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Bantu language
Ovambo (English: /ɒˈvæmboʊ/) language or Oshiwambo, also known as the Namibian language,[citation needed] is a dialect cluster spoken by the Ovambo people
Ovambo_language
Bantu ethnic group in Namibia
Infobox ethnic group is being considered for merging. › The Ovambo people (pronounced [ovambo] ), also called Aawambo, Ambo, Aawambo (Ndonga, Nghandjera
Ovambo_people
Topics referred to by the same term
Look up ovambo in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Ovambo may refer to: Ovambo language, Bantu language of Namibia Ovambo people, Bantu people of Namibia
Ovambo
Public TV and radio broadcasting corporation
establishing a number of services in native languages, including Radio Ovambo, broadcasting in the Kwanyama and Ndonga languages, Radio Herero and Radio Damara Nama
Namibian Broadcasting Corporation
Namibian_Broadcasting_Corporation
Topics referred to by the same term
newspaper publisher the ISO 639-3 code for the Ngandjera dialect of the Ovambo language NNE A/S (Novo Nordisk Engineering), a subsidiary of pharmaceutical
NNE
Species of tree
Tugen. In Namibia, it is known in the Herero and the closely related Ovambo language as omuongo. Three subspecies are accepted: Sclerocarya birrea subsp
Sclerocarya_birrea
Kxʼa dialect continuum spoken in southern Africa
the Ovambo River and the Angolan border, around the tributaries of the Okavango River east of Rundu to the Etosha Pan: Tsintsabis Okongo Ovambo Mpunguvlei
ǃKung_languages
Large language family spoken in Sub-Saharan Africa
Central North Mbundu (Kimbundu) (3 million) North Bakongo (Kikongo) (576,800) Ovambo (Ambo) (Oshiwambo) (500,000) Luvale (Chiluvale) (500,000) Chokwe (Chichokwe)
Bantu_languages
Dialect in Namibia
language of Angola and Namibia. It is a standardized dialect of the Ovambo language, and is mutually intelligible with Oshindonga, the other Ovambo dialect
Kwanyama
German language as spoken in Namibia is characterised by simplification and the adoption of many words from Afrikaans, South African English, and Ovambo and
German_language_in_Namibia
Dialect in Namibia
It is a standardized dialect of the Ovambo language, and is mutually intelligible with Kwanyama, the other Ovambo dialect with a standard written form
Ndonga
Daily tabloid in Namibia
The Namibian Sun is a daily newspaper in Namibia. It was launched on 20 September 2007 as a weekly tabloid newspaper published on Thursdays. The initial
Namibian_Sun
Language
Western (North-Central) ǃKung (ǃKung-Ekoka), of northern Namibia, between the Ovambo River and the Angolan border, around the tributaries of the Okavango River
Sekele_language
Bantustan in South West Africa (1968–1989)
ethnic-based second-tier authority, the Representative Authority of the Ovambos, in South West Africa (present-day Namibia). The apartheid government stated
Ovamboland
Namibian newspaper
daily since 2004. New Era is published in English and five indigenous languages: Otjiherero, Oshiwambo, Damara/Nama, Silozi, and Khwedam. New Era is published
New_Era_(Namibia)
Namibian traditional ruler
which is now the Ondonga palace. List of Ondonga kings Ndonga dialect Ovambo language "Ondonga royal squabbles: Betrayal or autocracy?". New Era Live. 21
Fillemon_Shuumbwa_Nangolo
Ovambo language of Namibia and Angola
Kwambi or Otshikwambi is a dialect of the Ovambo language spoken by the Kwambi tribe in Northern Namibia. Unlike Ndonga and Kwanyama it does not have
Kwambi_dialect
national languages: Bangala ('Mbangala'), Chokwe, Fiote, Herero ('Helelo'), Kikongo, Kimbundu, Kwanyama, Lunda, Ngangela, Ngoya, Nyaneka, Ovambo ('Oxiwambo')
Languages_of_Angola
Society, into Oshindonga dialect of the Ovambo language of Namibia. Gottlieb Viehe – German, into Otjiherero language of Namibia. Robert Moffat – Congregationalist
Bible translations into the languages of Africa
Bible_translations_into_the_languages_of_Africa
Independent newspaper in Namibia
Press of Namibia Editor-in-chief Tangeni Amupadhi Founded 30 August 1985 Language English, Oshiwambo Headquarters Windhoek West, Windhoek Website www.namibian
The_Namibian
Topics referred to by the same term
Tshwa language, a dialect of East Kalahari Khoe used in Botswana and Zimbabwe Kwanyama dialect's ISO 839-3 code, a dialect of the Ovambo language used
KUA_(disambiguation)
Electoral constituency in the Oshikoto region of northern Namibia
population has grown significantly over recent years, dominated by the Ovambo language speaking people and a small group of San people. It had 15,684 inhabitants
Onayena_Constituency
Namibian traditional ruler (c. 1934–2019)
Oshikoto Region on 26 March 2019. List of Ondonga kings Ndonga dialect Ovambo language New Era Staff (21 April 2017). "Ondonga royal squabbles: Betrayal or
Immanuel_Kauluma_Elifas
Michoacán Ottoman Turkish † – لسان عثمانی Formerly an official language in: the Ottoman Empire Ovambo – Oshiwambo Spoken in: Angola and Namibia Oy – Oi, The Spoken
List_of_language_names
Nganguela, Ovambo, and Nyaneka-Humbe, they spoke a language of the !Xu-Angola or Maligo set of tongues referred to as Khoisan or Click languages (the exclamation
Culture_of_Angola
The number of languages natively spoken in Africa is variously estimated (depending on the delineation of language vs. dialect) at between 1,250 and 2
Languages_of_Africa
Group of Bantu languages
Gciriku (Manyo) ? Mashi, Simaa, Mbowe, Shanjo, Kwangwa Southwest Bantu Ovambo (R20): Kwanyama, Ndonga, Kwambi, Ngandyera, Mbalanhu Khumbi (Ngumbi, R10)
Kavango – Southwest Bantu languages
Kavango_–_Southwest_Bantu_languages
ǃKung language of Southern Africa
Ovambo River and the Angolan border, around the tributaries of the Okavango River east of Rundu to the Etosha Pan) Tsintsabis ǀʼAkhwe Okongo Ovambo Mpunguvlei
Ekoka_ǃKung
Southern African ethnic group
are largely dominated by the ethnic Ovambo and their culture. Baster politicians and activists have called Ovambo policies oppressive towards their community
Basters
Province of Angola
occupation of the area. The inhabitants of the Province are overwhelmingly Ovambo pastoralists. Since the 1960s, they have been under pressure first from
Cunene_Province
West African ethnic group
They speak Temne, which belongs to the Mel branch of the Niger–Congo languages. The Temne people migrated from the Futa Jallon region of Guinea, who
Temne_people
fate of the Ovambo language, which was losing ground to the English language, and she strongly advocated the use of Oshiwambo. The Ovambos gave Lehtonen
Lahja_Lehtonen
Political party in Namibia
1990. The party continues to be dominated in number and influence by the Ovambo ethnic group. SWAPO held a two-thirds majority in parliament from 1994 to
SWAPO
Omutumwa (Oshiwambo: "messenger") is a bi-weekly Ovambo-language newspaper based in Windhoek, Namibia. The paper ran its first edition on 29 September
Omutumwa
Topics referred to by the same term
Ndonga is a standardized dialect of the Ovambo language spoken in Namibia and parts of Angola. Ndonga may also refer to: Ndonga Linena Constituency, an
Ndonga_(disambiguation)
Ethnic group in central-southern Angola
modicum of cows bought from the farmer-herders to the South (Nyaneka-Nkhumbi, Ovambo). Incisive change came about when the Portuguese established a colonial
Ovimbundu
Khoekhoe dialect
colonial Namibia led by Theophilus Soroseb, a member of the Haiǁom and Ovambo groups Haiǁom–ǂAakhoe at Ethnologue (25th ed., 2022) "Glottolog 5.3 - Kede"
Haiǁom–ǂAakhoe_dialect
cases classification terms that stand for a variety of small groups), the Ovambo, the Herero, the Xindonga and scattered residual groups of San. In addition
Demographics_of_Angola
majority of the Namibian population is of Bantu-speaking origin—mostly of the Ovambo ethnicity, which forms about half of the population—residing mainly in the
Demographics_of_Namibia
German missionary, linguist, ethnologist and historian
allowed him to learn Khoekhoe, Herero, and the Ndonga dialect of the Ovambo language. In Karibib, Vedder would be able to visit Johanna Gertz, who lived
Heinrich_Vedder
Dhimba is closely related to the Herero language and somewhat more distantly related to the Ovambo language. Her collaborator in this work was the Dhimba
Ulla_Nenonen
Church community in Namibia
mainly in northern Namibia. Formerly known as the Evangelical Lutheran Ovambo-Kavango Church (ELOC), it played a significant role in opposition to Apartheid
Evangelical Lutheran Church in Namibia
Evangelical_Lutheran_Church_in_Namibia
place on 27 August 1907, in the southwest of Portuguese Angola, during the Ovambo resistance to Portuguese colonization. René Pélissier, Les Guerres Grises
Battle_of_Mufilo
Topics referred to by the same term
church sanctuary (the official term for Catholic pulpits) Ovambo language, or Ambo language Ovambo people, or Ambo people "Ambo", an episode of the American
Ambo
African ethno-linguistic grouping
the Ovambo River and the Angolan border, Central ǃKung, spoken around Grootfontein, Namibia, west of the central Omatako River and south of the Ovambo River
Khoisan
Linguistic classification
Botswana R11 Umbundu (South Mbundu) R10–30 Southwest Bantu languages R40 Yeyi R20 Ovambo, R30 Herero, and R10 apart from Umbundu have been grouped together
Guthrie classification of Bantu languages
Guthrie_classification_of_Bantu_languages
Sign Language
Namibians trained in South Africa, and used the Paget Gorman Sign System with Ovambo grammar. Students used the PGSS signs, but developed their own grammar.
Namibian_Sign_Language
linguistic names. Language portal Constructed language and List of constructed languages Language (for information about language in general) Language observatory
Index_of_language_articles
Ethnolinguistic group in Africa
400 distinct Indigenous African ethnic groups who speak Bantu languages. The languages are native to countries spread over a vast area from West Africa
Bantu_peoples
1914–1918 global conflict
ethnic Hungarians. According to the 1910 census, speakers of the Hungarian language included approximately 54% of the entire population of the Kingdom of Hungary
World_War_I
Max Shali Nghilifa Hamata (born in the Katutura suburb of Windhoek) is a controversial Namibian journalist and muckraker. He is the editor of The Confidente
Max_Hamata
Indigenous ethnic group of Namibia
a member of the Haiǁom and Ovambo groups Specifically, a glottalized nasal alveolar lateral click Ethnologue: Languages of the World (unknown ed.). SIL
Haiǁom_people
Topics referred to by the same term
neutral buoyancy Low-noise block downconverter Mbalanhu dialect of the Ovambo language National Library of Latvia (Latvian: Latvijas Nacionālā bibliotēka)
LNB
Ethnic group of Namibia
member of Namibia's Parliament Herero people Nama people Oorlam people Ovambo people Zemba people Himba village about 15 km north of Opuwo, Namibia Himba
Himba_people
such as citizenship/nationality, ancestry or origin, country of birth, or language are used as alternative indicators. The data in the list are also of variable
List of countries by ethnic groups
List_of_countries_by_ethnic_groups
community of volunteer editors, started on 15 January 2001 as an English-language encyclopedia. Non-English editions followed in the same year: the German
List_of_Wikipedias
Namibian judge (born 1963)
Peter Sam Shivute (born 25 September 1963) is a Namibian judge who has served as the chief justice of the Supreme Court of Namibia since 2004. He is the
Peter_Shivute
groups; SWAPO itself, its government, and administration, is pre-dominantly Ovambo. Parties with seats in the National Assembly of Namibia after the 2024 elections
List of political parties in Namibia
List_of_political_parties_in_Namibia
Portuguese politician
troops under his command in Portuguese Angola put down a revolt by the Ovambo at the Battle of Mufilo. As a colonial administrator, Alves Roçadas served
José_Augusto_Alves_Roçadas
List of African ethnic groups
group tends to be associated with shared ancestry, history, homeland, language or dialect and cultural heritage; where the term "culture" specifically
List of contemporary ethnic groups of Africa
List_of_contemporary_ethnic_groups_of_Africa
Wars in South West Africa, 1904–1908
central and southern regions, the Nama in the south, and the Ovambo in the north. The Ovambo were agriculturists as their lands had access to the waterways
Herero_uprising
rebellion (1913–1920) Zaian War (1914–1921) Kurdish rebellions (1914–1917) Ovambo Uprising (1914–1917) Kelantan rebellion (1915) Senussi campaign (1915–1917)
Causes_of_World_War_I
the San and Damara, they lived on the livestock they bred themselves. The Ovambo, and the smaller and closely related group Kavango, lived in northern Namibia
History_of_Namibia
in Rupara, Kavango, Namibia – 5 June 1997 in Windhoek, Namibia) was an Ovambo pastor in the service of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Namibia. He
Leevi_Gerson_Max
President of Namibia from 1990 to 2005
Samuel Shafiishuna Daniel Nujoma (12 May 1929 – 8 February 2025) was a Namibian revolutionary, anti-apartheid activist and politician who served three
Sam_Nujoma
Events after the end of the war in 1918
rebellion (1913–1920) Zaian War (1914–1921) Kurdish rebellions (1914–1917) Ovambo Uprising (1914–1917) Kelantan rebellion (1915) Senussi campaign (1915–1917)
Aftermath_of_World_War_I
South African territory from 1915 to 1990
by representatives of 11 ethnic groups: Herero, Baster, Tswana, Damara, Ovambo, Lozi, Nama, Kavango, San, the Coloureds, and the Whites. However, the largest
South_West_Africa
1966–1990 war between South Africa and PLAN
obstructed itinerant Ovambos from grazing their cattle freely. The unrest also fueled discontent among Kwanyama-speaking Ovambos in Angola, who destroyed
South_African_Border_War
Finnish Lutheran missionary society
missionaries from this society graduated in 1868 and were deployed to the Ovambo area in southern Africa that was later separated by colonial borders into
Finnish Evangelical Lutheran Mission
Finnish_Evangelical_Lutheran_Mission
Commune in Cunene, Angola
(26 mi) from the border with Namibia. It was traditionally the seat of the Ovambo king of the Oukwanyama tribe. Ondjiva was greatly affected by the Angolan
Ondjiva
Namibian politician and religious leader
a strong disagreement with Bishop Colin Winter in November 1969. As an Ovambo nationalist, Kalangula wanted a separate Anglican diocese in Ovamboland
Peter_Kalangula
Namibian bishop
topics including an Encyclopaedia set of six books on Omazimo gAawambo (Ovambo Clans) and co-authored 5 books, including History of churches in Namibia
Shekutaamba_Nambala
1870s–1914 European colonisation of Africa
sought to encroach on the southern border of Angola and claim the whole Ovambo country. Paiva Couceiro laid out a plan to occupy the interior methodically
Scramble_for_Africa
Plan of German territorial expansion
rebellion (1913–1920) Zaian War (1914–1921) Kurdish rebellions (1914–1917) Ovambo Uprising (1914–1917) Kelantan rebellion (1915) Senussi campaign (1915–1917)
Septemberprogramm
1917 battle on the Italian front of World War I
rebellion (1913–1920) Zaian War (1914–1921) Kurdish rebellions (1914–1917) Ovambo Uprising (1914–1917) Kelantan rebellion (1915) Senussi campaign (1915–1917)
Battle_of_Caporetto
Name list
led troops at the Battle of Mufilo in Portuguese Angola to suppress the Ovambo people's revolt, appointed as governor of the District of Hula in Portuguese
José
World War I maritime disaster
"our main interest is to preserve the US as a base of supplies. I hope language of our press will be very guarded." According to US Ambassador Walter Hines
Sinking_of_the_RMS_Lusitania
Theatre of World War I in France and Belgium
rebellion (1913–1920) Zaian War (1914–1921) Kurdish rebellions (1914–1917) Ovambo Uprising (1914–1917) Kelantan rebellion (1915) Senussi campaign (1915–1917)
Western_Front_(World_War_I)
Oukwanyama, Angola — died 12 September 1932) was one of the first seven Ovambos to be ordained a pastor in Oniipa, Ovamboland, in 1925 by the director
Paulus_Hamutenya
Environmentally devastated WWI battlefields in France
rebellion (1913–1920) Zaian War (1914–1921) Kurdish rebellions (1914–1917) Ovambo Uprising (1914–1917) Kelantan rebellion (1915) Senussi campaign (1915–1917)
Zone_rouge
1917 German alliance proposal to Mexico
rebellion (1913–1920) Zaian War (1914–1921) Kurdish rebellions (1914–1917) Ovambo Uprising (1914–1917) Kelantan rebellion (1915) Senussi campaign (1915–1917)
Zimmermann_telegram
introduced in 1969 with Radio Owambo, an FM channel destined for the indigenous Ovambo people. However, people in Namibia already owned short wave radio sets to
Mass_media_in_Namibia
cultures span an impressively diverse population, from the Bantu-speaking Ovambo and Herero tribes (the latter of which are admired for their colorful Victorian
Culture_of_Namibia
One of the treaties that ended World War I
rebellion (1913–1920) Zaian War (1914–1921) Kurdish rebellions (1914–1917) Ovambo Uprising (1914–1917) Kelantan rebellion (1915) Senussi campaign (1915–1917)
Treaty_of_Versailles
Military campaign during World War I
rebellion (1913–1920) Zaian War (1914–1921) Kurdish rebellions (1914–1917) Ovambo Uprising (1914–1917) Kelantan rebellion (1915) Senussi campaign (1915–1917)
Meuse–Argonne_offensive
1916 Russian offensive during World War I
rebellion (1913–1920) Zaian War (1914–1921) Kurdish rebellions (1914–1917) Ovambo Uprising (1914–1917) Kelantan rebellion (1915) Senussi campaign (1915–1917)
Brusilov_offensive
1880s–1910s Portuguese colonial campaigns
personally by General Pereira d'Eça dispersed the Ovambo warriors led by king Mandume himself. The Ovambo numbered 15,000 Cuanhamas, 10,000 Cuamatos and
Portuguese campaigns of pacification and occupation
Portuguese_campaigns_of_pacification_and_occupation
Nationwide armed struggle in Mexico (1910–1920)
against Carranza. The 1914 Pact of Torreón had contained far more radical language and promises of land reform and support for peasants and workers than Carranza's
Mexican_Revolution
Territory under apartheid in South Africa
of Race Relations. 1969. pp. 309–310. Representative Authority of the Ovambos Proclamation, 1980 (Proclamation AG. 23 of 1980) A Survey of Race Relations
Bantustan
French military slogan
express a determination to defend a position against an enemy. Its Spanish-language form was also used as an anti-fascist slogan during the Spanish Civil War
They_shall_not_pass
Namibian academic
Andrew Niikondo (born 15 January 1962) is a Namibian academic. He is the pro-vice-chancellor for academic affairs of the Namibia University of Science
Andrew_Niikondo
rebirth under this [Russian] scepter of a Poland free of its faith, its language and with the right to govern itself". This proclamation, approved in secret
Russia_in_World_War_I
Explosive-packed mine in the Battle of the Somme
rebellion (1913–1920) Zaian War (1914–1921) Kurdish rebellions (1914–1917) Ovambo Uprising (1914–1917) Kelantan rebellion (1915) Senussi campaign (1915–1917)
Lochnagar_mine
rebellion (1913–1920) Zaian War (1914–1921) Kurdish rebellions (1914–1917) Ovambo Uprising (1914–1917) Kelantan rebellion (1915) Senussi campaign (1915–1917)
Prisoners of war in World War I
Prisoners_of_war_in_World_War_I
Bantu ethnic group of southwest Africa
identified as Ovaherero in the 2023 census. They speak Otjiherero, a Bantu language. Though the Herero primarily reside in Namibia, there are also significant
Herero_people
S.S. Korsakova. 75 (11): 1710–7. PMID 1950. only in informal everyday language. Gårdene gik i arv på spindesiden. Kvinderne drev landbruget, medens mændene
List of matrilineal or matrilocal societies
List_of_matrilineal_or_matrilocal_societies
rebellion (1913–1920) Zaian War (1914–1921) Kurdish rebellions (1914–1917) Ovambo Uprising (1914–1917) Kelantan rebellion (1915) Senussi campaign (1915–1917)
List of last surviving World War I veterans
List_of_last_surviving_World_War_I_veterans
Country in Southern Africa
5% other ethnic groups (including the Chokwe, the Nyaneka-Lumkumbi, the Ovambo, the Ganguela and the Xindonga). The Ambundu and Ovimbundu ethnic groups
Angola
Independence of African colonies from European powers
West African People's Organization (SWAPO), then an almost exclusively Ovambo body, as the sole authentic representative of the Namibian population. South
Decolonisation_of_Africa
French Army officer (1888–1967)
rebellion (1913–1920) Zaian War (1914–1921) Kurdish rebellions (1914–1917) Ovambo Uprising (1914–1917) Kelantan rebellion (1915) Senussi campaign (1915–1917)
Alphonse_Juin
OVAMBO LANGUAGE
OVAMBO LANGUAGE
Surname or Lastname
English
English : from the male personal name Manasseh, Hebrew Menashe ‘one who causes to forget’ (see Manasse), borne in the Middle Ages by Christians as well as by Jews. Hebrew Menashe and its reflexes in other Jewish languages have always been popular among Jews.English : occupational name for someone who made handles for agricultural and domestic implements, from an agent derivative of Anglo-Norman French mance ‘handle’ (Old French manche, Late Latin manicus, a derivative of manus ‘hand’).
Surname or Lastname
English, Scottish, and northern Irish
English, Scottish, and northern Irish : patronymic from Jack 1. As an American surname this has absorbed other patronymics beginning with J- in various European languages.This extremely common British name was brought over by numerous different bearers in the 17th and 18th centuries. One forebear was the father and namesake of the seventh U.S. president, Andrew Jackson, who migrated to SC from Carrickfergus in the north of Ireland in 1765. The Confederate General Thomas ‘Stonewall’ Jackson came from VA, where his great-grandfather John, likewise of Scotch–Irish stock, had settled after emigrating to America in 1748.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : patronymic from Matthew. In North America, this form has assimilated numerous vernacular derivatives in other languages of Latin Mat(t)hias and Matthaeus.Irish (Ulster and County Louth) : used as an Americanized form of McMahon.
Surname or Lastname
English and Welsh
English and Welsh : patronymic from the Middle English personal name Jon(e) (see John). The surname is especially common in Wales and southern central England. In North America this name has absorbed various cognate and like-sounding surnames from other languages. (For forms, see Hanks and Hodges 1988).
Surname or Lastname
English, Welsh, German, etc.
English, Welsh, German, etc. : ultimately from the Hebrew personal name yÅÌ£hÄnÄn ‘Jehovah has favored (me with a son)’ or ‘may Jehovah favor (this child)’. This personal name was adopted into Latin (via Greek) as Johannes, and has enjoyed enormous popularity in Europe throughout the Christian era, being given in honor of St. John the Baptist, precursor of Christ, and of St. John the Evangelist, author of the fourth gospel, as well as others of the nearly one thousand other Christian saints of the name. Some of the principal forms of the personal name in other European languages are Welsh Ieuan, Evan, Siôn, and Ioan; Scottish Ia(i)n; Irish Séan; German Johann, Johannes, Hans; Dutch Jan; French Jean; Italian Giovanni, Gianni, Ianni; Spanish Juan; Portuguese João; Greek IÅannÄ“s (vernacular Yannis); Czech Jan; Russian Ivan. Polish has surnames both from the western Slavic form Jan and from the eastern Slavic form Iwan. There were a number of different forms of the name in Middle English, including Jan(e), a male name (see Jane); Jen (see Jenkin); Jon(e) (see Jones); and Han(n) (see Hann). There were also various Middle English feminine versions of this name (e.g. Joan, Jehan), and some of these were indistinguishable from masculine forms. The distinction on grounds of gender between John and Joan was not firmly established in English until the 17th century. It was even later that Jean and Jane were specialized as specifically feminine names in English; bearers of these surnames and their derivatives are more likely to derive them from a male ancestor than a female. As a surname in the British Isles, John is particularly frequent in Wales, where it is a late formation representing Welsh Siôn rather than the older form Ieuan (which gave rise to the surname Evan). As an American family name this form has absorbed various cognates from continental European languages. (For forms, see Hanks and Hodges 1988.)
Surname or Lastname
English and French
English and French : from a Germanic personal name composed of
the elements haim, heim ‘home’ + rīc ‘power’,
‘ruler’, introduced to England by the Normans in the form
Henri. During the Middle Ages this name became enormously
popular in England and was borne by eight kings. Continental forms of
the personal name were equally popular throughout Europe (German
Heinrich, French Henri, Italian Enrico and
Arrigo, Czech Jindřich, etc.). As an American family
name, the English form Henry has absorbed patronymics and many
other derivatives of this ancient name in continental European
languages. (For forms, see Hanks and Hodges 1988.) In the period in
which the majority of English surnames were formed, a common English
vernacular form of the name was Harry, hence the surnames
Harris (southern) and Harrison (northern). Official
documents of the period normally used the Latinized form
Henricus. In medieval times, English Henry absorbed an
originally distinct Old English personal name that had hagan
‘hawthorn’. Compare Hain 2 as its first element, and there has
also been confusion with Amery.Irish : Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó hInnéirghe ‘descendant of
Innéirghe’, a byname based on éirghe
‘arising’.Irish : Anglicized form of Gaelic Mac ÉinrÃ
or Mac Einri, patronymics from the personal names
ÉinrÃ, Einri, Irish forms of Henry. It is
also found as a variant of McEnery.Jewish (American) : Americanized form of various like-sounding Ashkenazic Jewish names.A bearer of the name from the Touraine region of France is
documented in Quebec city in 1667. Another (also called
Surname or Lastname
English and Scottish
English and Scottish : from the Middle English personal name Ma(t)thew, vernacular form of the Greek New Testament name Matthias, Matthaios, which is ultimately from the Hebrew personal name Matityahu ‘gift of God’. This was taken into Latin as Mat(t)hias and Matthaeus respectively, the former being used for the twelfth apostle (who replaced Judas Iscariot) and the latter for the author of the first Gospel. In many European languages this distinction is reflected in different surname forms. The commonest vernacular forms of the personal name, including English Matthew, Old French Matheu, Spanish Mateo, Italian Matteo, Portuguese Mateus, Catalan and Occitan Mateu are generally derived from the form Matthaeus. The American surname Matthew has also absorbed European cognates from other languages, including Greek Mathias and Mattheos.It is found as a personal name among Christians in India, and in the U.S. is used as a family name among families from southern India.
Surname or Lastname
English and Scottish
English and Scottish : status name or occupational name from Middle English, Old French maresc(h)al ‘marshal’. The term is of Germanic origin (compare Old High German marah ‘horse’, ‘mare’ + scalc ‘servant’). Originally it denoted a man who looked after horses, but by the heyday of medieval surname formation it denoted on the one hand one of the most important servants in a great household (in the royal household a high official of state, one with military responsibilities), and on the other a humble shoeing smith or farrier. It was also an occupational name for a medieval court officer responsible for the custody of prisoners. An even wider range of meanings is found in some other languages: compare for example Polish Marszałek (see Marszalek). The surname is also borne by Jews, presumably as an Americanized form of one or more like-sounding Jewish surnames.As the fourth chief justice of the U.S., John Marshall (1755–1835) was the principal architect in consolidating and defining the powers of the Supreme Court. He was a descendant of John Marshall of Ireland, who settled in Culpeper Co., VA, sometime before 1655.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : patronymic from Jacob. As an American surname this name has absorbed cognates from other languages, for example Danish, Norwegian, and Dutch Jacobsen and Swedish Jacobsson.
Surname or Lastname
English, French, Spanish, Portuguese, Dutch, etc.
English, French, Spanish, Portuguese, Dutch, etc. : from the Latin personal name Lucas (Greek Loukas) ‘man from Lucania’. Lucania is a region of southern Italy thought to have been named in ancient times with a word meaning ‘bright’ or ‘shining’. Compare Lucio. The Christian name owed its enormous popularity throughout Europe in the Middle Ages to St. Luke the Evangelist, hence the development of this surname and many vernacular derivatives in most of the languages of Europe. Compare Luke. This is also found as an Americanized form of Greek Loukas.Scottish : reduced Anglicized form of Gaelic Mac Lùcais (see McLucas).As a French name Lucas has been recorded in Canada since 1653, taken to Trois Rivières, Quebec, by one Lucas-Lépine from Normandy.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : from a pet form of the female personal name Elizabeth. Compare Hibbs 2.English : nickname for someone with very fair hair or skin, from Middle English, Old English lilie ‘lily’ (Latin lilium). The Italian equivalent Giglio was used as a personal name in the Middle Ages. In English and other languages there has also been some confusion with forms of Giles.English : habitational name from places called Lilley, in Hertfordshire and Berkshire. The Hertfordshire place was named in Old English as ‘flax-glade’, from līn ‘flax’ + lēah ‘woodland clearing’. The Berkshire name is from Old English Lillinglēah ‘wood associated with Lilla’, an Old English personal name.
Surname or Lastname
English, French, and German
English, French, and German : from the vernacular form of the Hebrew personal name Yehuda ‘Judah’ (of unknown meaning). In the Bible, this is the name of Jacob’s eldest son. It was not a popular name among Christians in medieval Europe, because of the associations it had with Judas Iscariot, the disciple who betrayed Christ for thirty pieces of silver. Among Jews, however, the Hebrew name and its reflexes in various Jewish languages (such as Yiddish Yude) have been popular for generations, and have given rise to many Jewish surnames.French : name for a Jew, Old French jude (Latin Iudaeus, Greek Ioudaios, from Hebrew Yehudi ‘member of the tribe of Judah’).English : from a pet form of Jordan.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : occupational name for a Latinist, a clerk who wrote documents in Latin, from Anglo-Norman French latinier, latim(m)ier. Latin was more or less the universal language of official documents in the Middle Ages, displaced only gradually by the vernacular—in England, by Anglo-Norman French at first, and eventually by English.
Surname or Lastname
English and Scottish
English and Scottish : patronymic from the personal name John. As an American family name, Johnson has absorbed patronymics and many other derivatives of this name in continental European languages. (For forms, see Hanks and Hodges 1988.)Johnson is the second most frequent surname in the U.S. It was brought independently to North America by many different bearers from the 17th and 18th centuries onward.
Male
African
born in the afternoon.
Surname or Lastname
English, French, Danish, Dutch, and German
English, French, Danish, Dutch, and German : from a short form of the personal name Matthias (see Matthew) or any of its many cognates, for example Norman French Maheu.English, French, Dutch, and German : from a nickname or personal name taken from the month of May (Middle English, Old French mai, Middle High German meie, from Latin Maius (mensis), from Maia, a minor Roman goddess of fertility). This name was sometimes bestowed on someone born or baptized in the month of May; it was also used to refer to someone of a sunny disposition, or who had some anecdotal connection with the month of May, such as owing a feudal obligation then.English : nickname from Middle English may ‘young man or woman’.Irish (Connacht and Midlands) : when not of English origin (see 1–3 above), this is an Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Miadhaigh ‘descendant of Miadhach’, a personal name or byname meaning ‘honorable’, ‘proud’.French : habitational name from any of various places called May or Le May.Jewish (Ashkenazic) : habitational name from Mayen, a place in western Germany.Americanized spelling of cognates of 1 in various European languages, for example Swedish Ma(i)j.Chinese : possibly a variant of Mei 1, although this spelling occurs more often for the given name than for the surname.Cape May, at the mouth of Delaware Bay, is named after the Dutch explorer Cornelius Jacobsen May.
Surname or Lastname
English, German, French, Jewish (Ashkenazic), Lithuanian, Czech and Slovak (Jonáš), and Hungarian (Jónás)
English, German, French, Jewish (Ashkenazic), Lithuanian, Czech and Slovak (Jonáš), and Hungarian (Jónás) : from a medieval personal name, which comes from the Hebrew male personal name Yona, meaning ‘dove’. In the book of the Bible which bears his name, Jonah was appointed by God to preach repentance to the city of Nineveh, but tried to flee instead to Tarshish. On the voyage to Tarshish, a great storm blew up, and Jonah was thrown overboard by his shipmates to appease God’s wrath, swallowed by a great fish, and delivered by it on the shores of Nineveh. This story exercised a powerful hold on the popular imagination in medieval Europe, and the personal name was a relatively common choice. The Hebrew name and its reflexes in other languages (for example Yiddish Yoyne) have been popular Jewish personal names for generations. There are also saints, martyrs, and bishops called Jonas venerated in the Orthodox Church. Ionas is found as a Greek family name.Jewish (Ashkenazic) : respelling of Yonis, with Yiddish possessive -s.
Surname or Lastname
Americanized spelling of German Ludwig, Czech LudvÃk, Polish Ludwik, or cognates in other European languages.English
Americanized spelling of German Ludwig, Czech LudvÃk, Polish Ludwik, or cognates in other European languages.English : habitational name from Ludwick Hall in Bishops Hatfield, Hertfordshire, probably named from the Old English personal name Luda + Old English wÄ«c ‘outlying (dairy) farm’.
Surname or Lastname
English and French (Léonard)
English and French (Léonard) : from a Germanic personal name composed of the elements leo ‘lion’ (a late addition to the vocabulary of Germanic name elements, taken from Latin) + hard ‘hardy’, ‘brave’, ‘strong’, which was taken to England by the Normans. A saint of this name, who is supposed to have lived in the 6th century, but about whom nothing is known except for a largely fictional life dating from half a millennium later, was popular throughout Europe in the early Middle Ages and was regarded as the patron of peasants and horses.Irish (Fermanagh) : adopted as an English equivalent of Gaelic Mac Giolla Fhionáin or of Langan.Americanized form of Italian Leonardo or cognate forms in other European languages.The French Léonard family were at Château Richer, Quebec, by 1698, having come from Maine, France.
Surname or Lastname
English and Dutch
English and Dutch : from Latin Marcus, the personal name of St. Mark the Evangelist, author of the second Gospel. The name was borne also by a number of other early Christian saints. Marcus was an old Roman name, of uncertain (possibly non-Italic) etymology; it may have some connection with the name of the war god Mars. Compare Martin. The personal name was not as popular in England in the Middle Ages as it was on the Continent, especially in Italy, where the evangelist became the patron of Venice and the Venetian Republic, and was allegedly buried at Aquileia. As an American family name, this has absorbed cognate and similar names from other European languages, including Greek Markos and Slavic Marek.English, German, and Dutch (van der Mark) : topographic name for someone who lived on a boundary between two districts, from Middle English merke, Middle High German marc, Middle Dutch marke, merke, all meaning ‘borderland’. The German term also denotes an area of fenced-off land (see Marker 5) and, like the English word, is embodied in various place names which have given rise to habitational names.English (of Norman origin) : habitational name from Marck, Pas-de-Calais.German : from Marko, a short form of any of the Germanic compound personal names formed with mark ‘borderland’ as the first element, for example Markwardt.Americanization or shortened form of any of several like-sounding Jewish or Slavic surnames (see for example Markow, Markowitz, Markovich).Irish (northeastern Ulster) : probably a short form of Markey (when not of English origin).
OVAMBO LANGUAGE
OVAMBO LANGUAGE
Boy/Male
Indian
Frank
Female
English
Variant spelling of English Adena, ADENE means "fire."
Girl/Female
Hindu, Indian, Marathi, Sanskrit
Flashing; Shining; Glittering
Female
Greek
(ΜυÏÏίνη) Ancient Greek name derived from the word myron, MYRRINE means "myrrh."Â
Girl/Female
Arabic, Muslim
Rising; Shining
Boy/Male
Indian
The redeemer
Girl/Female
Tamil
A musical composition
Boy/Male
Hebrew Biblical
Festival.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : habitational name from a place in Derbyshire named Abney, from the Old English personal name Abba (+ genitive -n) + Old English ēg ‘island’. The surname is now much more common in the U.S. than in England.
Boy/Male
Norse
Brother of Isrod.
OVAMBO LANGUAGE
OVAMBO LANGUAGE
OVAMBO LANGUAGE
OVAMBO LANGUAGE
OVAMBO LANGUAGE
n.
The suggestion, by objects, actions, or conditions, of ideas associated therewith; as, the language of flowers.
n.
A large pulpit or reading desk, in the early Christian churches.
a.
Same as Ovate-rotundate.
pl.
of Zambo
a.
Same as Ovate-cylindraceous.
n.
Same as Ambo.
n.
The vocabulary and phraseology belonging to an art or department of knowledge; as, medical language; the language of chemistry or theology.
v. t.
To communicate by language; to express in language.
n.
A colloquial or humorous appellation for a negro; sometimes, the offspring of a black person and a mulatto; a zambo.
a.
Oblong. with one end narrower than the other; ovato-oblong.
a.
Having a language; skilled in language; -- chiefly used in composition.
a.
A game in which one person gives a word, to which another finds a rhyme.
a.
Same as Ovate-oblong.
a.
Same as Ovate-acuminate.
a.
Lacking or wanting language; speechless; silent.
imp. & p. p.
of Language
a.
A word rhyming with another word.
pl.
of Ambo
n.
The child of a mulatto and a negro; also, the child of an Indian and a negro; colloquially or humorously, a negro; a sambo.