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Baby Names

Once upon a time…the name came to be. Our personalized art print celebrates the singular story of each name featuring a detailed account of what it means, where it originated and how & why it survived the test of time. The descriptive adjectives found on each print capture the spirit of the name’s numerology “Destiny Number.” #babynames #names #namemeanings

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$@namestoriescom posted to Instagram: Axel is a Medieval Danish form of ＃\\\\\\\＃, from Old Hebrew meaning “father of peace.” The name owes its survival to King David’s favorite son, Absalom. According to 2 Samuel 14: “in all of Israel there was no one so much to be praised for his handsome appearance as Absalom. From the sole of his foot to the crown of his head there was no blemish.” Owing to a general fascination$

@namestoriescom posted to Instagram: Axel is a Medieval Danish form of ＃\\\\\\\＃, from Old Hebrew meaning “father of peace.” The name owes its survival to King David’s favorite son, Absalom. According to 2 Samuel 14: “in all of Israel there was no one so much to be praised for his handsome appearance as Absalom. From the sole of his foot to the crown of his head there was no blemish.” Owing to a general fascination

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@namestoriescom posted to Instagram: Seth is a Hebrew name. And one of the oldest names recorded in Western Civilization. This was the name of Adam and Eve's third son. And you know what they say, third time's the charm ✨ Thank you again to @ponyrym for requesting this name. Linguistically speaking, Seth is the Latin form of the Biblical Greek Σήθ, a transliteration of Old Hebrew meaning, literally, “foundation; appointed, firmly set,” from the verb shyt “to set or place firmly.” His

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@namestoriescom posted to Instagram: Thank you @ponyrym and @stevens00112465 for requesting ＃\\\\\\＃ for a boy (it's also used for girls). Skyler is an anglicization of ＃\\\\\\\\＃, a Dutch surname meaning, literally, “scholar, schoolteacher” or, more simply, “＃\\\＃＃\\＃＃\\ud83

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@namestoriescom posted to Instagram: Thank you @jessie.wazny for requested ＃\\\\\\＃ 😎☀ Back in the day - like around the 12th/13th centuries - as the concentration of first names increased, surnames became a necessary means of identification. And there were generally four ways in which they were created: from occupations, from places & topographies, from the father's first name or from nicknames. So when the Tax

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@namestoriescom posted to Instagram: ＃\\\\\\\＃ has a long and interesting history. It arose in Ancient Rome as a clan (family) name (Antonius). In fact, it's sooooo ancient that etymologists are uncertain where it comes from. They suspect it's Etruscan, with meaning lost to history (the Etruscan language is now extinct though it was remotely related to Greek and Latin). Even the Ancients were name-geeks like me. They l

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@namestoriescom posted to Instagram: Thank you @andiebrim for requesting the name Palmer. This name has a super interesting hisSTORY 😍 ＃\\\\\\＃ arose as a medieval English surname around the 11th century; one of the oldest surnames recorded. It comes form a nickname, from Olde English ＃\\\\\\＃, quite literally, “pilgrim returning from the Holy Land,” fro

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@namestoriescom posted to Instagram: ＃\\\\\\＃ is such a pretty name, don't you think? Shout out to @saltygaw for the request! The name comes directly from Latin ＃\\\\\\＃ “laurel tree,” a fragrant evergreen tree or large leafy shrub native to the Mediterranean. Interesting factoid: the Greek name for the Laurel is δάφνη (Daphne). Its importance can be traced to An

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@namestoriescom posted to Instagram: thank you to @a.morgan26 for suggesting the name ＃\\\\\\＃ ♥ Hattie is a diminutive of ＃\\\\\\\＃. Harriet is an English form of ＃\\\\\\\\\＃. Henriette is the French feminine of ＃\\\

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