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Origin Hebrew & Aramaic 3,801 Greek 4,470 Latin 4,932 English 6,712 Germanic 8,161 Celtic 3,862 Norse & Scandinavian 2,955 Romance 8,844 Slavic 5,373 Arabic & Persian 6,574 South Asian 3,902 African 1,103 East Asian 2,491 Pacific & Americas 922 Starts with A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
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“one who is good and wellbehaved”
>99% girls
“a chaste and holy woman”
6% boys · 94% girls
Isse is a surname from Somali, ultimately from Arabic.
>99% boys
Hersi is a surname from Somali.
>99% boys