A Bookish Sarah

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Welcome, friend! Relax & rest awhile, if you please. I am an ordinary gal, a follower of Christ, mama to Gabriel, Heidi, & Aidan; and wife to Evan. Here on this little blog, I share all manner of bookish things, including full content reviews, writerly snippets, encouragement for everyday life, and a whole collection of names & their meanings.

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What's in a Name?

Welcome back, my friends!  Happy Monday! How was your weekend?  Today is the start of a new week and [HOPEFULLY] Evan and my last week at our little country cabin. . . Which means [HOPEFULLY] we will be moving in to our brand new duplex at Overland!  I can hardly wait!  I've already begun movi…
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What's in a Name?

NathanaelGender:  Masculine Usage:  Biblical, Biblical Greek Pronunciation:  nay-THAN-ee-ǝl (English), nay-THAN-yel (English)
Meaning & History From the Hebrew name Netan'el meaning "given of God."  In the New Testament this was the given name of one of the Twelve disciples of Jesus …
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What's in a Name?

Hullo, all!  Long time no see.  :]  How was your weekend?  Can you believe Summer is nearly here?? I've two ladies names for you today!  Enjoy.

Eden Gender:  Feminine Usage:  Biblical, Hebrew Pronunciation:  EE-dǝn(English)
Meaning & History Means "place of pleasure" or "delight&…
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What's in a Name?

Good morning, lovelies!  
How was your weekend? I don't know where you are, but our weather has been simply GORGEOUS!!
Here are some names for you.  Any requests for next week?
KristoffGender:  MasculineUsage:  English, Swedish, Hungarian, Norwegian, Danish, FinnishPronunciation:  KRIS-tawf, KR…
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What's in a Name?

Here's a WHOLE set of gentlemen's names for you, dearies!  Enjoy.
EviGender:  MasculineUsage:  BiblicalPronunciation:  EE-vi (like Levi,LEE-vi)
Meaning & History The given name of a King of Midian, one of five Midianite kings killed during the time of Moses by an Israelite expedition (Nu…
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What's in a Name?

Good morning, m'dears! I do hope you all had a lovely Easter and a beautiful Resurrection Sunday.  Praise to God, for our King is alive! 
Here's a new set of names for you.  Haha, I'm getting to the point where I think I'm re-using photos. . . I can't remember if I've poste…
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What's in a Name?

Woohoo!  It's back!  
Welcome, my lovelies, to the latest post of Names.  
Be ye a writer or simply one fascinated by names and their meanings, then these posts should be an awesome resource for you.  I had regrettably gotten out of the habit of posting these, but I'm hoping to start again…
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What's in a Name?

JosephGender:  MasculineUsage:  English, French, German, BiblicalPronunciation:  JO-sǝf (English), zho-ZEF (French), YO-zef (German)
Meaning & History From Ioseph, the Latin form of the Greek Ιωσηφ, which is derived from the Hebrew name Yosef, meaning "he will add."  In the Old Testame…
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What's in a Name?

Welcome, welcome!  Here's a new Name post for you, dearies.  
I understand NaNoWriMo (National Novel Writing Month) is quickly approaching.  And so, the majority of you lovely bloggie buddies are gathering your resources and preparing your plots.  Well, you need names, right?  While I do not p…
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A [Brief] Hullo! + a Couple Names. . .

Hi, all!  I know my extended absence doesn't really surprise you, my faithful friends, but I feel I should explain nonetheless. . . This past week, my family and I took our annual trip up to the mountains for our camping vacation.  It was such a nice, relaxing time there, and absolutely beauti…
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What's in a Name?

It's me!  I'm back!! And with another Name post. . . Heheheh.  I seriously meant to post more than I did this past week, but. . . ah well.  Hope y'all have had a lovely weekend!  Can you believe August is near over??
I actually have two book reviews in the works, so stay tuned later in…
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What's in a Name?

GabrielGender:  MasculineUsage:  French, Spanish, Portuguese, German, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Finnish, Catalan, English, Romanian, Polish, Czech, Slovak, Biblical, Biblical Latin, Biblical GreekPronunciation:  ga-bree-EL (French), GAH-bryel (Spanish), GAHP-ree-ǝl (German), GAHB-ree-el (Finnish)…
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