Gender: Masculine
Usage: Icelandic
Pronunciation: fah-NAHR (English)
Meaning & History
Possibly taken from the Old Norse fönn meaning "snow drift."
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English, Irish
Pronunciation: dǝ-LAYN-ee
Meaning & History
From either the English surname, which is derived from the Norman French de l'aunaie meaning "from the alder grove;" or from the Irish surname, which is an Anglicized form of Ó Dúbhshláine, meaning "descendant of Dúbhshláine."
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Russian
Pronunciation: za-KAHR (English)
Meaning & History
Russian form of Zechariah, from the Hebrew name Zekharyah meaning "YAHWEH remembers."
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English
Pronunciation: ro-SHELL
Meaning & History
From the name of the French city La Rochelle, meaning "little rock." As a given name, Rochelle was first introduced in America in the 1930s, most likely due to the fame of actress Rochelle Hudson (1914-1972), and because of the similarity to the given name Rachel.
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To each is given a bag of tools,
A shapeless mass, and a book of rules,
And each must make, ere life is flown,
A stumbling block or a stepping stone.
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