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Bastien is a French male name, a short for of Sébastien, the French form of Sebastian. It comes from Latin Sebastianus meaning "from Sebaste", Sebaste being a city in Asia Minor (in what is now modern day Turkey). The name is derived from Ancient Greek sebastos meaning "venerable, august, exalted" (a Greek translation of Latin Augustus) via Ancient Greek sebázomai (to feel awe, revere) and…
Tiana is a female given name, a shortened form of Tatiana (the feminine form of Tatianus, an Ancient Roman name which is a derivative of Tatius, a Roman family name of unknown meaning though it could be of Sabine origin. I've seen a few possible meanings attached to it such as Latin tata meaning "daddy", a term used by children; or that…
Boston is the name of the capital in Massachusetts, named after a town in Lincolnshire, England, meaning "Botulf's settlement" or "Botulf's stone", Botulf/Botolph being an Old English name made up of Old English boda (messenger, envoy; prophet) and wulf (wolf), combined with Old English elements tun (settlement) or stan (stone). It was either named after a saint who might have built a monastary around…
Shahin is an Arabic and Persian male name meaning "falcon", referring to the Barbary falcon. The name comes from Middle Persian *šāhēn meaning "majestic, kingly" which ultimately derives from a PIE root word. Shahin is also an Arabic surname. Origin: Proto-Indo-European Variants: Shaheen (Persian) Şahin (Turkish) Shahin- شاهین (Arabic, Persian)
Sebastian comes from Latin Sebastianus meaning "from Sebaste", Sebaste being a city in Asia Minor (in what is now modern day Turkey). The name is derived from Ancient Greek sebastos meaning "venerable, august, exalted" (a Greek translation of Latin Augustus) via Ancient Greek sebázomai (to feel awe, revere) and the adjectival suffix -tos, meaning "worthy of being revered". Sebastian is also a surname…
Augusta is the feminine form of Augustus, which was originally used as a name and title for the first Roman Emperor, Gaius Octavius, and which eventually passed on as a title to other Roman emperors. It means "majestic, venerable, great" from Latin augere (to increase, augment) which derives from a PIE root word. Origin: Proto-Indo-European Variants: Auguste (German) Avgusta…
Gus is often used as a short form of names such as: August, derived from Augustus meaning "great", "venerable", "majestic"; Gustavo (Spanish, Portuguese, Italian) and Gustav (Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, German) both deriving from Slavic Gostislav meaning "guest glory" from Proto-Slavic *gȏstь (guest) and slava (glory); Angus, the anglicized form of Scottish Aonghus either meaning "one choice" or "one strength, vigor, force"; the first element of the name comes from…
Austin is a contracted form of Augustine, an Ancient Roman name which comes from Augustus, originally an Ancient Roman title used by Roman emperors after the first and, by some accounts, greatest emperor of Rome, Gaius Octavius, who was the adopted son and heir of Julius Caesar. It means "majestic", "venerable", "great" from Latin augere (to increase) derived from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ewg- (to…
Lokelani
Lokelani is a Hawaiian female name meaning "rose flower" or "heavenly rose" from Hawaiian loke (rose) and lani (heavens, sky, royal, majesty). Roselani is an older form of the name. Origin: Hawaiian Variants: Roselani (Hawaiian)
August is the German, Polish, Catalan, and Scandinavian form of Augustus, originally an Ancient Roman title used by Roman emperors after the first and, by some accounts, greatest emperor of Rome, Gaius Octavius, who was the adopted son and heir of Julius Caesar. It means "majestic", "venerable", "great" from Latin augere (to increase). August is also the name of the…