Alon
Sea wave
Alon describes the rise and fall of sea water. It is presented here as a Philippine-language word inspiration, separate from names with the same spelling in other languages.
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- Alon·Sea wave
- Alton·Settlement at a river source
- Dagat·Sea; seawater
- Ford♂River crossing; from an English surname
- Mar♂Sea in a Spanish devotional name; a separate Danish form exists
- Marina♀Of the sea
- Muriel·Sea and brightness in its Gaelic name family
- Pelagia♀Of the sea
- Pelagio·Greek sea-name through Latin Pelagius
- Rio·As a Portuguese word: river
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Alton
Settlement at a river source
Alton is an English surname-derived name from a place-name combining river source and settlement. The dictionary gives the Old English elements, independently corroborated by the editorial name account.
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Sea; seawater
Dagat names the sea and its water in the dictionary. The entry also includes verb formations concerning seasickness and fishing, but those are not extra meanings being assigned to a child.
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River crossing; from an English surname
Ford is a given name transferred from an English surname associated with a shallow river crossing. The editorial account traces the surname through an older place name.
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- 6 Dictionary evidence
- 4 Wikidata
- 5 Philippine source records
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