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Look up back passage in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Back passage may refer to: An alley behind, for example, a building A human anus (euphemism)
Back_passage
Sea route north of North America
The Northwest Passage (NWP) is the sea lane between the Atlantic and Pacific oceans through the Arctic Ocean, near the northern coast of North America
Northwest_Passage
2017 video game compilation
place this story he long desired to tell in this collection. Back Cover and A Fragmentary Passage are the tenth and eleventh installments in the Kingdom Hearts
Kingdom Hearts HD 2.8 Final Chapter Prologue
Kingdom_Hearts_HD_2.8_Final_Chapter_Prologue
Residence and office of the UK prime minister
included: "The Back passage into Downing street to be repaired and a new door; a New Necessary House to be made; To take down the Useless passage formerly made
10_Downing_Street
Reciprocating internal combustion engine
built in and throttle cable override, revised coolant passages with an additional drain back passage and a new cooling system with push fit hoses and a separate
BMW_M52
Ritual reflecting change of social status
A rite of passage is a ceremony or ritual of the passage which occurs when an individual leaves one group to enter another. It involves a significant change
Rite_of_passage
American media personality (born 1963)
Joseph Allen Maldonado-Passage (né Schreibvogel; born March 5, 1963), known professionally as Joe Exotic, is an American media personality and businessman
Joe_Exotic
Narrow street that usually runs between, behind, or within buildings
www.maps.thehunthouse.com. Retrieved 1 December 2022. "Londonist's Back Passage". Londonist. John Biddulph Martin (1892). "The Grasshopper" in Lombard
Alley
1845–48 British failed Arctic exploration
was assigned to traverse the last unnavigated sections of the Northwest Passage in the Canadian Arctic and to record magnetic data to help determine whether
Franklin's_lost_expedition
to hold back the ground water from the pit. Historical buildings close to the excavation had to be protected during construction. The passage is directly
Europa_Passage
duration, excepting a caretaker's quarters. It protected the confined back passage east of Fidalgo Island, Skagit Bay. By World War II, the six-inch DCs
Fort_Whitman
The Passage Beds is a member of the Corallian Oolite Formation, a geologic formation in England. The subtidal to marine sandstone preserves fossils of
Passage_Beds
Transoceanic segment of the Atlantic slave trade
materials, which would be transported back to Europe (third side of the triangle, completing it). The First Passage was the forced march of Africans from
Middle_Passage
1924 novel by E. M. Forster
A Passage to India is a 1924 novel by English author E. M. Forster set against the backdrop of the British Raj and the Indian independence movement in
A_Passage_to_India
Southeastern South China Sea natural waterway
The Palawan Passage is a natural waterway in the southeastern South China Sea to the west of the island of Palawan in the Philippine Islands. It is deep
Palawan_Passage
32nd episode of the 1st season of The Twilight Zone
"A Passage for Trumpet" is the thirty-second episode of the American television series The Twilight Zone. Joey Crown, musician with an odd, intense face
A_Passage_for_Trumpet
Shipping lane from the Kara Sea to the Pacific Ocean
complete passage, from west to east, was made by the Finland-Swedish explorer Adolf Erik Nordenskiöld, with the Swedish ship Vega 1878–79 backed by the
Northeast_Passage
Abyssal channel south of South Africa between the Agulhas Bank and Agulhas Plateau
The Agulhas Passage is an abyssal channel located south of South Africa between the Agulhas Bank and Agulhas Plateau. About 50 km (31 mi) wide, it connects
Agulhas_Passage
Shipping route running along the Russian Arctic coast
is included in what has been called the Northeast Passage, analogous to Canada's Northwest Passage. The Northern Sea Route itself does not include the
Northern_Sea_Route
Causeway on the western Atlantic coast of France
The Passage du Gois (French pronunciation: [pasaʒ dy ɡwa]) or Gôa is a causeway between Beauvoir-sur-Mer and the island of Noirmoutier, in Vendée, on
Passage_du_Gois
2013 Japanese film
"Daitokai" (The Great Passage/大渡海) which would bridge the gap between people and the sea of words and would take years to complete. Back at his home, the Sou-Un-Sou
The_Great_Passage
Human settlement in England
Council. Retrieved 11 May 2026. Sheppard 1960, pp. 322–324. Londonist's Back Passage, Londonist.com Fairfield 1983, p. 171. Bebbington 1972, p. 184. Bebbington
St_James's
1996 novel by R. A. Salvatore
Passage to Dawn is a 1996 fantasy novel by American writer R. A. Salvatore. It is the fourth and final book of his Legacy of the Drow series. Passage
Passage_to_Dawn
1946 film
Canyon Passage is a 1946 American Western film directed by Jacques Tourneur, and set in the American frontier era of the old Oregon Territory in the mid-1850s
Canyon_Passage
2021 novel by Anuk Arudpragasam
A Passage North is a 2021 novel written by Anuk Arudpragasam. The novel is set in Sri Lanka following the end of the Civil War. It was first published
A_Passage_North
2010 novel by Justin Cronin
The Passage is a novel by Justin Cronin, published in 2010 by Ballantine Books, a division of Random House, Inc., New York. The Passage debuted at #3
The_Passage_(Cronin_novel)
1980 studio album with a live track by Weather Report
introduces a new member to the band, percussionist Robert Thomas Jr. Night Passage dials back the elaborate production of some of Weather Report's earlier releases
Night_Passage_(album)
1985 novel by Caryl Phillips
The Final Passage is Caryl Phillips's debut novel. First published in 1985, it is about the Caribbean diaspora exemplified in the lives of a young family
The_Final_Passage
English novelist (born 1960)
Palace of Varieties (2008) The Low Road (2009) Mitch Mitchell series The Back Passage (2006) The Secret Tunnel (2008) A Sticky End (2010) The Sun Goes Down
Rupert_Smith_(novelist)
People of Han Chinese ethnic origin living in the Caribbean
signed in China, but never ratified by Britain, specifically provided back passage for the Chinese workers. West Indian planters were not, however, prepared
Chinese_Caribbean_people
Strait in South Australia
private entrance, as it were, to the two gulphs; and I named it Back-stairs Passage." The coastal processes occurring in Gulf St Vincent and along the
Backstairs_Passage
1944 film by William A. Berke
Dangerous Passage is a 1944 American film noir drama film directed by William Berke, starring Robert Lowery and Phyllis Brooks. Oil company employee Joe
Dangerous_Passage
1941 film
Bahama Passage is a 1941 American romantic drama film directed by Edward H. Griffith and starring Madeleine Carroll, Sterling Hayden, Flora Robson and
Bahama_Passage
Etymology of London street names
Avenue (Cutlers Gardens) – presumably descriptive Back Alley – presumably descriptive Back Passage – presumably descriptive Bakers Hall Court – after
Street names of the City of London
Street_names_of_the_City_of_London
United States federal law
community prior to his decline and death in the United States, also backed passage of the legislation. As a result of the Hmong Veterans Naturalization
Hmong Veterans' Naturalization Act of 2000
Hmong_Veterans'_Naturalization_Act_of_2000
Artist-run initiative in Singapore
The 5th Passage Artists Limited, commonly known as 5th Passage or 5th Passage Artists, was an artist-run initiative and contemporary art space in Singapore
5th_Passage
English post-punk band
The Passage were a post-punk band from Manchester, England, who appeared on several record labels including Object Music, Cherry Red Records, and their
The_Passage_(band)
Neolithic monument in County Meath, Ireland
(five miles) west of the town of Drogheda. It is an exceptionally grand passage tomb built during the Neolithic Period, around 3100 BC, making it older
Newgrange
River in Victoria, Australia
present-day mouth. At that stage, the southern outlet of the Moyne, the Back Passage, was narrow and the opening to the sea was often too rough for boats
Moyne_River
President of the United States from 1961 to 1963
later, both the Soviet Union and East Berlin began blocking any further passage of East Germans into West Berlin and erected barbed-wire fences, which
John_F._Kennedy
Irish hurler
Championship club Passage and formerly played for and captained the Waterford senior hurling team. He was usually deployed as a corner-back but could also
Noel_Connors
1940 film
Northwest Passage, also billed as Northwest Passage (Book 1: Rogers' Rangers), is a 1940 American Western film in Technicolor, directed by King Vidor
Northwest_Passage_(film)
1991 live album by Indigo Girls
Back on the Bus, Y'all is Indigo Girls' first live album and fourth overall, released in 1991. "1 2 3" (Scott Bland, Bryan Lilje, Chris McGuire, Amy Ray
Back_on_the_Bus,_Y'all
1976 video game
a maze of twisty little passages, all alike" has become memorialized and popularized in the hacker culture, where "passages" may be replaced with a different
Colossal_Cave_Adventure
Musical artist
Bodies (6months, 2001) Sun Hop Flat (2001) TV Loves You Back (Anticon, 2008) Brothers Backword (Passage with Mike Busse) Malfunction (2010) [unreleased] EPs
Passage_(rapper)
Norwegian polar explorer (1872–1928)
1906, he led the first expedition to successfully traverse the Northwest Passage on the sloop Gjøa. In 1909, Amundsen began planning for a South Pole expedition
Roald_Amundsen
Hamlet in South Gloucestershire, England
New Passage is a hamlet in the civil parish of Pilning and Severn Beach, in the South Gloucestershire, district, in Gloucestershire, England, on the banks
New_Passage
Forced relocation and ethnic cleansing of the southeastern Native American tribes
newly designated Indian Territory west of the Mississippi River after the passage of the Indian Removal Act in 1830. The Cherokee removal in 1838 was the
Trail_of_Tears
1994 humanitarian mission by the United States
Operations Safe Haven and Safe Passage (September 8, 1994 – March 15, 1995) were operations by the United States Joint Task Force designed to relieve
Operations Safe Haven and Safe Passage
Operations_Safe_Haven_and_Safe_Passage
1959 novel by Eric Ambler
Passage of Arms is a 1959 novel by Eric Ambler. Girija Krishnan, a bookkeeper at a rubber plantation in Malaya, has one ambition in life: to found and
Passage_of_Arms
Sexual practice
involuntary tightening of internal or external anal sphincter muscles or vaginal passage of the receiving partner. According to Jeffrey Bahr of the Medical College
Donkey_punch
1984 drama film directed by David Lean
A Passage to India is a 1984 epic period drama film written, directed and edited by David Lean. The screenplay is based on the 1924 novel of the same
A_Passage_to_India_(film)
1937 American mystery film directed by Edward Killy
China Passage is a 1937 American mystery film directed by Edward Killy from a screenplay by Edmund L. Hartmann and J. Robert Bren, based on a story by
China_Passage
Megalithic monument category
and Loughcrew and the Boyne Valley in County Meath. The term 'passage tomb' only dates back to the mid twentieth century. Before then, the monuments were
Passage_tombs_in_Ireland
Epic poem attributed to Homer
about having to choose between two fates (διχθαδίας κήρας, 9.411). The passage reads: μήτηρ γάρ τέ μέ φησι θεὰ Θέτις ἀργυρόπεζα (410) διχθαδίας κῆρας
Iliad
American planter, militia officer, and businessman
"planter's hall", "the passage", "the green room", "the dining room" in which were a set of Reuben's Gallery of Lunenburg, the "back passage", "Mrs. Tayloe's
John_Tayloe_I
Island country that consists of one or more archipelagos
passage) into ASLP. The main difference between the transit passage and ASLP is that in case of ASLP the ship can opt instead for an innocent passage
Archipelagic_state
2009 film
Passage is a 2009 American-Swiss drama short film, the first to be directed by Shekhar Kapur, starring Haley Bennett, Lily Cole and Julia Stiles. Three
Passage_(2009_film)
1955 British film by Roy Ward Baker
Passage Home is a 1955 British drama film directed by Roy Ward Baker and starring Anthony Steel, Peter Finch and Diane Cilento. The screenplay was by
Passage_Home
Area of body discomfort
Back pain (Latin: dorsalgia) is pain felt in the back. It may be classified as neck pain (cervical), middle back pain (thoracic), lower back pain (lumbar)
Back_pain
Largest pyramid in the Giza Necropolis, Egypt
Descending Passage. In 1909, when the Edgar brothers' surveying activities were encumbered by the material, they moved the sand and smaller stones back into
Great_Pyramid_of_Giza
Ceremony that marks the passage to sexual maturity; involves sexual activity
A sexual rite of passage is a ceremonial event that marks the passage of a young person to sexual maturity and adulthood, or a widow from the married state
Sexual_rites_of_passage
Limestone cave in Alberta, Canada
cubic cave pearls and extensive displays of flagged soda straws. The back passages of Castleguard Cave are the only ones in the world that end in plugs
Castleguard_Cave
British warship and polar exploration ship
1843, and Sir John Franklin's ill-fated attempt to force the Northwest Passage in 1845, during which she was lost with all hands along with HMS Erebus
HMS_Terror_(1813)
English actor (born 1939)
figures and more serious characters, notably in known for his roles in A Passage to India (1984), Patriot Games (1992), The Remains of the Day (1993), Jinnah
James_Fox
1957 film by James Neilson
Night Passage is a 1957 American Western film directed by James Neilson and starring James Stewart and Audie Murphy. The film was the first American production
Night_Passage_(film)
American actor (born 1974)
(2019–2021). He starred in the single-season Fox series Pitch (2016) and The Passage (2019). He was the main antagonist in the weekly NBC procedural drama Found
Mark-Paul_Gosselaar
Battle of the Hungarian Revolution of 1956
The Battle of the Corvin Passage (Hungarian: Corvin közi csata) was fought in the Hungarian Revolution of 1956. It proved to be one of the most important
Battle_of_the_Corvin_Passage
Strait in Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia
Passage is a navigable waterway between Cape Breton Island and Isle Madame in Nova Scotia, Canada. Small craft use the relatively protected Passage (also
Lennox_Passage_(waterway)
American politician (born 1940)
necessary for conviction, acquitted Trump both times. She contributed to the passage of the Biden administration's principal bills, such as the American Rescue
Nancy_Pelosi
2018 international rescue mission in Thailand
international rescue teams. On 2 July, after advancing through narrow passages and muddy waters, British divers John Volanthen and Rick Stanton found
Tham_Luang_cave_rescue
Apostle of Jesus
original name as Simon (/ˈsaɪmən/ ; Σίμων, Simōn in Greek). In only two passages, his name is instead spelled "Simeon" (Συμεών in Greek). The variation
Saint_Peter
American musician (born 1981)
music for several films, including War Story (2014), Indigo Grey: The Passage (2015), and the song "Speak to Me" for Voice from the Stone (2017). She
Amy_Lee
Pedestrian street in London, England
runs nightly at the Camden Head public house. The passage was built, as an alley, along the backs of houses on Upper Street, then Islington High Street
Camden_Passage
Strait between the Persian Gulf and Gulf of Oman
60 mi (52 nmi; 97 km) to 24 mi (21 nmi; 39 km). It provides the only sea passage from the Persian Gulf to the open ocean and is one of the world's most
Strait_of_Hormuz
Strike Back is a British/American action and military television series, based on a novel of the same name by novelist and former Special Air Service soldier
List of Strike Back characters
List_of_Strike_Back_characters
Canadian rock band
breaking any taboos, and with enough love and moral authority to grease its passage into the mainstream. Rejoice, North America. This is your world." Billboard
Nickelback
2018 film by Cristina Gallego and Ciro Guerra
Birds of Passage (Spanish: Pájaros de verano, lit. 'Summer Birds') is a 2018 epic crime film directed by Cristina Gallego and Ciro Guerra. The film explores
Birds_of_Passage_(film)
1937 book by J. R. R. Tolkien
The Hobbit, or There and Back Again is a children's fantasy novel by the English author J. R. R. Tolkien. It was published in 1937 to wide critical acclaim
The_Hobbit
10th episode of the 3rd season of Battlestar Galactica
disambiguation. See templates for discussion to help reach a consensus. › "The Passage" is the tenth episode of the third season from the science fiction television
The Passage (Battlestar Galactica)
The_Passage_(Battlestar_Galactica)
Founder of the Ayyubid dynasty (c. 1137–1193)
island off the head of the Gulf of Aqaba. It did not pose a threat to the passage of the Muslim navy but could harass smaller parties of Muslim ships, and
Saladin
Semi-submersible offshore drilling rig
chamber system on the rig's deck that was connected by a trunk (a short passage) to a diving bell. The divers were Edwin Arthur Coward (British, 35), Roy
Byford_Dolphin
1915 novella by Franz Kafka
professor of German Languages and Literature, compares three translations of a passage early in the novella, after Gregor awakes and wonders why he did not hear
The_Metamorphosis
Law enacted by the United States Congress
too". AP NEWS. 2022-08-10. Retrieved 2022-08-10. "Congressman Welch backs passage of Honoring Our Pact Act". MSN. Retrieved 2022-03-08. Thompson, Alex;
Honoring_our_PACT_Act_of_2022
The Northwest Passage Drive Expedition (NWPDX) (2009–2011) was a multi-stage vehicular expedition from the North American mainland to Devon Island in
Northwest Passage Drive Expedition
Northwest_Passage_Drive_Expedition
Parenting issue in the United States
and how to de-escalate them. The practice dates back generations and is often viewed as a rite of passage for black children. Black youth in the United
The talk (racism in the United States)
The_talk_(racism_in_the_United_States)
1978 studio album by Al Stewart
and back cover were designed by Hipgnosis. As Storm Thorgerson stated in For the Love of Vinyl: The Album Art of Hipgnosis, "For Al's Time Passages we
Time_Passages
1990 novel by Charles Johnson
Middle Passage (1990) is a historical novel by American writer Charles R. Johnson about the final voyage of an illegal American slave ship on the Middle
Middle_Passage_(novel)
2006 American TV series or program
Jesse Stone: Night Passage is a 2006 American made-for-television crime drama film directed by Robert Harmon and starring Tom Selleck, Saul Rubinek and
Jesse_Stone:_Night_Passage
5th episode of the 5th season of Shameless
disambiguation. See templates for discussion to help reach a consensus. › "Rite of Passage" is the fifth episode of the fifth season of the American television comedy
Rite_of_Passage_(Shameless)
Neolithic burial chamber on Anglesey
between 1928 and 1929. Visitors can get inside the mound through a stone passage to the burial chamber, and it is the centrepiece of a major Neolithic Scheduled
Bryn_Celli_Ddu
English explorer (c. 1565 – after 1611)
two attempts on behalf of English merchants to find a rumoured Northeast Passage to Cathay via a route above the Arctic Circle. In 1609, he landed in North
Henry_Hudson
1972 compilation album by Deep Purple
Purple Passages is a 1972 double-LP compilation album by Deep Purple released in North America, Venezuela and Japan only, featuring material originally
Purple_Passages
British novelist, poet, and playwright (1911–1993)
his lifetime. In 1980, Golding was awarded the Booker Prize for Rites of Passage, the first novel in what became his sea trilogy, To the Ends of the Earth
William_Golding
Military campaign during World War I
The Passage of the Grande Honnelle was a battle between troops of the British First and Third Armies and German Empire forces during the Hundred Days
Passage of the Grande Honnelle
Passage_of_the_Grande_Honnelle
Hidden routes used for stealthy travel
Secret passages, also commonly referred to as hidden passages or secret tunnels, are hidden routes used for stealthy travel, escape, or movement of people
Secret_passage
2012 novel by Justin Cronin
novel by Justin Cronin and is the second novel in The Passage trilogy, following the novel The Passage. The Twelve was published on October 16, 2012, by Ballantine
The_Twelve_(novel)
2007 American film
Passage to Zarahemla is an adventure film directed and written by Chris Heimerdinger. It tells the story of a young pair of siblings seeking to find a
Passage_to_Zarahemla
Largest species of toothed whale
of the left passage. When the whale is submerged, it can close the blowhole, and air that passes through the phonic lips can circulate back to the lungs
Sperm_whale
Upper house of the UK Parliament
stretching back in some cases to the 1920s, another twelve women who held hereditary peerages in their own right were admitted with the passage of the Peerage
House_of_Lords
BACK PASSAGE
BACK PASSAGE
Boy/Male
Shakespearean American Hebrew Polish English
Henry VI, Part 2' Jack Cade, a rebel.
Male
English
Originally a short form of surnames, mostly Scottish, beginning with Mac-, MACK means "son of," it is now sometimes given as a forename.Â
Surname or Lastname
English
English : from Middle English bakke ‘back’ (Old English bæc), hence a nickname for someone with a hunched back or some other noticeable peculiarity of the back or spine, or a topographic name for someone who lived on a hill or ridge, or at the rear of a settlement.English : from the Old English personal name Bacca, which was still in use in the 12th century. It is of uncertain origin, but may have been a byname in the same sense as 1.English : nickname from Middle English bakke ‘bat’ (apparently of Scandinavian origin), from some fancied resemblance to the animal.Altered spelling of Bach 1, 2, or 6.North German : from Middle Low German back ‘kneading trough’, hence a metonymic occupational name for someone who made or used such vessels.Americanized spelling of Norwegian Bakk(e) (see Bakke).
Surname or Lastname
English
English : from an Old English personal name, Dæcca.Dutch : metonymic occupational name for a roofer, from dack, a variant of deck ‘roof’. Compare De decker.
Boy/Male
American, Anglo, Australian, British, Celebrity, Chinese, Christian, Danish, Dutch, English, French, German, Hebrew, Indian, Jamaican, Latin, Polish, Swedish, Swiss, Tamil
God is Gracious; Son of Jack; He who Supplants; Diminutive of Jack; Supplanter
Boy/Male
Scottish
Bank.
Surname or Lastname
German
German : topographic name for someone who lived by a stream, Middle High German bach ‘stream’. This surname is established throughout central Europe and in Scandinavia, not just in Germany.Jewish (Ashkenazic) : ornamental name from German Bach ‘stream’, ‘creek’.English : topographic name for someone who lived by a stream, Middle English bache.Welsh : distinguishing epithet from Welsh bach ‘little’, ‘small’.Norwegian : Americanized spelling of the topographic name Bakk(e) ‘hillside’ (see Bakke).Polish, Czech, and Slovak : from the personal name Bach, a pet form of Bartomolaeus (Polish Bartłomiej, Czech Bartoloměj, Slovak Bartolomej (see Bartholomew) or possibly in some cases of Baltazar or Sebastian).
Male
English
From the American English pet name for a "high-spirited young man," from the vocabulary word buck, BUCK means "male deer or goat."
Surname or Lastname
English
English : nickname for a man with some fancied resemblance to a he-goat (Old English bucc(a)) or a male deer (Old English bucc). Old English Bucc(a) is found as a personal name, as is Old Norse Bukkr. Names such as Walter le Buk (Somerset 1243) are clearly nicknames.English : topographic name for someone who lived near a prominent beech tree, such as Peter atte Buk (Suffolk 1327), from Middle English buk ‘beech’ (from Old English bÅc).German : from a personal name, a short form of Burckhard (see Burkhart).North German and Danish : nickname for a fat man, from Middle Low German bÅ«k ‘belly’. Compare Bauch.German : variant of Bock.German : variant of Puck in the sense ‘defiant’, ‘spiteful’, or ‘stubborn’.German : topographic name from a field name, Buck ‘hill’.Emanuel Buck came from England to Plymouth Colony in the 1640s and in 1647 settled in Wethersfield, CT.
Surname or Lastname
English (Kentish)
English (Kentish) : from a medieval personal name, Pack, possibly a survival of the Old English personal name Pacca, although this is found only as a place name element and appears to have died out fairly early on in the Old English period. The Middle English personal name is more likely to be a derivative of the Latin Christian name Paschalis (see Pascal).Jewish (Ashkenazic) : metonymic occupational name for a wholesale trader, from German Pack ‘package’ (see Packer).Anglicized form of Dutch Pak.
Surname or Lastname
Scottish and English
Scottish and English : from Middle English blak(e) ‘black’ (Old English blæc, blaca), a nickname given from the earliest times to a swarthy or dark-haired man.Scottish and English : from Old English blÄc ‘pale’, ‘fair’, i.e. precisely the opposite meaning to 1, and a variant of Blake 2. Blake and Black are found more or less interchangeably in several surnames and place names.English : variant of Blanc as a Norman name. The pronunciation of the nasalized vowel gave considerable difficulty to English speakers, and its quality was often ignored.Scottish and Irish : translation of various names from Gaelic dubh ‘black’ (see Duff).Danish and Swedish : generally, probably the English and Scottish name, but in some cases perhaps a variant spelling of Blak, a nickname from blak ‘black’.In some cases, a translation of various names meaning ‘black’, for example German and Jewish Schwarz.
Male
English
Short form of English Zackary, ZACK means "whom Jehovah remembered."Â
Surname or Lastname
English
English : from Middle English bark ‘bark’ (Old Norse bǫrkr), hence a metonymic occupation name for a tanner. See also Barker.North German : topographic name for someone who lived by a birch tree or in a birch wood, from berke ‘birch’, or alternatively for someone who lived on a mountain (see Barg).Jewish (eastern Ashkenazic) : of uncertain origin, perhaps a variant of Barak.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : topographic name for someone who lived beside a stream, from northern Middle English bekke ‘stream’ (Old Norse bekkr).English (of Norman origin) : habitational name from any of various places in northern France, for example Bec Hellouin in Eure, named with Old Norman French bec ‘stream’, from the same Old Norse root as in 1.English : probably a nickname for someone with a prominent nose, from Middle English beke ‘beak (of a bird)’ (Old French bec).English : metonymic occupational name for a maker, seller, or user of mattocks or pickaxes, from Old English becca. In some cases the name may represent a survival of an Old English byname derived from this word.German and Jewish (Ashkenazic) : occupational name for a baker, a cognate of Baker, from (older) South German beck, West Yiddish bek. Some Jewish bearers of the name claim that it is an acronym of Hebrew ben-kedoshim ‘son of martyrs’, i.e. a name taken by one whose parents had been martyred for being Jews.North German : topographic name for someone who lived by a stream, from Low German Beke ‘stream’. Compare the High German form Bach 1.Scandinavian : habitational name for someone from a farmstead named Bekk, Bæk, or Bäck, or a topographic name for someone who lived by a stream.
Surname or Lastname
German
German : nickname for a man with some fancied resemblance to a he-goat, Middle High German boc, or a habitational name from a house distinguished by the sign of a goat.Altered spelling of German Böck (see Boeck) or Bach.Jewish (Ashkenazic) : ornamental name from German Bock ‘he-goat’.English : variant of Buck.
Surname or Lastname
German
German : variant of Backhus.Latvian (Baks) : derivative of the German surname.English : patronymic from Back 2.
Surname or Lastname
German, Dutch, and Jewish (Ashkenazic)
German, Dutch, and Jewish (Ashkenazic) : from Middle High German or Middle Low German banc, or Yiddish bank ‘bench’, ‘table’, ‘counter’, in any of various senses, e.g. a metonymic occupational name for anyone whose work required a bench or counter, for example a butcher, baker, court official, or money changer.Danish and Swedish : topographic name from bank ‘(sand)bank’ or a habitational name from a farm named with this word.Danish and Swedish : from bank ‘noise’, hence a nickname for a loud or noisy person. Compare Bang.Danish : habitational name from the German place name Bänkau.English : probably a variant of Banks.Americanized spelling of Polish Bąk, literally ‘horsefly’; perhaps a nickname for an irritating person.Hungarian (Bánk) : from a pet form of the old secular personal name Bán.
Surname or Lastname
English, German, and Jewish (Ashkenazic)
English, German, and Jewish (Ashkenazic) : metonymic occupational name for a maker of sacks or bags, from Old English sacc, Middle High German sack, German Sack ‘sack’. Bahlow also suggests someone who carried sacks.German : topographic from Middle High German sack ‘sack’, ‘end of a valley or area of cultivation’.Dutch : from a reduced form of the personal name Zacharias.Jewish (eastern Ashkenazic) : from an acronym of the Hebrew phrase Zera Keshodim ‘Seed of the Holy’ (referring to martyred ancestors), or from a short form of the personal name Isaac.
Surname or Lastname
North German
North German : occupational name for a peddler (see Haack 1).North German : topographic name for someone who lived by a hedge (see Heck 2).North German : perhaps also a topographic name from hach, hack ‘dirty, boggy water’.Frisian, Dutch, and North German : from a Frisian personal name, Hake.Jewish (Ashkenazic) : metonymic occupational name from Yiddish hak ‘axe’.English : variant of Hake 1.George Hack (c. 1623–c. 1665) was born in Cologne, Germany, of a Schleswig-Holstein family, and emigrated to New Amsterdam where he practiced medicine and entered the VA tobacco trade. Colony records show that he and his wife, Anna, were formally made naturalized citizens of VA in 1658. He had two daughters, neither of whom married, and two sons: George Nicholas Hack, the founder of the Norfolk branch of the family; and Peter, for many years a member of the VA House of Burgesses, the founder of the Maryland branch. Hack’s descendants eventually changed the spelling of the name to Heck.
Male
English
Probably originally an Anglicized form of French Jacques, JACK means "supplanter," it is now considered a pet form of English John, meaning "God is gracious."
BACK PASSAGE
BACK PASSAGE
Girl/Female
Muslim
Phrase from the holy Quran
Surname or Lastname
English
English : variant spelling of Duncombe.
Girl/Female
Muslim American Arabic English Gaelic
Jewel. Amber stone.
Boy/Male
Anglo Saxon Latin
Name of a saint.
Girl/Female
Indian, Sanskrit, Telugu
Goddess Lakshmi
Girl/Female
Indian, Tamil
Queen of Intelligence
Surname or Lastname
English
English : habitational name from either of two places, in West Yorkshire near Keighley and in North Yorkshire near Northallerton. Both are named with a river name, derived from the Old English word lēoma ‘gleam’, ‘sparkle’.
Girl/Female
Indian
Mountain or celestial
Girl/Female
Tamil
Full of Love, Pretty
Boy/Male
Australian, Irish
Valiant; From Riley
BACK PASSAGE
BACK PASSAGE
BACK PASSAGE
BACK PASSAGE
BACK PASSAGE
adv.
To a former state, condition, or station; as, to go back to private life; to go back to barbarism.
n.
A garment for the back; hence, clothing.
n.
A pitcher or can of waxed leather; -- called also black jack.
v. i.
To write upon the back of; as, to back a letter; to indorse; as, to back a note or legal document.
v. i.
To place or seat upon the back.
n.
To transport in a pack, or in the manner of a pack (i. e., on the backs of men or beasts).
v. i.
To make a back for; to furnish with a back; as, to back books.
a.
Being in arrear; overdue; as, back rent.
v. i.
To move or go backward; as, the horse refuses to back.
v. i.
To adjoin behind; to be at the back of.
adv.
To the place from which one came; to the place or person from which something is taken or derived; as, to go back for something left behind; to go back to one's native place; to put a book back after reading it.
adv.
In concealment or reserve; in one's own possession; as, to keep back the truth; to keep back part of the money due to another.
v. t.
To bear or carry in a sack upon the back or the shoulders.
a.
Moving or operating backward; as, back action.
n.
The part opposed to the front; the hinder or rear part of a thing; as, the back of a book; the back of an army; the back of a chimney.
v. i.
To get upon the back of; to mount.
n.
The outward or upper part of a thing, as opposed to the inner or lower part; as, the back of the hand, the back of the foot, the back of a hand rail.
adv.
In arrear; as, to be back in one's rent.
a.
Being at the back or in the rear; distant; remote; as, the back door; back settlements.
adv.
In, to, or toward, the rear; as, to stand back; to step back.