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This is the onomatology (study of names) page for [[Belladonna Cove]].
'''Belladonna''' - A combination of "Bella" and "Donna" which -Combined- means "
'''Cove''' -
== The [[Baldwin family]] ==
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*'''Baldwin:''' "bold friend."
* '''Benjamin:''' "son of the south."
* '''Isabel:''' "girl," "lass," "sweetheart," "strumpet." Also, a Spanish form of Elizabeth.
* '''Sofia:''' from Sophos, "wisdom," "wise," "loving."
* '''Marcus:''' related to Mars, Roman god of war.
== The [[Cho family]] ==
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* '''Cho''': East Asian surname possibly from Japanese 蝶 (Butterfly) or Korean 조 (Jo).
* '''Vivian''': English form of French Viviane, meaning "lively".
* '''Etsu''': Japanese name meaning 'delightful'
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== The [[Riley family]] ==
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* '''Riley''': Variant spelling of "Reilly"
* '''Timothy''': Comes from the Greek name Τιμόθεος (Timotheos) meaning ''honouring God'', ''in God's honour'', or ''honored by God''.
* '''Sally''': Diminutive of "Sarah".
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== The [[Cleveland family]] ==
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* '''Cleveland''': a variant of cliff.
* '''Jason''': From the Greek name Ιασων (Iason), which was derived from Greek ιασθαι (iasthai) "to heal". In Greek mythology Jason was the leader of the Argonauts.
* '''Marisa''': Variant of "Marisa", which is an Italian, Spanish and Portuguese combination of "Maria" and "Luisa".
== The [[Rutherford Household]] ==
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* '''Rutherford''': Originally taken by families who lived near the town of Ruddervoorde, Belgium. It means "a knight's river crossing" in Flemish. The name dates back to the 10th century.
* '''Geoff''': Shortened form of "Geoffrey".
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* '''Connor''': Variant of Conor, which is an anglicized form of the Gaelic name Conchobhar which means "dog lover" or "wolf lover".
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== The [[Contender family]] ==
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* '''Contender''': Meaning "To struggle in opposition", "To strive in rivalry", "Dispute earnestly".
* '''Carlos''': Spanish, Portuguese and Catalan form of "Charles", meaning "Man".
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== The [[Cordial family]] ==
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* '''Cordial''': Meaning "Of or for the heart," "heartfelt, from the heart"
* '''Samantha''': Feminization of Samuel meaning "told by God"
* '''Kimberly''': Kimberly is a South African diamond town name
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== The [[DeBateau family]] ==
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* '''DeBateau''': French form of "Boat".
* '''Armand''': French form of "Herman" which means "Army Man"
* '''Tara''': Anglicized form of the Irish place name Teamhair, which possibly means "elevated place" in Gaelic.
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== The [[Peterson family (The Sims 2)|Peterson family]] ==
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* '''Peterson''': Means "Son of Peter".
* '''Jessica''': This name was first used in this form by Shakespeare in his play 'The Merchant of Venice' (1596), where it belongs to the daughter of Shylock.
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== The [[Patel family]] ==
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* '''Patel''': A South Asian surname, land, unit of land.
* '''Ana''': Shortened form of "Anna".
* '''Ramir''': Catalan form of Ramirus.
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== The [[Green Household]] ==
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* '''Green''': Descriptive name for someone who often wore the colour green or someone who lived near the village green.
* '''Gabriel''': From the Hebrew name גַבְרִיאֵל (Gavri'el) meaning "God is my strong man". Gabriel was one of the seven archangels in Hebrew tradition.
* '''Gere''': Variant of Geer, Gehr or Geary, all related to the Old High German element gēr (Old English gār, Old Norse geirr) meaning "spear, arrow".
* '''Chastitiy''': From the English word chastity, which is ultimately from Latin castus "pure".
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