LAURA
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English, Spanish, Italian, Portuguese, Romanian, Finnish, Estonian, Hungarian, Polish, Slovene, Scandinavian, German, Dutch
Pronounced: LAWR-ə (English)

Feminine form of the Late Latin name Laurus, which meant "laurel". This meaning was favourable, since in ancient Rome the leaves of laurel trees were used to create victors' garlands.
As an English name, Laura has been used since the 13th century.

BUT WAIT, THERE'S MORE...
My mother told me a few years ago that she chose the name after watching "Doctor Zhivago", and that had she known it was spelled "Lara" in the movie, that's how my name would have been spelled. Therefore:

LARA
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Russian, English, Slovene
Other Scripts: Лара (Russian)
Pronounced: LAHR-ə (English)

Short form of LARISA. It was introduced to the English-speaking world by a character from Boris Pasternak's novel 'Doctor Zhivago' (1957) and the subsequent movie adaptation (1965).

LARISA
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Russian, Greek Mythology
Other Scripts: Лариса (Russian), Λαρισα (Ancient Greek)
Pronounced: lah-REE-sah (Russian)

Possibly derived from the name of the ancient city of Larisa in Thessaly, which meant "citadel". In Greek mythology, the nymph Larisa was a daughter of Pelasgus. This name was later borne by a 4th-century Greek martyr who is venerated as a saint in the Eastern Church.

If you've ever thought or said "Nice Guys finish last" and really meant it, then you should probably read this LJ post by DivaLion. It's incredibly insightful whether you're male or female.

From a bumper sticker I like:
"If you're gonna ride my ass, at least pull my hair."

I always planned on changing my full name anyway so lets try this one

Chase
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English
Pronounced: CHAYS
From a surname meaning "chase, hunt" in Old French, originally a nickname for a huntsman.

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A life without pain is a life without joy

JASON
Gender: Masculine

Usage: English, French, Greek Mythology (Latinized), Ancient Greek (Latinized), Biblical

Pronounced: JAY-sən (English) Key

From the Greek name Ιασων (Iason), which was derived from Greek ιασθαι (iasthai) "to heal". In Greek mythology Jason was the leader of the Argonauts. After his uncle Pelias overthrew his father as king of Iolcos, Jason went in search of the Golden Fleece in order to win back the throne. During his journeys he married the sorceress Medea, who helped him gain the fleece and kill his uncle, but who later turned against him when he fell in love with another woman.

How bout' that, leader of the Argonauts.

ELAINE

Gender: Feminine

Usage: English

Pronounced: i-LAYN Key
Old French form of HELEN. It appears in Arthurian legend; in Thomas Malory's 15th-century compilation 'Le Morte d'Arthur' Elaine was the daughter of Pelleas, the lover of Lancelot, and the mother of Galahad. It was not commonly used as an English given name until after the appearance of Tennyson's Arthurian epic 'Idylls of the King' (1859).

Awesome. Galahad's mum.

KATHLEEN

gender: Female
usage: English, Dutch, Greek, apparently.dunno if it's used in any other language, but I doubt it.

In Dutch, Kathleen is pronounced as Kah-t-leen.or someting like that.
The name comes from 'Catharina' who is a saint, I think.
I comes from the Greek 'Katharos' , which means as much as pure.

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"priceless" "praiseworthy" and "beautiful"

Apparently according to wikipedia...It's of roman origin.

I couldn't find any meaning for my name on the website offered.
The usage for it though was: Italian, Spanish, English, German, Scandinavian, Dutch, Polish, Ancient Roman.

so there you go 🤣

Name: Hannah

Gender: Feminine

Usage: English, Jewish (Lol what. I'm not even Jewish), French, German, Biblical

Means 'gift of God' or 'grace'.

'Makes sense, my Mom got my name from the Bible after all.

I wish I knew what my middle name meant, nothing is coming up for it.

[ з и м а ]
Farewell, until the day I can see clear skies.

It's the German version of Margaret.

Nothing awesome really. My mom was a fan of Gretchen Baretto back in the days, if any of you are even old enough to know her...

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KATHLEEN

gender: Female
usage: English, Dutch, Greek, apparently.dunno if it's used in any other language, but I doubt it.

In Dutch, Kathleen is pronounced as Kah-t-leen.or someting like that.
The name comes from 'Catharina' who is a saint, I think.
It comes from the Greek 'Katharos' , which means as much as pure. We're in the same boat. Lol.

CATHY.
comes from Catherine --> Katharos --> "Pure."

Kelly Sarah

Warrior Woman/Princess

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Warrior Princess 🙄

So, I checked it up and...
It's something like "pretty" and "bright".

Some site says Lena means "The bright one"
And Elena (or the origin: Helena) means "Wicker, reed, shoot; torch; basket"

...

All I know is that I was named after my late great grandmother.
😐

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If I had a fantasy self, it'd be a tentacle monster.

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My name is Clare
The english form of the Greek name Clara
which means Clear, Bright, Shining and Famous.

I think it suits me.
But I'm not famous XD

Woaah! Same here! I'm also a Clare... and I don't spell my name with an 'i', either! Wow... I'm pretty amazed. Wells, nice to meet you!

My name is Andreas [I am Greek] which derives from the word andras which is man in greek.
I think my gender is pretty obvious after this, no?
🤣

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My name is Clare
The english form of the Greek name Clara
which means Clear, Bright, Shining and Famous.

I think it suits me.
But I'm not famous XD

I am greek and I am pretty sure that Clare is not greek , not even close...

Actually

CLARA

Gender: Feminine

Usage: Italian, German, Spanish, Portuguese, Catalan, Romanian, English

Pronounced: KLAH-rah (Italian, German, Spanish), KLER-ə (English), KLAR-ə (English) Key
Feminine form of the Late Latin name Clarus which meant "clear, bright, famous". The name Clarus was borne by a few early saints. The feminine form was popularized by the 13th-century Saint Clare of Assisi (called Chiara in Italian), a friend and follower of Saint Francis, who left her wealthy family to found the order of nuns known as the Poor Clares. As an English name it has been in use since the Middle Ages, originally in the form Clare, though the Latinate spelling Clara became more popular in the 19th century.

My name's Anita and I'm a Hungarian female but my name has Hebrew, Spanish, Finnish and Sanskrit origins...

It's a common theory that Anita derives from the Spanish Juanita being its shortening. However in other languages like in Hebrew and Finnish its origin is told to be from the name Anna...Eitherways the meaning of my name is grace/favour...
As a male name in Sanskrit it has the meaning leader/without guile...

Anita become widely common in the 1950s as the name of the Swedish film actress Anita Ekberg. Famous were also actress Anita Pallenberg, writers Anita Loos and Anita Brookner.

My mom named me after Anita Eckberg because she was her fav actress.
It is said that girls with the name are kind and friendly. They may have artistic skills - I'm drawing o.O - but lack of effort - yeah, I'm lazy...> >° They have naturally kind and trustworthy aura so even strangers open up in their company - yeah, I'm usually THE listener for others ^__^°

Hungarian nicks are : Ancsa ( antcha ), Ancsi ( antchi ), Ancsika ( antchika ) Ani, Ana, Nitta, Nitti, Nitus ( nitush ), Nitácska ( nitaatchka )...

I like to be called Ana or Nitti/Nitta^^

If I would've been born as a boy my name would be Rokko.
My mom like the movie Rocco and His Brothers too... 🙄

CHERIE

Gender: Feminine
Usage: English
Pronounced: SHER-ee, shə-REE

Derived from French chérie meaning "darling".
In America, Cherie came into use shortly after the variant Sherry, and has not been as common.