whys and wherefores

All the underlying causes and reasons, as in She went into the whys and wherefores of the adoption agency's rules and procedures. This idiom today is a redundancy since why and wherefore mean the same thing. Formerly, however, why indicated the reason for something and wherefore how it came to be. [c. 1600]

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Missy	MIS-ee	English
Keeva	KEE-va	Irish
Alberich	-	Ancient Germanic, Germanic Mythology
Giuseppe	joo-ZEP-pe	Italian
Severina	-	Italian, Portuguese, Croatian, German, Ancient Roman
Michelle	[mi'ʃel]