living soul



living soul

A person. For example, Every living soul in this town has a stake in the decision to ban smoking, or The place was empty-not a living soul to be found. [First half of 1600s]
See also: living, soul

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
Elsje-Dutch
Daryna-Ukrainian
NevilleNEV-əlEnglish (British)
AshASHEnglish
LÍLian-Portuguese (Brazilian)
GretaGRE-tah (German), GRET-ə (English)Swedish, German, English