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2012 film
Balancing Act (Italian: Gli equilibristi, French: Les equilibristes) is a 2012 Italian-French drama film directed by Ivano De Matteo. It premiered at
Balancing_Act
2007 studio album by Cool Hand Luke
The Balancing Act is a compilation album by indie rock band Cool Hand Luke. It contains songs previously released on the band's albums, EP, and vinyl
The_Balancing_Act
Benefit Authors without Limiting Advancement or Net Consumer Expectations (BALANCE) Act of 2003 was a bill that would've amended Title 17 of the United States
BALANCE_Act
American stand-up comedian and actor (born 1965)
Scene Investigation ("Man Up"), Family Guy ("Petergeist"), Scrubs ("My Balancing Act"), and Robot Chicken ("The Unnamed One"). Carrot Top appeared briefly
Carrot_Top
King of Jaffna
through a mixture of native cunning and the ability to perform a delicate balancing act he secured a surprising degree of room for maneuver. He died peacefully
Ethirimana_Cinkam
Topics referred to by the same term
Europe Balance, an book publishing imprint of Grand Central Publishing Balancing (disambiguation) Ballance (disambiguation) Balanced, a wine tasting descriptor
Balance
American fitness instructor, author, and columnist
back to Lifetime in January 2011. She is on the morning program The Balancing Act. Austin before had said on her website that she was getting a new show
Denise_Austin
Italian-American actress
International Film Festival, she was presented in Ivano De Matteo's Balancing Act and in A Liberal Passion, alongside Alessandro Preziosi and Valentina
Rosabell_Laurenti_Sellers
Weights used to balance otherwise unbalanced engine movement
carmakers". UK: BBC. Retrieved 2018-11-01. Nadel, Brian (June 1989). "Balancing Act". Popular Science. p. 52. "The Physics of: Engine Cylinder-Bank Angles"
Balance_shaft
Equilibristic balancing act
The perch is an equilibristic balancing act where one performer balances atop a pole that is being balanced by another performer. Each perch pole has a
Perch_(equilibristic)
American YouTuber (born 1996)
pursue new dreams, keeping millions of loyal fans happy is a tough balancing act". Business Insider. Archived from the original on July 23, 2021. Blattberg
Claudia_Sulewski
Comics
book series by IDW Publishing, based upon the live-action film series. Balancing Act, released by IDW in April 2007, is a collection of stories from the
Transformers_(comics)
American actress (born 1987)
archival service (link) Yan, Jack (April 28, 2020). "Javicia Leslie: balancing act". Lucire. Retrieved August 12, 2021. As a Christian, Leslie felt God
Javicia_Leslie
Concept in decision-making
decision-making that arises in many domains. It is depicted as the balancing act between two opposing strategies. Exploitation involves choosing the
Exploration–exploitation dilemma
Exploration–exploitation_dilemma
2017 film by Armando Iannucci
situation at times threatens a full comedy eclipse. But the discomfiting balancing act of humour and horror is precisely Iannucci's game—and only he could
The_Death_of_Stalin
Vietnam's foreign policy and doctrine
to balance its relationships with both China and the United States, two superpowers that vie for influence in Southeast Asia. This balancing act is essential
Bamboo_diplomacy_(Vietnam)
American mental health therapist and writer
2023, Consider This: Reflections for Finding Peace in 2024, and The Balancing Act: Creating Healthy Dependency and Connection Without Losing Yourself
Nedra_Glover_Tawwab
American television host and actor (born 1956)
"Montel Williams Officially Joins the Balancing Act, Bringing America Back in "Balance"". The Balancing Act. "About Military Makeover with Montel".
Montel_Williams
Canadian prime minister (1874–1950)
opposed the high tariffs of the National Policy. King faced a delicate balancing act of reducing tariffs enough to please the Prairie-based Progressives
William_Lyon_Mackenzie_King
Indian model
Bollywood.[citation needed] He has written and directed short plays for Balancing Act Productions. He has explored his anchoring space as a sports presenter
Teeshay_Shah
American fashion model and actor (born 1999)
30, 2023. Gruber, Lauren (May 5, 2021). "INANNA SARKIS MASTERS THE BALANCING ACT". V Magazine. Retrieved May 27, 2023. "Calvin Klein Model Matt Nozka
Matthew_Noszka
38th season of the reality television series
bring their bolas to the finish line wins. Winners: Johnny & Ravyn Balancing Act: Played one team at a time. Team members swim and climb a ladder up
The_Challenge:_Ride_or_Dies
British DJ and production duo
appearances as individuals, prior to forming their partnership in 2009. Balancing Act is the 2010 debut album by Fracus & Darwin. The original pressing of
Fracus_&_Darwin
American actress and comedian (born 1980)
New Co-Host", Yahoo TV, June 25, 2015. "Watch This INSANE 'AGT' Hand Balancing Act Sneak Peek! — Guest Judge Ellie Kemper". Talent Recap. July 26, 2019
Ellie_Kemper
News» October 29, [5] Balancing Act (2005), South Africa's MTN Spends USD60-70M on 3G Launch, «Balancing Act» nr. 264, [6] Balancing Act (2008), Private Investors
Internet_in_Africa
Season of television series
Eugene Domingo was the first judge to use her golden buzzer for fire balancing act Jeffrey Bangcaya. Freddie M. Garcia was the second judge to use his
Pilipinas_Got_Talent_season_7
1989 film by Ron Howard
Roger Ebert of the Chicago Sun-Times thought the film was "a delicate balancing act between comedy and truth" as "each hides in the other so successfully"
Parenthood_(film)
American DJ (born 1982)
November 27, 2020, Statik released his ninth studio album titled The Balancing Act, featuring collaborations with Joey Badass, Black Thought and Bun B
Statik_Selektah
1990 film by John Badham
balancing act when Hitchcock did it; the locations, sensational as they were, couldn't be allowed to upstage the thrills. In Bird on a Wire, the act loses
Bird_on_a_Wire_(film)
Indian actor and filmmaker (born 1984)
Times of India. 13 December 2015. George, Vijay (18 January 2008). "Balancing act". The Hindu. Archived from the original on 10 February 2008. Retrieved
Vineeth_Sreenivasan
2008 American film
by Michael Keller Lisa Savy James, written by James, and produced by Balancing Act Pictures. It was accepted into eleven film festivals and won four awards
Defying_Gravity_(2008_film)
11th season of the reality television series
starting point. The fastest team wins. Winners: Rookies Balancing Act: Working in pairs, teams must balance on two parallel ropes using another piece or rope
Real World/Road Rules Challenge: The Gauntlet 2
Real_World/Road_Rules_Challenge:_The_Gauntlet_2
Indian politician
Indian Express. 16 October 2024. Retrieved 17 October 2024. "Omar's balancing act as five-member cabinet takes charge in J&K". "Satish Sharma: An independent
Satish_Sharma_(politician)
British actor (born 1989)
terror, tension, humor, and fury of this powerfully effective cinematic balancing act all rests on the shoulders of this brilliant young British actor who
Daniel_Kaluuya
Sports motorcycle
p. 6. Retrieved 2012-08-10. 2008 600cc Sportbike Comparison Test - Balancing Act Archived 2008-10-23 at the Wayback Machine "2008 Supersport Shootout
Honda_CBR600RR
Canadian journalist (1964–2025)
September 21, 2025. Hampson, Sarah (December 20, 2003). "Beverly's balancing act". The Globe and Mail. Archived from the original on June 15, 2018. Retrieved
Beverly_Thomson
American YouTuber and contortionist (born 2001)
her directly to the finals. During the finals, she did a new type of balancing act involving hand stands on a rotating wheel called the Wheel of Death
Sofie_Dossi
Indian politician based in Bihar
member of BJP in 2015 and 2020 and 2025. "Bihar cabinet expansion: Caste balancing act among 17 inductees". The New Indian Express. Archived from the original
Neeraj_Kumar_Singh_Bablu
American media franchise
continuity. He said that "the way we ended it ... it's really like a tough balancing act: It ends something on a bittersweet yet hopeful note, and I'll just
DC_Animated_Movie_Universe
1995 film by Betty Thomas
mythic form as The Brady Bunch Movie. Part homage, part spoof, the deft balancing act is a clever adaptation—albeit culled from less than pedigreed source
The_Brady_Bunch_Movie
Demonstrations of physical skill as enteretainment
acrobatics Balancing act while playing Chinese yo-yo Shaolin monks resisting projectiles Extreme kung fu demonstrations Unicycling and bowl balancing Multi-plate
Chinese_variety_art
Iranian-born actress and model
original on 4 October 2011. Retrieved 13 October 2011. Itsy bitsy – Balancing act. The Hindu. 11 February 2012 Sizzling item number in Nagaram Archived
Maryam_Zakaria
2006 film by K.S. Adhiyaman
"Shaadi Karke Phas Gaya Yaar". Hindustan Times. 28 October 2004. "A balancing act". The Hindu. 5 August 2006. "rediff.com: Movies: Adhiyaman's run". www
Shaadi_Karke_Phas_Gaya_Yaar
American television variety series
episode 10, March 7, 1964) The Berosini Chimps Rola and Rolan (two-man balancing act) Jackie Mason Barrie Chase Ludwig Stossel Vikki Carr Leonard Barr Piccola
The_Hollywood_Palace
Inline piston engine with four cylinders
carmakers". UK: BBC. Retrieved 2018-11-01. Nadel, Brian (June 1989). "Balancing Act". Popular Science. p. 52. Pajero/Montero Specifications (PDF) "MITSUBISHI
Straight-four_engine
Betway Premiership
24 July 2024. "SuperSport acquires TV rights to SA football league". Balancing Act Africa. 31 August 2022. Retrieved 23 August 2019. Resilience: The Ernst
South_African_Premiership
1985 maintenance (alimony) lawsuit in India
who was the lawyer of Bano. The Supreme Court tried to maintain a balancing act, attempting to uphold Muslim women's rights without addressing the constitutionality
Mohd. Ahmed Khan v. Shah Bano Begum
Mohd._Ahmed_Khan_v._Shah_Bano_Begum
American model and television presenter (born 1962)
for Access Hollywood. She began hosting Lifetime's morning show, The Balancing Act in 2013. On April 12, 1987, Julie Bryan married actor Rob Moran. The
Julie_Moran
Song for player piano
person to play on a piano, with the notable exception of the central "balancing act" section in F-sharp minor. Human performances of the piece require multiple
Circus_Galop
American diplomatic overture to the PRC
Ladley, Eric (2002) Nixon's China Trip, Writer's Club Press; (2007) Balancing Act: How Nixon Went to China and Remained a Conservative. MacMillan, Margaret
1972 visit by Richard Nixon to China
1972_visit_by_Richard_Nixon_to_China
2025 studio album by Boy & Bear
chapters and with this comes new insights but also new challenges. It's a balancing act of reflecting or even yearning for our youth whilst also embracing life
Tripping_Over_Time
2002 South Korean thriller film
even for people who wholly deserve revenge. [...] It's a difficult balancing act, but Park crafts his layers carefully and masterfully." 2002 Busan Film
Sympathy_for_Mr._Vengeance
Showering technique that saves water and time
Energy. September 2014. Retrieved January 17, 2016. "The Conservation Balancing Act: Part II, In the Bathroom" (PDF). University of Florida Institute of
Navy_shower
2013 EP by Casimir
the English rock band Casimir. The first video from this release was "Balancing Act", premiered on NME.com in January 2013, followed by the release of the
Not_Mathematics
1966 film by Stanley Donen
Section 2, p. 14. Retrieved May 19, 2026 – via Newspapers.com. "Cinema: Balancing Act". Time. May 19, 1966. Retrieved May 19, 2026. Gleuck, Grace (May 6,
Arabesque_(film)
Former Las Vegas Strip spectacular revue
Act 1 Showtime! Putting It into the Right Vernacular Act 2 A Specialty Act that varied over the years, toward the end was a hand balancing act Act 3
Jubilee!
Italian actor
Basilicata coast to coast, Qualunquemente, Diaz – Don't Clean Up This Blood, Balancing Act, Io sono Mia, Padrenostro, The Last Paradise, and Last Night of Amore
Antonio_Gerardi
American rapper (born 1974)
2020: "Way Up" ---- Statik Selektah, Bun B, Haile Supreme from The Balancing Act 2021: "Money Calling" ---- Grafh, DJ Shay from Stop Calling Art Content
Havoc_(musician)
2005 American TV series or program
Balancing Acts Balancing Acts at IMDb Inside the Balancing Acts of Chinese Acrobat Man-Fong Tong A short video excerpt of Balancing Acts (QuickTime)
Balancing_Acts
German industrialist, engineer and inventor
January 2014). "Companies in the Third Reich: Robert Bosch and the double balancing act". stuttgarter-zeitung.de. Stuttgarter-Zeitung. Archived from the original
Robert_Bosch
American politician (born 1963)
Retrieved April 4, 2009. Thomason, Andrew (September 5, 2010). "Rand Paul's balancing act". Park City Daily News. Retrieved August 15, 2014. "Verify a Physician"
Rand_Paul
deforestation. In 2023 the World Bank, published a report named: "A Balancing Act for Brazil's Amazonian States: An Economic Memorandum" proposing non-deforestation
Deforestation_in_Brazil
British and Irish actress (1895-1975)
cancer in Los Angeles, aged 79. The Way (1928) Gottfried, Martin (1999). Balancing Act, The Authorized Biography of Angela Lansbury. Little, Brown and Company
Moyna_Macgill
American television writer and producer (born 1974)
(September 6, 2015). "Mostly Joking: "Black-ish" creator Kenya Barris's balancing act". The California Sunday Magazine. Nussbaum, Emily (April 18, 2016).
Kenya_Barris
Piston engine with one cylinder
"Engine Science: The Balancing Act of Single Cylinder Engines". www.isavetractors.com. Retrieved 10 July 2019. Methods of Balancing Single Cylinder Engines
Single-cylinder_engine
Human-created installation rock art
Rock balancing (also stone balancing, or stacking) is a form of recreation or artistic expression in which rocks are piled in balanced stacks, often in
Rock_balancing
2022 Indian film
Retrieved 22 July 2022. "Location Diaries: Actress Anandhi on Nadhi - A balancing act". Archived from the original on 2 August 2022. Retrieved 22 July 2022
Nadhi
The proposed Cut, Cap and Balance Act of 2011 (H.R. 2560) was a bill put forward in the 112th United States Congress by Republicans during the 2011 U
Cut,_Cap_and_Balance_Act
Italian actor (born 1972)
di Donatello for Best Actor for his performance in Ivano De Matteo's Balancing Act and the David di Donatello for Best Supporting Actor for his role in
Valerio_Mastandrea
Field of artificial intelligence
decisions about how to balance expressive power with naturalness of expression and efficiency. In particular, this balancing act was a driving motivation
Knowledge representation and reasoning
Knowledge_representation_and_reasoning
2026 studio album by Tenille Townes
Hollabaugh, Lorie (February 27, 2026). "Tenille Townes Examines Life's Balancing Act on New LP The Acrobat, Due in April". MusicRow. Iahn, Buddy (February
The_Acrobat_(album)
American actress, singer, and dancer (born 1991)
Music,... Holland, Bernard (June 5, 2003). "Taking Off on a Wing And a Balancing Act". The New York Times. Evans, Everett (June 14, 2006). "Main Street's
Stephanie_Styles
Indian actor and model (b. 1968)
List of Indian Dubbing Artists Shoma A. Chatterji (2 September 2011). "Balancing act: Actor Joy Sengupta straddles films and theatre with equal ease and
Joy_Sengupta
Indian actor
Retrieved 2 May 2019. Shetty, Anjali (9 January 2018). "Abhay Mahajan's balancing act". Hindustan Times. Retrieved 29 April 2019. Shetty, Anjali (27 May 2018)
Abhay_Mahajan
Indian actress
2012). "New face, new promise". The Hindu. Retrieved 10 May 2014. "A balancing act". The Hindu. 1 September 2012. Retrieved 21 September 2012. "Pandiya
Lakshmi_Menon_(actress)
2019 American comedy-drama film
together, but the quietly effective Paddleton pulls off a tricky tonal balancing act, thanks largely to the strengths of its well-chosen leads." Metacritic
Paddleton
American filmmaker and singer
the aforementioned heartbreak, and a newly failed relationship. A Balancing Act (2007), which won "Best Comedy Documentary" at both the Atlanta International
Marc_Israel
1895 film
park of the Berlin-Moabit Public Theatre this short film shows the balancing act performance of this family of 8 performers. It was one of a series of
Akrobatisches_Potpourri
2014 Indian film by Rudhran
— songs, action, comedy, romance. There are films that manage this balancing act well. Vetri Selvan isn’t one of them.". The Times of India gave the
Vetri_Selvan
Indian television series
hate between daughter-in-law and mother-in-law. The male lead does a balancing act between mother and wife. Reema Lagoo as Devki Gopal Verma (Season 1-
Tu_Tu_Main_Main
English writer (1943–2025)
Other Family (2010) Daughters-in-Law (2011) The Soldier's Wife (2012) Balancing Act (2014) City of Friends (2017) An Unsuitable Match (2018) Mum & Dad (2020)
Joanna_Trollope
the area. Rarely is this without controversy, and it is a delicate balancing act. [who?] Government control of agricultural products began with the law
Institut national de l'origine et de la qualité
Institut_national_de_l'origine_et_de_la_qualité
American songwriter
four albums for MCA Records. In 1993, he recorded his fifth album ("Balancing Act") for Liberty Records, and, in 2003, recorded his sixth album ("View
John_Barlow_Jarvis
Australian politician (born 1980)
Crikey. 21 December 2016. Retrieved 8 April 2021. "Tim Wilson and the balancing act of human rights". www.abc.net.au. 18 December 2013. Retrieved 8 April
Tim Wilson (Australian politician)
Tim_Wilson_(Australian_politician)
American tech entrepreneur
Terracom Communications". balancingact-africa.com (Issue no 365 ed.). Balancing Act. Archived from the original on 2021-03-06. Retrieved 2015-03-31. "The
Greg_Wyler
1991 film by Michael Hoffman
film three-and-a-half stars and called it "the kind of movie that is a balancing act, really." Entertainment Weekly critic Owen Gleiberman gave it a letter
Soapdish
link] "New series of mobile number introduced in Kenya". 2 May 2019. Balancing act africa. "Kenya launches Mobile Number Portability". Archived from the
Telephone_numbers_in_Kenya
Naturally occurring precariously balanced rock
around it. Not all glacial erratics are balancing rocks; some are firmly seated on the ground. Some balancing erratics have come to be known as rocking
Balancing_rock
American academic (1935–2006)
House. 1971. Retrieved May 12, 2012. The Bewildered Society (1972) The Balancing Act: Quota Hiring in Higher Education (1974) Federal Assault on Independent
George_Roche_III
Ethiopian television channel
launched free-to-air satellite station Kana TV in JV with local partners | Balancing Act - Africa". www.balancingact-africa.com. Archived from the original on
Kana_TV
Archived from the original on 23 July 2021. Retrieved 23 July 2021. "Balancing Act by Daniel Clifford, 2010". Coastal Arts Trail. Retrieved 15 January
List of New Zealand's big things
List_of_New_Zealand's_big_things
Liability of breakage from stress without significant plastic deformation
material can become brittle. Improving material toughness is, therefore, a balancing act. Naturally brittle materials, such as glass, are not difficult to toughen
Brittleness
Touring circus production
dragonfly flits throughout the entire performance and performs the hand-balancing act. Spiders: Four spiders provide mystery and caution throughout the show
Ovo_(Cirque_du_Soleil)
2015 American film by Robert Zemeckis
1/10. The site's critical consensus reads, "The Walk attempts a tricky balancing act between thrilling visuals and fact-based drama — and like its wire-walking
The_Walk_(2015_film)
Christian band from Nashville, Tennessee
Hand Luke released The Balancing Act, a career retrospective that fulfilled their contract with Floodgate. The Balancing Act contained songs from the
Cool_Hand_Luke_(band)
2016 studio album by Twin Peaks
psychedelic pop and rollicking power chords, and they've perfected this balancing act on Down in Heaven... With their third album, Twin Peaks have become
Down_in_Heaven
January 2004). "Digital Balancing Act". Education Week. 23 (20): 29–31. Trotter, Andrew (28 January 2004). "Digital Balancing Act". Education Week. 23 (20):
Maine Learning Technology Initiative
Maine_Learning_Technology_Initiative
Indian actress and model
2014. Retrieved 16 June 2014. "Metro Plus Visakhapatnam / Profiles : Balancing act". The Hindu. 4 July 2009. Archived from the original on 7 June 2014
Nyrraa_M_Banerji
American skateboarder and fashion designer (1974–2020)
Hamanaka, Kari (August 26, 2018). "Huf Worldwide CEO Eddie Miyoshi's Balancing Act". WWD. Retrieved October 7, 2020. Pappalardo, Anthony (November 6, 2019)
Keith_Hufnagel
Indian theatre producer and director
had acted in several plays, including The Sound of Music and Legend of Ram. In the early 2000s, she set up a Production Company, "Balancing Act Productions"
Divya_Palat
BALANCING ACT
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English : ethnic name from Old French germain ‘German’ (Latin Germanus). This sometimes denoted an actual immigrant from Germany, but was also used to refer to a person who had trade or other connections with German-speaking lands. The Latin word Germanus is of obscure and disputed origin; the most plausible of the etymologies that have been proposed is that the people were originally known as the ‘spear-men’, with Germanic gÄ“r, gÄr ‘spear’ as the first element.English (of Norman origin) : from the Old French personal name Germain (see Germain).Americanized spelling of Spanish Germán or Hungarian Germán, cognates of 2.German : from the saint’s name German(us). See also Germann.Jewish (eastern Ashkenazic) : Russianized variant of Hermann.Greek : reduced form of Germanos, a Greek personal name, bestowed in honor of saints of the Eastern Church distinct from St. Germain: in particular, St. Germanos in the 8th century, liturgical poet and patriarch of Constantinople. The Greek surname can also denote someone associated with Germany or someone with blond hair.
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English
English : variant of Blanton.
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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 : from the Old Norse personal name Keikr (from Old West Scandinavian keikr ‘bent backwards’).German : nickname from Middle High German kec ‘lively’, ‘active’ (cognate of English quick), which later changed its meaning to ‘bold’, ‘forward’, ‘fresh’.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : nickname for a happy, cheerful person, from Middle English lyght, Old English lēoht ‘light’ (not dark), ‘bright’, ‘cheerful’.English : nickname for someone who was busy and active, from Middle English lyght, Old English līoht ‘light’ (not heavy), ‘nimble’, ‘quick’. The two words lēoht and līoht were originally distinct, but they were confused in English from an early period.English : nickname for a small person, from Middle English lite, Old English l̄t ‘little’, influenced by lyght as in 1 and 2.
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English
English : nickname for an amiable person, also perhaps sometimes given in an ironical sense, from Middle English luvelich, loveli (Old English luflic). During the main period of surname formation the word was used in an active sense, ‘loving’, ‘kind’, ‘affectionate’, as well as the passive ‘lovable’, ‘worthy of love’. The meaning ‘attractive’, ‘beautiful’ is not clearly attested before the 14th century, and remained rare throughout the Middle Ages.New England Americanized form of French Lavallée (see Lavallee) or a similar name.
Girl/Female
Hindu, Indian, Kannada, Telugu
Victorious; Balancing in Everything; Goddess Durga
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English
English : habitational name from any of several places, especially in Shropshire and adjacent counties, named Acton. Generally, these are from Old English Äc ‘oak’ + tÅ«n ‘settlement’.
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English (of Norman origin)
English (of Norman origin) : nickname for an unfortunate person, from Old French malheure ‘unhappy’, ‘unlucky’. The etymology from maloret ‘ill-omened’ (Latin male ‘badly’ + auguratus) is less likely for the surname that has actually survived, although it does lie behind other medieval Norman surnames of this form, now defunct.
Boy/Male
Tamil
King among actors
Surname or Lastname
Americanized spelling of the French topographic name Garrigue (see Garrigues).Scottish
Americanized spelling of the French topographic name Garrigue (see Garrigues).Scottish : variant of Garioch, a habitational name from the district in Aberdeenshire so named.English : habitational name from Garwick in Lincolnshire, named from an Old English personal name Gǣra + Old English wīc ‘(dairy) farm’.The name is closely associated with the Huguenots. The English actor-manager David Garrick (1717–79) was the grandson of David de la Garrique, who fled Bordeaux in 1685, changing his family name to Garric on arrival in England. Other Garricks (Garicks) were in SC in the 1820s.
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English
English : from the personal name Francis (Old French form Franceis, Latin Franciscus, Italian Francisco). This was originally an ethnic name meaning ‘Frank’ and hence ‘Frenchman’. The personal name owed much of its popularity during the Middle Ages to the fame of St. Francis of Assisi (1181–1226), whose baptismal name was actually Giovanni but who was nicknamed Francisco because his father was absent in France at the time of his birth. As an American family name this has absorbed cognates from several other European languages (for forms, see Hanks and Hodges 1988).Jewish (American) : an Americanization of one or more like-sounding Jewish surnames, or an adoption of the non-Jewish surname.
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English (Devon)
English (Devon) : from the rare Old English masculine personal name Mocca, which may be related to a Germanic stem mokk- ‘to accumulate’, ‘to be heaped up’, and hence may originally have been a nickname for a heavy, thickset person. Alternatively, it could be from Middle English mokke ‘trick’, ‘joke’, ‘jest’, ‘act of jeering’, a derivative of mokke(n) ‘to mock’, from Old French moquer.German : variant of Maag.German : nickname for a short, thickset man, Middle High German mocke.Dutch : nickname from Middle Dutch mocke ‘dirty or wanton woman’, ‘slut’, or from West Flemish mokke ‘fat child’.
Surname or Lastname
Dutch
Dutch : patronymic from the personal name Lans (Germanic Lanzo).English : habitational name from Lancing in West Sussex, so named from an Old English personal name Wlanc + -ingas ‘family or followers of’.This was the most frequent name in New Netherland in the 17th century. Among others, Gerrit Frederickse Lansing and his wife, Elizabeth Hendrix, came to America with their European-born children during the late 1640s. There is a waterway near Utica, NY called Lansingkill, named for a family with this surname.
Male
English
English surname transferred to forename use, ACTON means "oak tree settlement."Â
Boy/Male
Greek Latin
In ancient Greek mythology Actaeon was a hunter dismembered by his own dogs.
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English
English : unexplained; perhaps a habitational name from a lost or unidentified place. It has been suggested that it might be an altered form of Scottish Ballantine, but the distribution and variants (including Blanding) make it more probable that it is an altered form of a French original.
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English and Scottish
English and Scottish : nickname from Middle English king, Old English cyning ‘king’ (originally merely a tribal leader, from Old English cyn(n) ‘tribe’, ‘race’ + the Germanic suffix -ing). The word was already used as a byname before the Norman Conquest, and the nickname was common in the Middle Ages, being used to refer to someone who conducted himself in a kingly manner, or one who had played the part of a king in a pageant, or one who had won the title in a tournament. In other cases it may actually have referred to someone who served in the king’s household. The American surname has absorbed several European cognates and equivalents with the same meaning, for example German König (see Koenig), Swiss German Küng, French Leroy. It is also found as an Ashkenazic Jewish surname, of ornamental origin.Chinese : variant of Jin 1.Chinese : , , , , Jing.
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Scottish (of Norman origin)
Scottish (of Norman origin) : habitational name from Haineville or Henneville in Manche, France, named from the Germanic personal name Hagano + Old French ville ‘settlement’.English (Yorkshire) : nickname for a scarred or maimed person, from Middle English, Old English hamel ‘mutilated’, ‘crooked’.Irish (Ulster) : according to MacLysaght, a shortened Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó hÃdhmaill ‘descendant of Ãdhmall’, which he derives from ádhmall ‘active’.
Surname or Lastname
English and German
English and German : from Ida, which is found as both a male and female personal name in English but only as a female name in German. This is of continental Germanic origin and was popular among the Normans, who brought it to England. Its etymology is disputed: it is thought by some to be of the same origin as hild- ‘battle’, ‘strife’; by others to be of the same origin as Old High German idis ‘(wise) woman’, or from Old Norse idh ‘work’, ‘activity’.Japanese : ‘rice paddy by the well’; habitational name from Ida-mura in Musashi (now TÅkyÅ and Saitama prefectures). Variously written and found mostly in eastern Japan and the RyÅ«kyÅ« Islands.
BALANCING ACT
BALANCING ACT
Girl/Female
Hindu, Indian, Kannada, Malayalam, Marathi, Sindhi, Telugu
Flowery
Girl/Female
German
Wanderer
Girl/Female
Tamil
Boy/Male
Tamil
Nartana | நரà¯à®¤à®¾à®¨à®¾
Makes others dance
Boy/Male
Australian, French, Greek, Latin, Russian, Slavic
Royal; Kingly
Girl/Female
German
Noble; Kind
Boy/Male
English
Broad; wide.
Surname or Lastname
English (of Norman origin)
English (of Norman origin) : nickname for a crafty or ingenious person, from a reduced form of Old French engaine ‘ingenuity’, ‘trickery’ (Latin ingenium ‘native wit’). The word was also used in a concrete sense of a stratagem or device, particularly a trap.This surname has also assimilated reduced variants of Welsh Gurganus.
Boy/Male
Australian
Truthful
Girl/Female
Tamil
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a.
Shooting, as light.
p. pr. & vb. n.
of Lance
n.
A balancing; equipoise.
p. pr. & vb. n.
of Valance
n.
The act or result of balancing or adjusting; equipoise; even adjustment of forces.
n.
A sharp instrument used for opening veins, lancing gums, etc.; a kind of lancet.
p. pr. & vb. n.
of Elance
n.
A ropedancer's balancing pole.
n.
A weight, power, or agency, acting against or balancing another
p. pr. & vb. n.
of Blank
v. t.
To conclude, as by an enumeration and balancing of chances; hence, to think; to suppose; -- followed by an objective clause; as, I reckon he won't try that again.
p. pr. & vb. n.
of Blanch
adv.
In a glancing manner; transiently; incidentally; indirectly.
p. pr. & vb. n.
of Glance
n.
A balancing of the mind between motives or reasons, with consequent indecision and doubt.
a.
Balancing; moving like a balance, as it tends to an equipoise or level.
n.
The operation of blanching plants, by excluding the light of the sun; the condition of a blanched plant.
p. pr. & vb. n.
of Balance
n.
The producing of an unintended effect by the glancing of an instrument, as when a shot intended for A glances and strikes B.
a.
Flying off (after striking) in an oblique direction; as, a glancing shot.