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Jeremy
Jeremy Jeremy has a bookish, earnest quality that can mask surprising reserves of passion and conviction. Characters named Jeremy are often thinkers rather than doers, more comfortable with ideas than confrontation — yet they tend to discover, over the course of a narrative, that they are capable of more than they believed. The name suits a thoughtful underdog protagonist.
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Seth
“From the Hebrew Shet, meaning "appointed" or "placed" — from the root shith, "to put" or "to set." In Genesis, Seth was the third son of Adam and Eve, born after the death of Abel, and regarded as the ancestor of all humanity after the flood through his descendant Noah. The name has been in English use since the Reformation, when Old Testament names became fashionable among Puritans, and has remained in continuous quiet use.”
Jairo
“Jairo is the Spanish form of Jair, from the Hebrew "Yair" meaning "he enlightens" or "he shines". In the Hebrew Bible, Jair was a judge of Israel. In the New Testament, Jairus is the synagogue ruler whose daughter Jesus raises from the dead (Mark 5:22). The name is widely used in Latin America and among Spanish-speaking communities, where it has been popular since the mid-20th century.”
Elliot
“An English surname and given name derived from the medieval personal name Eliott, itself a diminutive of Elias, the Latin and Greek form of the Hebrew Elijah, meaning "my God is Yahweh." The name passed from a Hebrew prophetic name into a Scottish and English family surname before returning to use as a given name. It can be spelled Elliot or Elliott.”
Susan
“An English form of Susanna, from the Hebrew Shoshannah, meaning "lily" or "rose" (the exact flower depends on interpretation of the underlying root shwshan). Susanna appears in the Old Testament Apocrypha as the heroine who is falsely accused and vindicated through Daniel's wisdom. The name has been in English use since the 16th century and peaked in extraordinary popularity in the 1950s and 1960s in the United States and United Kingdom.”
Zach
“A short form of Zachary or Zacharias, both anglicised forms of the Hebrew Zechariah (זְכַרְיָה), meaning "Yahweh has remembered," from the elements zakar ("to remember") and Yah (a form of the divine name). Zechariah is borne by several figures in the Hebrew Bible, including a minor prophet and the father of John the Baptist in the New Testament.”
Zachary
“The English form of the Hebrew Zechariah, meaning "God has remembered" — from zakar ("to remember") and Yah (a form of the divine name). It was the name of a prophet in the Old Testament and of the father of John the Baptist in the New Testament. Zachary became the common English form, partly through medieval use and partly through its American revival in the 19th and 20th centuries, boosted by President Zachary Taylor.”
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