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Born on Saturday in the Akan day-name tradition
Ama is an Akan day name associated with a girl born on Saturday. The meaning belongs to a particular West African naming tradition, not to a supposed universal meaning of the sound ama.
Read the meaning and history →As a Maranao word: noble birth or high status
McKaughan and Macaraya’s Maranao dictionary explicitly records dianaton with noble birth and very high social status senses. A later academic table instead gives paradise in an Arabic-loan discussion.
Read the meaning and history →Born of Zeus
The researched exact Diogenes entry derives the name from Greek Dios, of Zeus, and genes, born. The historical theophoric formation is distinct from a modern family’s religious intention.
Read the meaning and history →Strong and born, through Greek Iphigeneia
Efigenia is the Spanish form of Greek Iphigeneia in the consulted name reference. The older Greek formation combines elements associated with strength and being born.
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