What is the name meaning of DEVIL. Phrases containing DEVIL
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DEVIL
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Biblical
The devil; fallen angel.
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Scottish
Scottish : nickname for someone with streaks of gray or white hair, from Gaelic riabhach ‘brindled’, ‘grayish’.English : habitational name from either of two places called Reach, in Bedfordshire and Cambridgeshire, from Old English rǣc ‘raised strip of land or other linear feature’ (in the case of the Cambridgeshire name referring to Devil’s Dyke, a post-Roman earthwork).
Male
English
English form of Greek Diabolos, DEVIL means "accuser, slanderer." In the bible, this is a title for Satan, the prince of demons and author of evil, who estranges men from God and entices them to sin. Figuratively, the devil is a man who, by opposing the cause of God, may be said to act the part of the devil or to side with him.
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English (of Norman origin)
English (of Norman origin) : habitational name from Déville in Seine-Maritime, France, probably named with Latin dei villa ‘settlement of (i.e. under the protection of) God’. This name was interpreted early on as a prepositional phrase de ville or de val and applied to dwellers in a town or valley (see Ville and Vale).English : nickname from Middle English devyle, Old English dēofol ‘devil’ (Latin diabolus, from Greek diabolos ‘slanderer’, ‘enemy’), referring to a mischievous youth or perhaps to someone who had acted the role of the Devil in a pageant or mystery play.French : variant of Ville, with the preposition de.
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English
English : variant of Deville 2.In some cases, probably an altered spelling of French Deval or Duval, topographic names from val ‘valley’.
Male
Greek
(Διάβολος) Greek name DIABOLOS means "accuser, slanderer." In the bible, this is a title for Satan, the prince of demons and author of evil, who estranges men from God and entices them to sin. Figuratively, the devil is a man who, by opposing the cause of God, may be said to act the part of the devil or to side with him.
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English
English : nickname for a hunchback, from Old French bossu ‘hunchbacked’ (a derivative of bosse ‘lump’, ‘hump’; compare Bossard 2).German : from a short form of the personal name Borkhardt, a variant of Burkhart.Possibly an altered spelling of South German Bös (see Bos).Danish : medieval variant of Buus, a surname of uncertain origin, perhaps from German būsemen ‘devil’, ‘ghost’.
Boy/Male
Bengali, Gujarati, Hindu, Indian, Kannada, Malayalam, Marathi, Oriya, Rajasthani, Sindhi, Telugu
Son of Goddess
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English (Worcestershire)
English (Worcestershire) : of uncertain origin; perhaps a nickname from Middle English schucke ‘devil’, ‘fiend’.Jewish (Ashkenazic) : variant of Schuck.Americanized spelling of German Schuck.
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English
English : descriptive nickname from Middle English morphew ‘blemish’, ‘birthmark’, from Italian morfea.English : According to Reaney, an Anglo-Norman French nickname from Old French malfé, malfeü, from Latin malefatus, malefatutus ‘ill-fated’, a derogatory term for a Saracen or the devil.
Boy/Male
Biblical
As a devil or a destroyer.
Girl/Female
Argentina, British, English, Russian
Devil
Boy/Male
Tamil
Devilal | தேவீலால
Son of Goddess
Devilal | தேவீலால
Boy/Male
Bengali, Hindu, Indian, Malayalam, Marathi, Rajasthani, Sindhi
Son of Goddess
Boy/Male
Arabic, Parsi
Mind and Intellect; Devil; Evil Spirit
Boy/Male
Hindu, Indian, Sanskrit
Adjective Devil
Boy/Male
Hindu, Indian
Devil
Boy/Male
Biblical
The devil; fallen angel.
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English
English : perhaps an altered form of Warlock, an English surname of uncertain origin; it is more likely to be from Old Norse varðlokkur ‘incantations’ than from Old English wǣrloga ‘traitor’, ‘devil’.
Boy/Male
Indian, Sanskrit
Attached to the Gods
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English (West Midlands)
English (West Midlands) : of uncertain origin; perhaps a topographic name for someone who lived by a bank or raised piece of ground, Middle English benche (from Old English benc ‘bench’). This transferred sense of the word is not well attested, however, and some other sense of the word may be in question; perhaps one who sat on a bench in a hall, i.e. a retainer.Possibly an altered spelling of German Bensch.
Girl/Female
Tamil
Star, Noble
Girl/Female
American, British, English
Little Bird
Girl/Female
Muslim
Brilliant
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English (mainly Cornwall)
English (mainly Cornwall) : variant of Proud.French : from an eastern French regional word equivalent to prévôt ‘provost’ (see Provost).
Girl/Female
Gaelic American Hebrew
Oak tree.
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English
English : variant of Morris 1.
Male
Scandinavian
Scandinavian form of Old Norse Ãvarr, IVAR means "bow warrior."Â
Girl/Female
Arabic, Muslim
Flower; Beautiful
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Irish
Irish : variant spelling of Keane.English : variant spelling of Keen.
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DEVIL
n.
The character or person of a devil or the devil.
n.
Deviltry.
n.
Diabolical conduct; malignant mischief; devilry.
v. t.
To make a devil of.
n.
Conduct suitable to the devil; extreme wickedness; deviltry.
n.
A little devil.
v. t.
To make like a devil; to invest with the character of a devil.
a.
Resembling, characteristic of, or pertaining to, the devil; diabolical; wicked in the extreme.
n
Reckless mischief; the action of a dare-devil.
n.
A little devil; a devilet.
n.
A young devil.
n.
The state of the devil or of devils; doctrine of the devil or of devils.
pl.
of Deviltry
n.
Alt. of Devil bird
n.
A reckless fellow. Also used adjectively; as, dare-devil excitement.
pl.
of Devilry
n.
A she-devil.
pl.
of Dare-deviltry