Names That Mean Leap
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- Alula
Origin:
ArabicMeaning:
"first leap"Description:
Alula, the palindromic name of the first double star to be identified as physically related to its twin, would make the perfect name for a first-born twin. Ideas (we're only half joking) for the second born: Aviva, Aziza, Otto. Alula is reminiscent of the unusual name chosen by Isla Fisher and Sacha Baron Cohen for their second daughter: Elula, a month name from the Hebrew calendar.
- Sacheverell
Origin:
EnglishMeaning:
"roebuck leap"Description:
Over the top for even the most ardent Anglophile. Sacheverell Sitwell was a member of the prominentliterary Sitwell family.
- Horst
Origin:
GermanMeaning:
"leap"Description:
Heavy and horsey.
- Zophar
Origin:
HebrewMeaning:
"to leap"Description:
Zophar is a friend of Job in the Bible, the most impassioned of the three who visit him during his trials.
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