What is the name meaning of GENTILE. Phrases containing GENTILE
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English
English name derived from Latin Christianus, CHRISTIAN means "believer" or "follower of Christ."Â In the bible, this is the name first given to the worshippers of Jesus by the Gentiles, but from the second century onward accepted by them as a title of honor.
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Hebrew
(גָּלִיל) Hebrew name GALIYL means "rolling, turning" or "circuit, region, ring." In the bible, this is the name of a circuit or ring (Galilee) of the Gentiles.Â
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Italian
Italian : from the personal name Gentile, a continuation of Late Latin Gentilis meaning ‘of the same stock (Latin gens)’ and then ‘non-Christian’, ‘pagan’; as a medieval name it was an omen name with the sense ‘noble’, ‘courteous’, also ‘delicate’, ‘charming’, ‘graceful’ (Italian gentile). In some cases the surname may have arisen from a nickname, sometimes possibly ironical, from the same word.English : variant of Gentle.
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Anglicized form of Hebrew Galiyl, GALILEE means "rolling, turning" or "circuit, region, ring." In the bible, this is the name of a circuit or ring (Galilee) of the Gentiles. Not used as a personal name.
Male
English
Contracted form of Latin Lucanus, LUCAS means "from Lucania," a region of southern Italy. Lucania probably comes from the word lux, meaning "light." In the bible, this is the name of a Gentile Christian who was a companion of Paul. Luke is the Anglicized form.
Male
Greek
(Λουκᾶς) Contracted form of Greek Loukanos, LOUKAS means "from Lucania," a region of southern Italy. Lucania probably comes from the word lux, meaning "light." In the bible, this is the name of a Gentile Christian who was a companion of Paul. Luke is the Anglicized form.
Male
English
Anglicized form of Greek Loukas (Latin Lucas), LUKE means "from Lucania," a region of southern Italy. Lucania probably comes from the word lux, meaning "light." In the bible, this is the name of a Gentile Christian who was a companion of Paul.Â
Male
Greek
(ΧÏιστιανός) Greek name, CHRISTIANOS means "believer" or "follower of Christ." In the bible, this is the name first given to the worshippers of Jesus by the Gentiles, but from the second century onward accepted by them as a title of honor.
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English, French, German, and Dutch
English, French, German, and Dutch : from the personal name Paul (Latin Paulus ‘small’), which has always been popular in Christendom. It was the name adopted by the Pharisee Saul of Tarsus after his conversion to Christianity on the road to Damascus in about ad 34. He was a most energetic missionary to the Gentiles in the Roman Empire, and played a very significant role in establishing Christianity as a major world religion. The name was borne also by numerous other early saints. The American surname has absorbed cognates from other European languages, for example Greek Pavlis and its many derivatives. It is also occasionally borne by Jews; the reasons for this are not clear.Irish : reduced Anglicized form of Gaelic Mac Phóil ‘son of Paul’. Compare McFall.Catalan (Paül) : habitational name from any of several places named Paül.Spanish : topographic name from paúl ‘marsh’, ‘lagoon’.Spanish : Castilianized form of Basque Padul, a habitational name from a town of this name in Araba province.
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Indian
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Hebrew
My crown is God.
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British, English
Birch Valley; Place Name; Where Birches Grow
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Hindu, Indian, Traditional
Plesure of the Universe
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American, British, English, Gaelic, Irish, Scottish
Slender; Thin; Variant of Blaine
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Finnish, German, Swedish
Wealthy; Gem of the Sea; Sacred Red; Rich Powerful Ruler
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Hindu, Indian, Tamil
Sun; Moon; Dedicate
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Indian
Servant of the all-hearing (Allah)
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Hindu, Indian, Kannada
Gift
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English
English : nickname for a tall thin man, from Middle English, Old French cane ‘cane’, ‘reed’ (Latin canna). It may also be a topographic name for someone who lived in a damp area overgrown with reeds, or a metonymic occupational name for someone who gathered reeds, which were widely used in the Middle Ages as a floor covering, as roofing material, and for weaving small baskets.Southern Italian : either a habitational name from a place named Canè, in Bescia and Belluna, or more likely an occupational name for a basket maker or the like, from Greek kanna ‘reed’ + the occupational suffix -(e)as.French : Norman and Picard variant of chane a term denoting a particular type of elongated pitcher (ultimately from Latin canna ‘reed’), hence possibly a metonymic occupational name for a potter who specialized in making such jugs, or a nickname for someone who resembled one.Possibly an Americanized spelling of German Köhn (see Kuehn).
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The bestowment of God's distinguishing grace upon a person or nation, by which that person or nation is put in the way of salvation; as, the vocation of the Jews under the old dispensation, and of the Gentiles under the gospel.
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Pertaining to the gentiles, or nations not converted to Christianity; heathen; pagan; -- opposed to Jewish and Christian.
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One of a non-Jewish nation; one neither a Jew nor a Christian; a worshiper of false gods; a heathen.
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Gentleness; courtesy; kindness; nobility.
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Gentile; pagan; as, a heathen author.
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Denoting a race or country; as, a gentile noun or adjective.
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See Falcon-gentil.
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Derived from the name of a country, and designating an inhabitant of the country; gentile; -- said of a noun.
v. i.
To render gentile or gentlemanly; as, to gentilize your unworthy sones.
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People not circumcised; the Gentiles.
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Gentilesse; gentleness.
v. i.
To live like a gentile or heathen.
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Belonging to the nations at large, as distinguished from the Jews; ethnic; of pagan or heathen people.
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A new convert especially a convert to some religion or religious sect, or to some particular opinion, system, or party; thus, a Gentile converted to Judaism, or a pagan converted to Christianity, is a proselyte.