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*'''[[Tessa Ramirez]]''': -- Originally a pet form of Theresa (harvester), Tessa is now commonly bestowed as an independent given name.
 
 
*'''[[Juan Ramirez]]''' -- Was occasionally used in English-speaking countries due to the influence of Lord Byron’s Don Juan and Mozart’s opera of the same name (at this time it was usually mispronounced “joo-awn”). It is currently one of the most popular Spanish names in the United States.
 
 
*'''[[Theresa Ramirez]]''' -- Therasia, being borne by the Spanish wife of Saint Paulinus of Nola in the 4th century. The meaning is uncertain, but it could be derived from Greek θερος (theros) "summer", from Greek θεριζω (therizo) "to harvest",
 
 
'''[[Mendoza Family]]''' -- Is a common Spanish surname and place name. The Portuguese version is Mendonça.
 
 
*'''[[Armando Mendoza]]''' -- Army man, variation of Herman, variation of Armand, of the army
 
 
*'''[[Carmen Mendoza]]''' -- is a French opéra comique by Georges Bizet. The libretto is by Henri Meilhac and Ludovic Halévy, based on the novella of the same title by Prosper Mérimée,
 
 
===The [[Landgraab Family]]===
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*'''[[Mimi Landgraab]]''' -- faithful guard strong opponent bitter, as in a bitterly wanted child, - the star of the sea
 
*'''[[Buckingham Family]]''' -- In the 7th century AD, Buckingham, literally "meadow of Bucca's people"
 
*'''[[Blair Buckingham]]''' -- (Celtic) "a plain". From a surname
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*'''[[Suzanne Jacquet]]''' -- Derived from the Hebrew Soshana, a derivative of shōshannāh (a lily, a rose).
 
*'''Jeffress''' -- from a Norman personal name that appears in Middle English as Geffrey and in Old French as Je(u)froi. Some authorities regard this as no more than a palatalized form of Godfrey.
 
*'''[[Nicole Jeffress]]''' -- is the French feminine form of Nicholas, from a Greek name. Originally it meant “Victory of the People” from “nike” (victory) and “laos” (people).
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