What is the name meaning of FERRY. Phrases containing FERRY
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Dutch
From the ferry.
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Australian, Greek
A Ferryman
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Irish
Brave man.
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Australian, Chinese, Japanese, Korean
Gold; Tender; Precious; Bright; Ferry
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Indian
Lamp of redemption, Swim, Ferry across
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Indian, Punjabi, Sikh
Swim or Ferry Across
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Sikh
Lamp of redemption, Swim, Ferry across (1)
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Irish (Galway)
Irish (Galway) : reduced Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Fearadhaigh (see Ferry).English : from the Old English personal name Fæger ‘fair’ + dǣge ‘servant’, hence ‘servant of (a man called) Fair’.
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Greek
Ferryman across the river Styx.
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English (of Norman origin)
English (of Norman origin) : altered form of the medieval family name Passelewe (assimilated by folk etymology to the herb name parsley). The medieval name is from Old French passe(r) ‘to pass or cross’ + l’ewe ‘the water’, hence a nickname, probably for a ferryman or a merchant who was in the habit of traveling overseas, or else someone who had been on a pilgrimage or crusade. It may also have been used as a topographic name for someone who lived on the opposite side of a watercourse from the main settlement.
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English
English : occupational name for a ferryman (see Ferry).
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Sikh
Swim, Ferry across (1)
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American, British, English
Adventurous
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English
English : habitational name from North Ferriby in East Yorkshire or South Ferriby in Lincolnshire, both named from Old Norse ferja ‘ferry’ + býr ‘farmstead’.
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English (London)
English (London) : probably an occupational name for a ferryman.
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Celtic
Brave; Virtuous. Famous Bearers: Canadian singer Brian Adams and British singer Bryan Ferry.
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Indian
Swim, Ferry across
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Babylonian
, a ferryman.
Male
Greek
(ΧάÏων) Greek name KHARON means "fierce brightness." In mythology, this is the name of the ferryman of Hades who ferries the dead across the river Acheron.
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Irish
Irish : reduced Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Fearadhaigh ‘descendant of Fearadhach’, a personal name of uncertain origin, probably an adjective derivative of fear ‘man’.English : metonymic occupational name for a ferryman, or a topographic name for someone who lived by a ferry crossing on a river. Middle English feri ‘ferry’ is from Old Norse ferja ‘ferry’, ultimately cognate with the Old English verb ferian ‘to carry’.
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Irish
Irish : reduced Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó hEodhusa ‘descendant of Eodhus’; this was the name of a bardic family associated with the Maguires of Fermanagh, also Anglicized as Oswell, Oswald.English (of Norman origin) : habitational name from Houssaye in Seine-Maritime, so called from a collective noun from Old French hous ‘holly’.English : nickname for a woman who was mistress of her own household, from Middle English husewif (a compound of Old English hūs ‘house’ + wīf ‘woman’). It was not until the 17th century that this word acquired pejorative connotations.
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Gujarati, Hindu, Indian, Kannada, Malayalam, Marathi, Telugu
Moon; Lord of Night)
Biblical
Seirath, hairy; goat; demon; tempest
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Indian
Male
English
Anglicized form of Hebrew Nethanyah, NETHANIAH means "given of Jehovah" or "whom Jehovah gave." In the bible, this is the name of several characters, including the father of the murderer of Gedaliah.
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Spanish
Grace. favor.
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Indian, Punjabi, Sikh
One whose Mind does Not Waver
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Indian, Sanskrit, Telugu
Inflamed; Flame; Light
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Hindu, Indian
Strong; Healthy
Female
Spanish
Feminine form of Spanish Berenguer, BERENGÃRIA means "bear-spear."
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n.
A vessel for conveying passengers, merchandise, etc., across streams and other narrow waters.
n.
One who maintains or attends a ferry.
v. i.
To pass over water in a boat or by a ferry.
n.
A ferryman.
imp. & p. p.
of Ferry
n.
A man who plies for hire on rivers, lakes, or canals, or in harbors, in distinction from a seaman who is engaged on the high seas; a man who manages fresh-water craft; a boatman; a ferryman.
v. t.
To carry or transport over a river, strait, or other narrow water, in a boat.
n.
A ferryboat. See Bac, 1.
n.
The price or fare to be paid for passage at a ferry.
n.
A broad, flatbottomed ferryboat, usually worked by a rope.
v. t.
A vessel in which passengers and goods are conveyed over narrow waters; a ferryboat; a wherry.
n.
The son of Erebus and Nox, whose office it was to ferry the souls of the dead over the Styx, a river of the infernal regions.
pl.
of Ferryman
v. t.
A place for passing across; a passage; a ferry.
v. t.
A franchise or right to maintain a vessel for carrying passengers and freight across a river, bay, etc., charging tolls.
v. t.
A place where persons or things are carried across a river, arm of the sea, etc., in a ferryboat.
n.
A ferry.
p. pr. & vb. n.
of Ferry
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of Ferry