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name for
name someone or something for someone or something
to name someone or something, using the name of someone or something, in any combination. I named her for the beauty of the rising sun. They named the mountain for the first person to see it.
Common Names:
| Name | Gender | Pronounced | Usage |
|---|
| Filippa | | fee-LIP-pah (Swedish) | Russian, Greek, Swedish, Italian |
| Cramer | | ['kreimə] | |
| CÚChulainn | | - | Irish Mythology |
| Edie | | ['i:di] | |
| Hamid (1) | | - | Arabic, Persian |
| Terese | | te-RES (Swedish) | Basque, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish |