively, it may have been from an Americanized form of French Gauthier.English translation of German Gutjahr, originally a nickname for someone born on New year’s Day.The inventor of vulcanized rubber, Charles Goodyear (1800–60) was of the fourth generation descended from Stephen Goodyear (1598–1658), who succeeded Gov. Theophilus Eaton as leader of the company of London merchants that founded the New Haven colony in CT in 1638.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : unexplained.John Mifflin (born 1640) came to Delaware from Warminster, Wiltshire, England, in the 1670s. He is probably the same person as the John Mifflin, a Quaker, who built his home, ‘Fountain Green’, in Fairmont Park, Philadelphia, in 1679. His fourth-generation descendant Thomas Mifflin (1744–1800) was a member of the Continental Congress, a revolutionary soldier, and governor of PA.
Surname or Lastname
English (southwestern)
English (southwestern) : patronymic from Philip.The brothers George and William Phelps emigrated from Gloucestershire, England, to Dorchester, MA, about 1630. Five years later they moved to Windsor, CT. George’s sixth-generation descendant, Anson Greene Phelps (1781–1853), rose from being a penniless orphan to the status of a major industrialist and a prominent CT philanthropist.
Surname or Lastname
English (mainly southwestern England)
English (mainly southwestern England) : variant spelling of Hamm.French : habitational name from any of the various places in northern France (Ardennes, Pas-de-Calais, Somme, Moselle) named with the Germanic word ham ‘meadow in the bend of a river’, ‘water meadow’, ‘flood plain’.Dutch : variant of Hamme.Korean : there is only one Chinese character for the Ham surname. Some sources report that there are sixty different Ham clans, but only the KangnÅng Ham clan can be documented. Although some records have been lost and a few generations are unaccounted for, it is known that the founding ancestor of the Ham clan is Ham Kyu, a KoryÅ general who fought against the Mongol invaders in the thirteenth century. His ancestor, Ham HyÅk, was a Tang Chinese general who stayed in Korea after Tang China helped Shilla unify the peninsula during the seventh century. Another of Ham HyÅk’s ancestors, Ham Shin, accompanied Kim Chu-wÅn, the founding ancestor of the KangnÅng Kim family, to the KangnÅng area, and hence the Ham clan became the KangnÅng Ham clan. The first prominent ancestor from KangnÅng whose genealogy can be verified is Ham Kyu, the KoryÅ general. Accordingly, he is regarded as the KangnÅng Ham clan’s founding ancestor.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : habitational name from a place in Kent named Chittenden, probably from an Old English personal name Citta (perhaps a byname derived from cī{dh} ‘shoot’, ‘sprout’) + -ing- denoting association + Old English denn ‘swine pasture’.William Chittenden came from Cranbrook, Kent, England, and settled in Guilford, CT, in 1639. His fourth-generation descendant Thomas Chittenden, born in East Guilford, CT, in 1730, received a grant of land in 1774 in VT, where he was governor, as was his son Martin. Thomas’s other sons each sat in the VT assembly and held various public offices.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : habitational name from a place in Shropshire, so called from Old English plæga, plega ‘play’, ‘sport’ + denu ‘valley’. Compare Playford. The vowel of the first syllable is not easy to explain, but it occurs as early as 1286, a single generation after the unambiguous Plaueden, Pleweden of 1252.
Surname or Lastname
English, German, French, Jewish (Ashkenazic), Lithuanian, Czech and Slovak (Jonáš), and Hungarian (Jónás)
English, German, French, Jewish (Ashkenazic), Lithuanian, Czech and Slovak (Jonáš), and Hungarian (Jónás) : from a medieval personal name, which comes from the Hebrew male personal name Yona, meaning ‘dove’. In the book of the Bible which bears his name, Jonah was appointed by God to preach repentance to the city of Nineveh, but tried to flee instead to Tarshish. On the voyage to Tarshish, a great storm blew up, and Jonah was thrown overboard by his shipmates to appease God’s wrath, swallowed by a great fish, and delivered by it on the shores of Nineveh. This story exercised a powerful hold on the popular imagination in medieval Europe, and the personal name was a relatively common choice. The Hebrew name and its reflexes in other languages (for example Yiddish Yoyne) have been popular Jewish personal names for generations. There are also saints, martyrs, and bishops called Jonas venerated in the Orthodox Church. Ionas is found as a Greek family name.Jewish (Ashkenazic) : respelling of Yonis, with Yiddish possessive -s.
Girl/Female
Biblical
Fountain, eye of generation, or of habitation.
Surname or Lastname
English, French, and German
English, French, and German : from the vernacular form of the Hebrew personal name Yehuda ‘Judah’ (of unknown meaning). In the Bible, this is the name of Jacob’s eldest son. It was not a popular name among Christians in medieval Europe, because of the associations it had with Judas Iscariot, the disciple who betrayed Christ for thirty pieces of silver. Among Jews, however, the Hebrew name and its reflexes in various Jewish languages (such as Yiddish Yude) have been popular for generations, and have given rise to many Jewish surnames.French : name for a Jew, Old French jude (Latin Iudaeus, Greek Ioudaios, from Hebrew Yehudi ‘member of the tribe of Judah’).English : from a pet form of Jordan.
GENERATION
GENERATION
Boy/Male
Hindu
Attentive, Skilful
Boy/Male
Indian, Sanskrit
King of the Moon
Male
German
German form of Latin Caietanus, KAYETAN means "from Caieta (Gaeta, Italy)."
Boy/Male
Tamil
Prahlada | பà¯à®°à®¹à®²à®¾à®¤
Extreme joyful (Son of hiranyakashyap)
Boy/Male
Indian, Punjabi, Sikh
Protector of the Sun
Boy/Male
English, Indian
Noble
Male
Welsh
Welsh form of Middle English Jankin, SIENCYN means "God is gracious."Â
Boy/Male
Muslim
King
Male
Italian
Contracted form of Italian Enzio, EZIO means "home-ruler."
Boy/Male
Tamil
Chandrahas | சநà¯à®¤à¯à®°à®¹à®¾à®¸
Smiling like a Moon, Bow of Shiva
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n.
The formation or production of any geometrical magnitude, as a line, a surface, a solid, by the motion, in accordance with a mathematical law, of a point or a magnitude; as, the generation of a line or curve by the motion of a point, of a surface by a line, a sphere by a semicircle, etc.
n.
Race; generation; birth.
n.
An animal in one of its inferior stages of development, as one of the intermediate forms in alternate generation.
a.
Contained in seed; holding the relation of seed, source, or first principle; holding the first place in a series of developed results or consequents; germinal; radical; primary; original; as, seminal principles of generation; seminal virtue.
n.
A zooid of the third generation in asexual reproduction.
a.
Of or pertaining to the generation of electricity by means of solid bodies alone; as, a stereoelectric current is one obtained by means of solids, without any liquid.
n.
The doctrine that human souls are produced by the act of generation; -- opposed to creationism, and infusionism.
n.
A theory of generation in which each germ is supposed to contain the germs of all subsequent generations; -- the opposite of epigenesis.
a.
Growing; advancing to adult years and to the state of active life; as, the rising generation.
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A family, race, or series of generations, descending from the same progenitor, and kept distinct, as in the case of the twelve tribes of Israel, descended from the twelve sons of Jacob.
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The act of transmitting, or the state of being transmitted; as, the transmission of letters, writings, papers, news, and the like, from one country to another; the transmission of rights, titles, or privileges, from father to son, or from one generation to another.
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That method of reproduction in which the successive generations are alike, the offspring, either animal or plant, running through the same cycle of existence as the parent; gamogenesis; -- opposed to heterogenesis.
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The generation or breeding of vermin.
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Race; stock; generation; descent; family.
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The stock of a family; a race or generation of progenitors.
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Origination by some process, mathematical, chemical, or vital; production; formation; as, the generation of sounds, of gases, of curves, etc.
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The generation or genealogy of the gods; that branch of heathen theology which deals with the origin and descent of the deities; also, a poem treating of such genealogies; as, the Theogony of Hesiod.
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Of or pertaining to sex, or the sexes; distinguishing sex; peculiar to the distinction and office of male or female; relating to the distinctive genital organs of the sexes; proceeding from, or based upon, sex; as, sexual characteristics; sexual intercourse, connection, or commerce; sexual desire; sexual diseases; sexual generation.
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An early or simple larval stage of trematode worms and some other invertebrates, which is capable or reproducing other germs by asexual generation; a nurse; a redia.
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Of, pertaining to, or designating, that class of vital phenomena, such as digestion, absorption, assimilation, secretion, excretion, circulation, generation, etc., which are common to plants and animals, in distinction from sensation and volition, which are peculiar to animals.