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Names That Mean Teacher

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By Nameberry
Updated Thu Nov 30 2023
  1. Mariah

    • Origin:

      Hebrew

    • Meaning:

      "the Lord is my teacher; or drop of the sea, bitter, or beloved"

    • Description:

      Thanks to Mariah Carey, everyone now knows this name – and is aware that Mariah's pronounced with a long i – just as Maria was in the Jane Austen era. And though Mariah now sounds modern, it was heard as far back as 1550 in Great Britain.
  2. Moriah

    • Origin:

      Biblical place name; Hebrew

    • Meaning:

      "the Lord is my teacher"

    • Description:

      Where Abraham took his son Isaac to sacrifice him. Taylor Hanson chose this as the middle name for his son Viggo, his fourth child, but most will see it as a girls’ name. Make life simpler and spell it Mariah.
  3. Diago

    • Origin:

      Spanish

    • Meaning:

      "teacher"

    • Description:

      Diago is sure to be confused with the more common Diego, the Spanish form of James.
  4. Aio

    • Origin:

      Italian

    • Meaning:

      "tutor, teacher"

    • Description:

      Vowel names are popular, but this word-name possibility takes it to an extreme.
  5. Indalecio

    • Origin:

      Spanish from Greek

    • Meaning:

      "teacher"

    • Description:

      Indalecio is an old Spanish name that is newly popular in Argentina.

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