What does your name mean?
#13
Google for "name meanings", without the quotes and you'll find many more sites. For example ...
http://www.meaning-of-names.com/
http://www.meaning-of-names.com/
#14
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Join Date: Oct 2010
Location: Sweet Home Alabama
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SHIRLEY
GENDER: Feminine & Masculine
USAGE: English
PRONOUNCED: SHUR-lee [key]
Meaning & History
From a surname which was originally derived from a place name meaning "bright clearing" in Old English. This is the name of the main character in Charlotte Bronte's semi-autobiographical novel 'Shirley' (1849). The child actress Shirley Temple (1928-) helped to popularize this name.
GENDER: Feminine & Masculine
USAGE: English
PRONOUNCED: SHUR-lee [key]
Meaning & History
From a surname which was originally derived from a place name meaning "bright clearing" in Old English. This is the name of the main character in Charlotte Bronte's semi-autobiographical novel 'Shirley' (1849). The child actress Shirley Temple (1928-) helped to popularize this name.
#16
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Join Date: Dec 2011
Posts: 284
my name is RAVONDA--i was always told i was named after a relative of my grandmother who was from the Cherokees from Cherokee , NC but have never been able to find a meaning if there is one. when I was little I understood her and great grandma talking but can't remember any of it now. wish i did but haven't heard it since i was 7.
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