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*[[Roxie Lin|'''Roxie Lin''']]: short for Roxana, meaning "bright or dawn" in Persian
*[[Shirley Lin|'''Shirley Lin''']]: means "bright clearing" in Old English
=='''The [[Lobos Family]]'''==
*'''Lobos''': possibly a variant of Lopez, meaning "son of Lope" in Spanish
*[[Angel Lobos|'''Angel Lobos''']]: the name of the heavenly creature, derived from the Greek word for messenger
*[[Marisol Lobos|'''Marisol Lobos''']]: combination of Maria and Sol; Maria is derived from Mary, which means "sea of bitterness", "rebelliousness" or "wished for child" in Hebrew, and Sol means "the sun" in Spanish and Porteguese
*[[Carlotta Lobos|'''Carlotta Lobos''']]: Italian form of Charlotte, which is derived from Charles meaning "man" in German
*[[Anita Lobos|'''Anita Lobos''']]: a nickname for Ana, which is derived from Hannah, meaning "favor" or "grace" in Hebrew
=='''The [[McDermott Family]]'''==
*'''McDermott''': variant of MacDermott, meaning "son of Difharmait" in Irish
*[[Luke McDermott|'''Luke McDermott''']]: means "from Luciana" in Greek
*[[Ginny McDermott|'''Ginny McDermott''']]: short for Virginia, which is of unknown meaning but is associated with the Latin word for "maid, virgin"
*[[Maximus McDermott|'''Maximus McDermott''']]: a Roman family name which means "greatest"
*[[Travis McDermott|'''Travis McDermott''']]: an English surname for someone who collected tolls from a bridge, derived from the Old French "traverse" meaning to cross
=='''The [[Shallow Family]]'''==
*'''Shallow''': from the English word shallow, meaning "of little depth"
*[[Kurt Shallow|'''Kurt Shallow''']]: a variant of Conrad, meaning "brave" and "counsel" in German
*[[Tom Shallow|'''Tom Shallow''']]: short for Thomas, meaning "twin" in Greek
*[[June Shallow|'''June Shallow''']]: from the name of the month, derived from the name of the Roman goddess, Juno
*[[Dallas Shallow|'''Dallas Shallow''']]: a Scottish place name meaning "meadow dwelling"
*[[MaryKay Shallow|'''MaryKay Shallow''']]: a combination of Mary - which could mean "sea of bitterness", "rebelliousness" or "wished for child" in Hebrew, and Kay - short for Katherine, which could mean "each of the two" or "torture" in Greek
=='''The [[Constance Shelley|Shelley Family]]'''==
*'''Shelley''': means "clearing on an bank" in Old English
*[[Constance Shelley|'''Constance Shelley''']]: derived from Constant, meaning "constant, steadfast"
=='''The [[Spenster Family]]'''==
*'''Spenster''': possibly referring to the English word "spinster", meaning an old, unmarried woman
*[[Nellie Spenster|'''Nellie Spenster''']]: short for Eleanor, meaning "the other Aenor" in Old French
*[[Lucille Spenster|'''Lucille Spenster''']]: derived from Lucius, meaning "light" in Latin
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