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HARPER
Male
English
English occupational surname transferred to unisex forename use, HARPER means "harp player."
Girl/Female
American, Australian, British, Chinese, Christian, English, Hindu, Indian, Malayalam, Marathi
Pretty; Harp Player; Maker; Harpist; One who Plays the Harp
Boy/Male
American, Anglo, Australian, British, English, German
Harpist; Minstrel; Harp Player
Boy/Male
English American
Harpist; minstrel.
Surname or Lastname
English and Scottish
English and Scottish : metonymic occupational name for a harpist (see Harper), or occasionally a habitational name for someone living at a house distinguished by the sign of a harp.English : habitational name from a minor place such as Harp House in Eastwood, Essex, or South Harp in South Petherton, Somerset, denoting a place where salt was produced, from Old English hearpe ‘harp’, an implement used in the processing of salt. Compare Harpham.German : metonymic occupational name for a harpist, from Middle High German harpfe ‘harp’.German : variant of Harpe.
Female
English
English name derived from the vocabulary word, SCOUT means simply "scout," used by author Harper Lee for a character in her novel To Kill a Mockingbird.Â
Surname or Lastname
English, Scottish, and Irish
English, Scottish, and Irish : occupational name for a player on the harp, from an agent derivative of Middle English, Middle Dutch harp ‘harp’. The harper was one of the most important figures of a medieval baronial hall, especially in Scotland and northern England, and the office of harper was sometimes hereditary. The Scottish surname is probably an Anglicized form of Gaelic Mac Chruiteir ‘son of the harper’ (from Gaelic cruit ‘harp’, ‘stringed instrument’). This surname has long been present in Ireland.
Surname or Lastname
English (of Norman origin) and French
English (of Norman origin) and French : habitational name from places in Eure and Calvados named Harcourt, from Old French cour(t) (see Court) with an obscure first element.English : habitational name from either of two places in Shropshire named Harcourt. The one near Cleobury Mortimer gets the name from Old English heafocere ‘hawker’, ‘falconer’ + cot ‘hut’, ‘cottage’; the one near Wem has as its first element Old English hearpere (see Harper).
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Girl/Female
Australian, Danish, Swedish
God is Gracious; God has Shown Favor
Boy/Male
Arabic, Muslim
Uprightness
Surname or Lastname
English
English : variant of Salinger.English : habitational name from Solinger in Kimble, Buckinghamshire.
Male
Greek
Variant spelling of Greek Aeton, ETON means "swift as an eagle." In mythology, this is the name of one of Pluto's four night-black steeds.
Girl/Female
Hindu
Boy/Male
Indian
Compassionate of Allah, Purity of Allah
Girl/Female
English
Darling. From the Old English 'dearling'.
Girl/Female
Hindu
Name of a Raga
Girl/Female
Arabic, Muslim
Bravery; Valour
Boy/Male
Hindu, Indian
Motion
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n.
A player on the harp; a harper.
n.
A female harper.
n.
A player on the harp; a minstrel.
n.
In the Middle Ages, one of an order of men who subsisted by the arts of poetry and music, and sang verses to the accompaniment of a harp or other instrument; in modern times, a poet; a bard; a singer and harper; a musician.
n.
A brass coin bearing the emblem of a harp, -- formerly current in Ireland.