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Answer to a claim made by someone in a common law criminal case
law, a plea is a defendant's response to a criminal charge. A defendant may plead guilty or not guilty. Depending on jurisdiction, additional pleas may be
Plea
Type of guilty plea in the United States
States law, an Alford plea, also called a Kennedy plea in West Virginia, an Alford guilty plea, and the Alford doctrine, is a guilty plea in criminal court
Alford_plea
Agreement in a criminal case between the prosecutor and defendant
A plea bargain, also known as a plea agreement or plea deal, is a legal arrangement in criminal law where the defendant agrees to plead guilty or no contest
Plea_bargain
Plea in which the defendant neither admits nor disputes a charge
type of legal plea used in some jurisdictions in the United States. It is also referred to as a plea of no contest or no defense. It is a plea where the defendant
Nolo_contendere
2025 single by Flea
"A Plea" is the debut solo single by the Red Hot Chili Peppers bassist Flea, released on December 2, 2025, by Nonesuch Records. It is the first single
A_Plea
Court terminology
Plea rolls are parchment rolls recording details of legal suits or actions in a court of law in England. Courts began recording their proceedings in plea
Plea_rolls
Legal terminology in the common law
A plea in equity, in the common law, is a statement of facts raised by a defendant which operates as a defense to an equitable claim raised by the plaintiff
Plea_in_equity
Plea bargaining in the United States is very common; the vast majority of criminal cases in the United States are settled by plea bargain rather than
Plea bargaining in the United States
Plea_bargaining_in_the_United_States
French footballer (born 1993)
Alassane Alexandre Pléa (born 10 March 1993) is a French professional footballer who plays as a forward, left winger or attacking midfielder for Eredivisie
Alassane_Pléa
Topics referred to by the same term
A plea is an answer to a claim in a criminal court case. Plea may also refer to: Plea (bug), a genus of bugs in the family Pleidae The Plea (film), a
Plea_(disambiguation)
Topics referred to by the same term
Plea for Peace may refer to: Plea for Peace Foundation, a non-profit organization based in California Plea for Peace (EP), an EP by Operation Ivy This
Plea_for_Peace
Index of articles associated with the same name
of Common Pleas Ohio Courts of Common Pleas Pennsylvania Courts of Common Pleas South Carolina Court of Common Pleas Court of Common Pleas at Westminster
Court_of_Common_Pleas
2016 kidnapping hoax
part of a plea agreement; she admitted to orchestrating the hoax. Thirty-three other counts of mail fraud were dropped as part of the plea agreement.
Sherri_Papini_kidnapping_hoax
1967 Soviet film
The Plea (Georgian: ვედრება translit. Vedreba, Russian: Мольба, romanized: Molba) is a 1967 Soviet art drama film directed by Tengiz Abuladze and co-written
The_Plea_(film)
British-American socialite and alleged drug dealer
gained international attention following her indictment and subsequent guilty plea in connection with the overdose death of actor Matthew Perry. Prosecutors
Jasveen_Sangha
Mexican drug trafficker; son of El Chapo Guzman (born 1986)
it was confirmed that Guzmán and his brother, Ovidio, were negotiating a plea deals and would be represented by same attorney. Their next hearing was scheduled
Joaquín_Guzmán_López
Legal concept regarding a defendant's state of mind
fall in unfitness to plead and insanity findings. A plea of diminished capacity is different from a plea of insanity in that "reason of insanity" is a full
Insanity_defense
American Christian metalcore band
A Plea for Purging is an American Christian metalcore band based out of Nashville, Tennessee. During their time active, they released four full-length
A_Plea_for_Purging
Formal reading of the offence to a criminal defendant
jurisdictions, the accused is expected to enter a plea; in other jurisdictions, no plea is required. Acceptable pleas vary among jurisdictions, but they generally
Arraignment
2014 child abuse case in Detroit, Michigan, United States
Bothuell IV pleaded guilty to fourth-degree child abuse after accepting a plea deal. In early 2014, Bothuell IV and Dillard-Bothuell reported their son
Disappearance of Charles Bothuell V
Disappearance_of_Charles_Bothuell_V
2024 studio album by Chuck Strangers
A Forsaken Lover's Plea is the second studio album by American rapper and record producer Chuck Strangers. The album was released on March 15, 2024, through
A_Forsaken_Lover's_Plea
2007 lewd conduct scandal
entered a guilty plea to a lesser charge of disorderly conduct. As a result of the controversy surrounding his arrest and guilty plea, and following pressure
Larry_Craig_scandal
1956 film
The Bigamist (Italian: Il bigamo) is a 1956 Italian comedy film directed by Luciano Emmer. Mario De Santis, an enterprising trade representative who sells
The_Bigamist_(1956_film)
1992 EP by Operation Ivy
Plea for Peace is the final EP by the American punk rock band Operation Ivy. It was released in February 1992, three years after they disbanded, through
Plea_for_Peace_(EP)
Essay by Henry David Thoreau
"A Plea for Captain John Brown" is an essay by Henry David Thoreau, based on a speech he first delivered to an audience at Concord, Massachusetts, on October
A_Plea_for_Captain_John_Brown
Defensive plea that lists special reasons why a trial cannot proceed
peremptory pleas (pleas in bar) are defensive pleas that set out special reasons for which a trial cannot proceed; they serve to bar the case entirely. Pleas in
Peremptory_plea
Canadian woman convicted of manslaughter and ex-wife of Paul Bernardo (born 1970)
between 1990 and 1992. Homolka attracted worldwide media attention when a plea bargain with Ontario prosecutors meant she was only convicted of manslaughter
Karla_Homolka
Genus of true bugs
Asia). There are two valid species in the genus Plea: Plea cryptica Raupach, Charzinski, & Hendrich, 2024 Plea minutissima Leach, 1818 Leach WE (1818). On
Plea_(bug)
Criminal trial in Fulton County, Georgia
admissible. Several defendants, including Young Thug and Gunna, entered plea agreements during the trial, resulting in prison sentences and other conditions
YSL Records racketeering trial
YSL_Records_racketeering_trial
American serial killer (born 1949)
Kenworth truck factory where he worked in Renton, Washington. As part of a plea bargain wherein he agreed to disclose the locations of still-missing women
Gary_Ridgway
Book by William Hawkins
A Treatise of Pleas of the Crown; or, a system of the principal matters relating to that subject, digested under proper heads (or Pleas of the Crown for
A Treatise of Pleas of the Crown
A_Treatise_of_Pleas_of_the_Crown
1886 book by Henry S. Salt
A Plea for Vegetarianism and Other Essays is a 1886 essay collection by the British writer and social reformer Henry S. Salt. Published by the Vegetarian
A Plea for Vegetarianism and Other Essays
A_Plea_for_Vegetarianism_and_Other_Essays
American financier and child sex offender (1953–2019)
to testify and witness credibility. This influenced a now-controversial plea deal negotiation, under which Epstein pleaded guilty to state charges of
Jeffrey_Epstein
2018 mass murder in Colorado
Watts pleaded guilty to multiple counts of first‑degree murder under a plea agreement in which the death penalty—later abolished in Colorado in 2020—was
Watts_family_murders
American criminal and religious leader
of the unions were legally or ceremonially recognized. According to his plea agreement and court documents, Bateman: Regularly directed individual and
Samuel_Bateman
Malian-French rapper (born 1974)
Abdoulaye Plea Diarra (French pronunciation: [abdulaj plea djaʁa]; born 3 August 1974), better known by his stage name Oxmo Puccino (French: [ɔksmo putʃino]
Oxmo_Puccino
Type of legal defense
An abatement in pleading, or plea in abatement, was a defence in common law to legal proceedings that did not contest the principle of the plaintiff's
Abatement_in_pleading
2007 song by Frederik Ndoci
"Hear My Plea" is a song by Albanian singer and songwriter Frederik Ndoci. It was issued as part of a CD compilation on 20 April 2007 by CMC Records. The
Hear_My_Plea
Topics referred to by the same term
Chief Pleas or Court of Chief Pleas may refer to: Chief Pleas (Sark), legislative assembly of Sark, Channel Islands Court of Chief Pleas (Guernsey), ancient
Chief_Pleas_(disambiguation)
U.S. state court
of South Carolina. It consists of a civil division (the Court of Common Pleas) and a criminal division (the Court of General Sessions). The Circuit Court
South_Carolina_Circuit_Court
2002–2004 kidnappings in Cleveland, Ohio, US
criminal counts of rape, kidnapping, and aggravated murder as part of a plea bargain. He was sentenced to life imprisonment plus 1,000 years in prison
Ariel_Castro_kidnappings
Church in Norfolk, England
St Michael at Plea is a Grade I listed redundant parish church in Norwich, situated on Redwell Street, formerly of the Church of England. It was in existence
St_Michael_at_Plea
2016 homicide case in New Mexico, US
District Attorney Raúl Torrez announced that Michelle Martens accepted a plea bargain to one count of child abuse resulting in death. Torrez said in a
Killing_of_Victoria_Martens
not to justify an unreasonable use of force in a plea of self-defence. Ordinarily, in relation that plea, the necessity for force must be judged from the
R_v_O'Grady
2013 murder in North Attleborough, Massachusetts
2016, Ortiz changed his 'not guilty' plea and pleaded guilty to accessory after the fact. In exchange for his plea, prosecutors dropped the murder charge
Murder_of_Odin_Lloyd
1998 studio album by W. C. Clark
Lover's Plea is an album by the American musician W. C. Clark, released in 1998. It was his third album for Black Top Records. Clark supported the album
Lover's_Plea
Irish band
The Plea are an Irish, Ballyliffin based, indie rock quartet. They were the first band signed to Apollo Records (an indie/rock offshoot of Belgian dance/techno
The_Plea_(band)
an Alford plea. An Alford plea (also referred to as Alford guilty plea and Alford doctrine) in the law of the United States is a guilty plea in criminal
List of people who entered an Alford plea
List_of_people_who_entered_an_Alford_plea
Criminal case in U.S. courts
investigation as part of a plea deal. Judge Rudolph Contreras was initially assigned to the case, and he accepted the plea bargain between Flynn and Special
Trial_of_Michael_Flynn
1899 speech by Temple Lea Houston
The Soiled Dove Plea was a speech delivered by the attorney Temple Lea Houston on behalf of a prostitute, Minnie Stacey, in 1899 in Woodward, Oklahoma
Soiled_Dove_Plea
American murder case
exchange for Heinrich's plea, the prosecutors agreed not to charge him with Wetterling's murder. In accordance with the plea agreement, Heinrich was sentenced
Murder_of_Jacob_Wetterling
Men convicted of 1993 murders in Arkansas, United States
the West Memphis Three negotiated a plea bargain with prosecutors. On August 19, 2011, they entered Alford pleas, which allowed them to assert their innocence
West_Memphis_Three
1990 animated TV film directed by Milton Gray
Cartoon All-Stars to the Rescue is a 1990 American animated children's comedy-drama social guidance television special starring many characters from several
Cartoon All-Stars to the Rescue
Cartoon_All-Stars_to_the_Rescue
2020 murder in Winter Park, Florida
attorney James Owens. Owens met with state prosecutors about a possible plea agreement to the charge of manslaughter in exchange for a 15-year sentence
Murder_of_Jorge_Torres
American convicted serial rapist and murderer (born 1959)
Lorenzo offered a plea of no contest, on the condition that the death penalty was taken off the table. He emphasized in his plea that he did not kill
Steven_Lorenzo
Criminal defense of following the orders of a superior
orders, also known as just following orders or the Nuremberg defense, is a plea in a court of law that a person, whether civilian, military or police, should
Superior_orders
A plea colloquy, in United States criminal procedure, is a conversation between a judge and a criminal defendant who has been sworn under oath, which must
Plea_colloquy
2010 murder of a 19-year-old girl in Ensley, Florida
sentence after pleading guilty to murder and kidnapping. Lee was granted a plea agreement and therefore sentenced to 25 years in prison. Brown is currently
Murder_of_Audreanna_Zimmerman
American domestic terrorist (born 1966)
Fugitives for five years, until he was caught in 2003. In 2005, as part of a plea bargain, Rudolph pled guilty to numerous state and federal homicide charges
Eric_Rudolph
Mass stabbing in Moscow, Idaho, U.S.
initially sought the death penalty. On July 2, 2025, Kohberger entered a guilty plea to all charges against him as part of a deal to avoid the death penalty.
2022 University of Idaho murders
2022_University_of_Idaho_murders
1988 English studio album by Morrissey
Likely To", "I've Changed My Plea to Guilty" Alan Winstanley - producer, "Girl Least Likely To", "I've Changed My Plea to Guilty" Steve Lillywhite -
Viva_Hate
Legal concept
applied to the conversation that takes place when a defendant enters into a plea bargain and the judge is supposed to verify that the defendant understands
Colloquy_(law)
1746 book by Robert Morris
A Reasonable Plea for the Animal Creation: Being a Reply to a Late Pamphlet, Intituled, A Dissertation on the Voluntary Eating of Blood, &c. is a 1746
A Reasonable Plea for the Animal Creation
A_Reasonable_Plea_for_the_Animal_Creation
1983 studio album by The Jack Walrath Group
A Plea for Sanity is an album by trumpeter Jack Walrath which was recorded in 1982 and released on the Stash label in 1983. The AllMusic review by Scott
A_Plea_for_Sanity
2012 book by Joachim Gauck
Freedom. A Plea (German: Freiheit. Ein Plädoyer) is a book by Joachim Gauck, the President of Germany, released on 20 February 2012, the day after his
Freedom:_A_Plea
Canadian gangster (1947–1991)
1971 Kingston Penitentiary riot. His plea bargain with the Crown in 1971 is one of the most controversial plea bargains in Canadian legal history. Beaucage
Brian_Beaucage
American woman who went missing in 2011
some of the evidence in the case had been suppressed, Roldan accepted a plea bargain from prosecutors. He pled guilty to two felony assault charges and
Murder_of_Bethany_Decker
Alford plea usage documents usage of the form of guilty plea known as the Alford plea in each of the U.S. states in the United States. An Alford plea (also
List of U.S. states by Alford plea usage
List_of_U.S._states_by_Alford_plea_usage
Cases of corruption by officials and associates connected with FIFA
simultaneously announced the unsealing of the indictments and the prior guilty pleas by four football executives and two corporations. The investigation revolved
2015_FIFA_corruption_case
2023 murder of a teenager in Texas
less than eight months before Medina's murder, he entered a no-contest plea and was placed on five years of probation. On the evening of December 5,
Murder_of_Lizbeth_Medina
Mexican drug lord (born 1948)
many high-level Mexican public officials". During his August 2025 guilty plea, Zambada acknowledged the extent of the Sinaloa Cartel's operations, including
El_Mayo
Formal accusation that someone committed a crime
prosecution, the vast majority of criminal cases in the US are resolved by the plea-bargaining process. A sealed indictment stays non-public, for various reasons
Indictment
1970 United States Supreme Court case
guilty plea from a defendant who wants to plead guilty, while still protesting his innocence, under duress, as a detainee status. This type of plea has become
North_Carolina_v._Alford
American spokesperson and sex offender (born 1977)
sentence, Tanya Walton Pratt, said that this failure tainted the entire plea deal. Prosecutors filed a new indictment for 30 charges of producing and
Jared_Fogle
Polish and French filmmaker (born 1933)
hearing in 1978, he learned that the judge would likely reject the proffered plea bargain, so he fled the U.S. to Europe, where he continued his career. He
Roman_Polanski
47th Chief Justice of Madras High Court
Dharmadhikari was a part of the two judge division bench which was hearing plea against the release of The Kerala Story 2 Goes Beyond. In February 2026,
S._A._Dharmadhikari
American convicted serial killer
convicted of second-degree murder and sentenced to 15 years in prison through a plea agreement with the prosecution. Waldrop served less than seven years out
Billy_Waldrop
2018 accident in upstate New York
criminally negligent homicide and second-degree manslaughter. In a September 2021 plea bargain, Hussain pleaded guilty to the charges of criminally negligent homicide
Schoharie_limousine_crash
2003 child murder case in Brownsville, Texas
counts of capital murder after she reached a plea agreement with the prosecution. As a result of this plea deal, the death penalty was taken off the table
2003 Brownsville child murders
2003_Brownsville_child_murders
Judge of the High Court of Delhi
recusal plea". The Indian Express. 2026-04-13. Retrieved 2026-04-13. "Kejriwal seeks Justice Sharma's recusal in excise case; Centre calls plea 'contemptuous'"
Swarana_Kanta_Sharma
accepting a plea of guilty or nolo contendere, the court must address the defendant personally in open court and determine that the plea is voluntary
Voluntariness
English-Welsh court for common and equity law (1190s–1880)
The term Exchequer of Pleas describes an aspect of the Court of Exchequer: a 'collateral and derivative department of its jurisdiction', namely its function
Exchequer_of_Pleas
Musical artist
Less Than Jake, Alkaline Trio, and The Lawrence Arms. In 1999 he formed the Plea for Peace Foundation an organization whose aim is "to promote the ideas of
Mike_Park
British former cancer patient (1979–2020)
Variations of the plea for greeting cards on his behalf in 1989 are still being distributed through the Internet, making the plea one of the most persistent
Craig_Shergold
American murderer and police officer (born 1976)
after initially entering a plea of not guilty to the federal charges, Chauvin requested a hearing to offer a revised plea. On December 15, 2021, Chauvin
Derek_Chauvin
American murderer (born 1958)
knife was not accepted by law enforcement. She ultimately entered an Alford plea before charges of first-degree murder and armed criminal action could go
Pam_Hupp
Legal verdict
that a defendant is guilty of a crime. A conviction may follow a guilty plea that is accepted by the court, a jury trial in which a verdict of guilty
Conviction
Adage on computer performance
Niklaus Wirth, a computer scientist who discussed it in his 1995 article "A Plea for Lean Software". Wirth attributed the saying to Martin Reiser, who in
Wirth's_law
2025 film by Bharat S. Shrinate and Jayant Sinha
Jaipur. On July 9, 2025, the Supreme Court declined an urgent hearing on a plea by Mohammed Javed, an accused in the murder case, who argued that the film’s
Udaipur_Files
Criminal case
charges. He later changed his plea to guilty after agreeing to a deal with law enforcement on February 1, 2019. The guilty plea resulted in Hernandez admitting
Trial of the Nine Trey Gangsters
Trial_of_the_Nine_Trey_Gangsters
American mass murderer (born 1987)
hospitalized after attempting suicide several times while in jail. Holmes entered a plea of not guilty by reason of insanity, which was accepted. His trial began
James_Holmes_(mass_murderer)
American man convicted of murder
released from prison after being sentenced to time served after an Alford plea on March 3, 2012. Elmore maintained his innocence throughout the entirety
Edward_Lee_Elmore
1989 song
Grammy Award for Best Song Written for Visual Media in 1991. The song is a plea by the crab Sebastian convincing Ariel to remain sea-bound and resist her
Under_the_Sea
Pakistani militant (born 1965)
plea deal negotiations. On 31 July 2024, Mohammed agreed to plead guilty in exchange for a life sentence rather than a death-penalty trial. His plea deal
Khalid_Sheikh_Mohammed
1962 single by Marvin Gaye
"Soldier's Plea" is a 1962 single released by singer Marvin Gaye as Tamla 54063, and was the last non-charted early single Marvin released prior to releasing
Soldier's_Plea
Case of child sexual abuse against director Roman Polanski
but later accepted a plea bargain whose terms included dismissal of the five more serious charges in exchange for a guilty plea to the lesser charge of
Roman Polanski sexual abuse case
Roman_Polanski_sexual_abuse_case
2019 terrorist attacks in New Zealand
changing his plea. On 25 March, Tarrant issued his lawyers with formal written instructions confirming that he wanted to change his pleas to guilty. In
Christchurch_mosque_shootings
Parliament of Sark
The Chief Pleas is the parliament of Sark, part of the Channel Islands within the Bailiwick of Guernsey. It serves as the island’s legislative body, responsible
Chief_Pleas
1888 essay by Henry S. Salt
notices in The Morning Post and Our Corner described the essay as a thoughtful plea for vegetarianism. Henry S. Salt (1851–1939) was born at Naini Tal in India
Flesh or Fruit? An Essay on Food Reform
Flesh_or_Fruit?_An_Essay_on_Food_Reform
is a rhythm and dance originating in Haitian Vodou Its name means "humble plea" in Fon Language. The Yanvalou is performed during the Rada rituals of Haitian
Yanvalou
PLEA
PLEA
Surname or Lastname
English
English : nickname for a cheerful or boisterous person, from Middle English ga(i)le ‘jovial’, ‘rowdy’, from Old English gÄl ‘light’, ‘pleasant’, ‘merry’, which was reinforced in Middle English by Old French gail. Compare Gail 2.English : from a Germanic personal name introduced into England from France by the Normans in the form Gal(on). Two originally distinct names have fallen together in this form: one was a short form of compound names with the first element gail ‘cheerful’, ‘joyous’. Compare Gaillard, the other was a byname from the element walh ‘stranger’, ‘foreigner’.English : metonymic occupational name for a jailer, topographic name for someone who lived near the local jail, or nickname for a jailbird, from Old Northern French gaiole ‘jail’ (Late Latin caveola, a diminutive of classical Latin cavea ‘cage’).Portuguese : from galé ‘galleon’, ‘war ship’, presumably a metonymic occupational name for a shipwright or a mariner.Slovenian : from a pet form of the personal name Gal (Latin Gallus), formed with the suffix -e, usually denoting a young person.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : nickname from Middle English douce, dowce ‘sweet’, ‘pleasant’ (Old French dolz, dous, from Latin dulcis). This was also in occasional use as a female personal name in the Middle Ages, and some examples may derive from it.Italian : from duce ‘leader’, ‘chief’, probably applied as a nickname.
Female
English
English form of Old French Plaisance, PLEASANCE means "pleasant."
Surname or Lastname
English
English : nickname from Middle English, Old French grace ‘charm’, ‘pleasantness’ (Latin gratia).English : from the female personal name Grace, which was popular in the Middle Ages. This seems in the first instance to have been from a Germanic element grīs ‘gray’ (see Grice 1), but was soon associated by folk etymology with the Latin word meaning ‘charm’.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : from the medieval female personal name Pleasant (Old French Plaisant) (see Plaisance 1).
Surname or Lastname
English
English : habitational name from any of several minor places named with the Old English elements myrige ‘pleasant’ + hyll ‘hill’.
Boy/Male
Tamil
Prasanna | பà¯à®°à®¸à®¨à¯à®¨à®¾
Cheerful, Pleased, Happy
Prasanna | பà¯à®°à®¸à®¨à¯à®¨à®¾
Surname or Lastname
Northern Irish
Northern Irish : shortened Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Mealláin ‘descendant of Meallán’, a personal name that is a diminutive of meall ‘pleasant’.English (of Norman origin) : habitational name from Meulan in Seine-et-Oise.Dutch (van Mellon) : habitational name from Millun bij Keulen.Thomas and Sarah Jane Mellon came to Pittsburgh, PA, from Lower Castletown, Tyrone, Ireland, in 1818. Their grandson, the industrialist and financier Andrew William Mellon (1855–1937) is remembered not only as a businessman but also as an art collector. He served as secretary of the Treasury from 1921 to 1932.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : nickname for someone with gray hair or a gray beard, from Old English græg ‘gray’. In Scotland and Ireland it has been used as a translation of various Gaelic surnames derived from riabhach ‘brindled’, ‘gray’ (see Reavey). In North America this name has assimilated names with similar meaning from other European languages.English and Scottish (of Norman origin) : habitational name from Graye in Calvados, France, named from the Gallo-Roman personal name Gratus, meaning ‘welcome’, ‘pleasing’ + the locative suffix -acum.French and Swiss French : habitational name from Gray in Haute-Saône and Le Gray in Seine-Maritime, both in France, or from Gray-la-ville in Switzerland, or a regional name from the Swiss canton of Graubünden.A leading English family called Grey, holders of the earldom of Stamford, can be traced to Henry de Grey, who was granted lands at Thurrock, Essex, by Richard I (1189–99). They once held great power, and Henry Grey, Duke of Suffolk (1517–54), married a granddaughter of Henry VII. Because of this he felt entitled to claim the throne for his daughter, Lady Jane Grey (1537–54), after the death of Henry VIII. For this, and for his part in Wyatt’s rebellion, both he and his daughter were beheaded.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : habitational name from places called Harwell in south Oxfordshire (formerly part of Berkshire) and Nottinghamshire. The former was named in Old English as ‘spring or stream by or from the gray one’, from HÄra ‘the gray’ (here referring to a certain hill) + wella; while the latter was named from Old English hÄ“ore, hÌ„re ‘pleasant’ + wella ‘stream’.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : nickname for someone with a blithe or happy disposition, from Middle English merry ‘lively’, ‘cheerful’ (Old English myr(i)ge ‘pleasant’, ‘agreeable’).Irish : Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Mearadhaigh, Ó Meardha ‘descendant of Mearadhach’, ‘descendant of Meardha’, personal names derived from an adjective meaning ‘lively’, ‘wild’, ‘wanton’.French : from a vernacular form of the personal name Médéric, derived from a Germanic personal name conposed of mecht ‘strength’, ‘might’ + rīc ‘power’; ‘ruler’.French : habitational name from Merry in Yonne or Merri in Orne, derived from the Latin personal name Matrius + the suffix -acum.
Surname or Lastname
English (mainly West Country)
English (mainly West Country) : nickname for a pleasant and affable man, from Middle English hende ‘courteous’, ‘kind’, ‘gentle’. Hendy was also sometimes used as a personal name in the Middle Ages and some examples of the surname may derive from this rather than from the nickname. The surname is also found in Ireland.
Surname or Lastname
English (found chiefly in the West Midlands and in Ireland)
English (found chiefly in the West Midlands and in Ireland) : habitational name from Hodnet in Shropshire, or any of various places called Hoddnant in Wales. The place names are from Welsh hawdd ‘pleasant’, ‘peaceful’ + nant ‘valley’, ‘stream’.
Surname or Lastname
English and French
English and French : nickname from Old French mignot ‘dainty’, ‘pleasing’.English and French : from Minnota, a pet form of the female personal name Minna. This was originally a Germanic personal name from Old High German minna ‘love’, but later it was also used as a short form of Willemina, a feminine version of William.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : habitational name from any of the various places so called, for example in Devon, Kent, and West Yorkshire. According to Ekwall, the first element of these place names is respectively Old English (ge)mǣre ‘boundary’, myrig ‘pleasant’, and mearð ‘(pine) marten’. The second element in each case is Old English lēah ‘woodland clearing’. This surname was taken to Ireland by a Northumbrian family who settled there in the 17th century.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : habitational name from a place in Staffordshire, so named from Old English fæger ‘pleasant’ + wella ‘spring’, ‘stream’.
Boy/Male
Tamil
Prashanna | பà¯à®°à®·à®¨à®¨à®¾
Cheerful, Pleased, Happy
Prashanna | பà¯à®°à®·à®¨à®¨à®¾
Surname or Lastname
English
English : habitational name from any of various places, such as Merryfield in Devon and Cornwall or Mirfield in West Yorkshire, all named with the Old English elements myrige ‘pleasant’ + feld ‘pasture’, ‘open country’ (see Field).
Girl/Female
French
Pleasure.
Female
English
English name derived from the vocabulary word, PLEASANT means simply "pleasant."
PLEA
PLEA
Boy/Male
American, Anglo, Australian, British, Christian, English, French, Indian
From the Village Near a Bridge; Dweller by the Bridge
Boy/Male
Biblical Greek
Victory of the people.
Boy/Male
Tamil
Boy/Male
Irish
Small wolf.
Female
Egyptian
, a priestess of Amen Ra.
Boy/Male
Hindu, Indian, Kannada
Monkey
Girl/Female
Indian
Softness as Milk
Surname or Lastname
English and Irish (pronounced Bow)
English and Irish (pronounced Bow) : variant spelling of Bow.English (pronounced Boff) : from a Norman form of Old French boeuf ‘bull’, ‘ox’, hence a nickname for a powerfully built man, or in some cases a metonymic occupational name for a herdsman.
Boy/Male
Tamil
Witness
Girl/Female
Australian, Gujarati, Hindu, Indian, Kannada
Entertainment
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n.
An object of pleasure.
v. t.
To give pleasure to; to excite agreeable sensations or emotions in; to make glad; to gratify; to content; to satisfy.
a.
Capable of affording pleasure or satisfaction; gratifying; abounding in pleasantness or pleasantry.
a.
Experiencing pleasure.
n.
That which pleases; a favor; a gratification.
v. i.
To take pleasure; to seek pursue pleasure; as, to go pleasuring.
v. i.
To afford or impart pleasure; to excite agreeable emotions.
v. t.
To give or afford pleasure to; to please; to gratify.
v. i.
To have pleasure; to be willing, as a matter of affording pleasure or showing favor; to vouchsafe; to consent.
n.
A person devoted to worldly pleasure.
p. pr. & vb. n.
of Pleasure
v. t.
To have or take pleasure in; hence, to choose; to wish; to desire; to will.
n.
A pleasure seeker.
a.
Affording pleasure.
n.
One whose motive is to please men or the world, rather than God.
a.
Devoid of pleasure.
imp. & p. p.
of Pleasure
v. t.
To be the will or pleasure of; to seem good to; -- used impersonally.
n.
One who pleases or gratifies.
a.
Giving pleasure or satisfaction; causing agreeable emotion; agreeable; delightful; as, a pleasing prospect; pleasing manners.