User Submitted- (ElizainEngland on 8/22/2007) May be related to Olive, or in reference to the “gemstone” of the same name (Behindthename.com)
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Name for 19th November- Hugo
Spanish, Portuguese, English, Dutch, German, Ancient German (Latinised): Latinized form of HUGH. As a surname it has belonged to the French author Victor Hugo (1802-1885), the writer of ‘The Hunchback of Notre Dame’ and ‘Les Misérables (Behindthename.com)
Baby Name Wizard- Origin of the name Hugo:From the Old French Hue, which is from the Old High German Hugo, a derivative of hugu (heart, mind, spirit).From A World of Baby Names by Teresa Norman
- #5 in Sweden
- #6 in France
- #6 in Spain
- #10 in Belgium
- #45 in Canada (Quebec)
- #316 in Scotland
- #365 in Norway
- #389 in United States
Name for 18th November- Oscar
English, Iris, Portuguese, Scandinavian, Irish Mythology.
Possibly means “deer lover”, derived from Gaelic os “deer” and cara “lover”. Alternatively, it may derive from the Old English name OSGAR or its Old Norse cognateÁSGEIRR, which may have been brought to Ireland by Viking invaders and settlers. In Irish legend Oscar was the son of the poet Oisín and the grandson of the hero Fionn mac Cumhail.
This name was popularized in continental Europe by the works of the 18th-century Scottish poet James Macpherson. Napolean was an admirer of Macpherson, and he suggested Oscar as the second middle name of his godson, who eventually became king of Sweden as Oscar I. Another notable bearer was the Irish writer and humourist Oscar Wilde (1854-1900) (Behindthename.com)
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Origin of the name Oscar: derived from a Norman baronial name taken from a French place-name meaning “golden city.” Others think it is merely an invention of the novelist Fanny Burney, who used it for the hero in her novel Evelina (1778). From A World of Baby Names by Teresa Norman
- #2 in Sweden
- #20 in Denmark
- #28 in Australia (Victoria)
- #36 in Australia (New South Wales)
- #39 in England
- #42 in Spain
- #57 in Norway
- #63 in Germany
- #92 in Ireland
- #93 in Scotland
- #119 in United States
- #126 in Canada (British Columbia)
- #281 in Canada (Quebec)
- #324 in Canada (Alberta)
Name for 17th November- Delilah (Delilah was also June 2 oops)
Biblical, Hebrew Biblical, English: Means “delicate, weak, languishing” in Hebrew. In the Old Testament she was the lover of Samson, whom she betrayed to the Philistines by cutting his hair, which was the source of his power. Despite her character flaws, the name began to be used by the Puritans in the 17th century. It has been used occasionally in the English-speaking world since that time. (Behindthename.com)
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- #193 in United States
- #289 in Canada (British Columbia)
Name for today- Venus
Roman Mythology: Means “love, sexual desire” in Latin. This was the name of the Roman goddess of love, equal to the Greek goddess Aphrodite. This is also the name of the second planet from the sun (Behindthename.com)
Name for the 14th November- Ephraim
Biblical, Hebrew (Anglicized), Biblical Latin, Biblical Greek
From the Hebrew name אֶפְרָיִם (‘Efrayim) which meant “fruitful”. In the Old Testament Ephraim was a son of Joseph and the ancestor of one of the twelve tribes of Israel (Behindthename.com)
Name for 13th November- Sullivan
English: From an Irish surname which was derived from Ó Súileabháin meaning “descendent of Súileabhán”. The name Súileabhán means “little dark eye” in Irish (Behindthename.com)
Name for 12th November- Violet
From the English word violet for the purple flower, ultimately derived from Latin viola. It was common in Scotland from the 16th century, and it came into general use as an English given name during the 19th century (Behindthename.com)
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- #72 in Canada (British Columbia)
- #161 in Canada (Alberta)
- #184 in United States
- #264 in Scotland
Name for the 11th November- Hector
English, French, Greek Mythology.
Latinized form of Greek ‘Εκτωρ (Hektor), which was derived from ‘εκτωρ (hektor) “holding fast”, ultimately from εχω (echo) meaning “to hold, to possess”. In Greek legend Hector was one of the Trojan champions who fought against the Greeks. After he killed Achilles’ friend Patroclus in battle, he was himself brutally slain by Achilles, who proceeded to tie his dead body to a chariot and drag it about. This name also appears Arthurian legends belonging to King Arthur’s foster father.
Hector has occasionally been used as a given name since the Middle Ages, probably because of the noble character of the classical hero. It was historically common in Scotland, where it was used as an Anglicized form of Eachann. (Behindthename.com)
