Matching Names
Found 1 matching names:I
| Name | ☼ | European | Old Spelling | |||
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| Name | ☼ | European | Old Spelling | |||
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| ▸ | Ivaana | Ivâna | ||||
| The word 'ivaaq' means 'Brood Egg', or 'the Brooded/Embraced One (to keep warm or in affection'). In Greenlandic names it is common to use a so-called names suffix -na after a stem, in names such as Aviaq + na = Aviana. Amajut + na = Amajuna. Navarat + na = Navarana. Aqarti + na = Aqartina etc. Hence: Ivaaq+na = Ivaana. Variants: Ivaaq (the Brooded One), Ivaneq (the One Who Has Brooded, or The One Has Been Brooded On), Ivaaraq (the Sweet Little Brooded One). Mythological names which are yet to be included this names list: 'Ivaasaq' (the One Having Been Brooded) name of a female shaman from the Qeqertarsuaq region, and 'Ivalimaaq' (The Adept Brooder) and Ivaniisaq (The One Resembling Ivaneq), from East-Greenland. Number of bearers: Ivaana 7. Ivana 6. | ||||||