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Nukus

Borrowed from Russian Нуку́с m (Nukús), from Uzbek Nukus.

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Nulty

Reduced form of McNulty.

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Numic

From Proto-Numic *nï(h)mï (“person”) + -ic; compare Comanche nʉmʉ.

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Numps

From Humphrey, compare Ned and Nellie, respectively from Edward and Eleanor.

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Nun

From Hebrew.

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Nunan

A variant of Noonan.

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Nunda

From Seneca [Term?].

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Nunez

Borrowed from Spanish Núñez.

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Nunki

From Akkadian.

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Nuo

Borrowed from Mandarin 儺／傩 (nuó).

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Nuoro

Borrowed from Italian Nuoro, related to Nuragic.

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Nuosu

Borrowed from Nuosu ꆈꌠ (nuo su).

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Nupe

Borrowed from Nupe Nupe.

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Nupur

Borrowed from Sanskrit नूपुर (nūpura).

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Nur

Borrowed from Uyghur نۇر (nur).

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Nuri

From Arabic نُورِيّ (nūriyy).

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Nurmi

Borrowed from Finnish Nurmi.

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Nut

Borrowed from Egyptian nwt (“Nut, sky”).

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Nutan

Borrowed from Sanskrit नूतन (nūtana).

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Nute

Perhaps a patronymic surname, derived from a clipped form of the personal name Canute, or an alternative form of Nutt.

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Nuuk

Borrowed from Danish Nuuk, from Greenlandic Nuuk, a capitalization of Greenlandic nuuk (“a cape”).

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Nuwa

From Nüwa by dropping the diacritics.

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Nuzhi

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of Mandarin 女直 (Nǚzhí).

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Nuzzi

Borrowed from Italian Nuzzi.

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Nwosu

Borrowed from Igbo.

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Nyaya

From Sanskrit न्याय (ny-āyá, “syllogism, inference”).

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Nydam

Borrowed from Danish Nydam, from ny (“new”) + dam (“dam”), or an Americanized spelling of Dutch Nijdam, from nij (“new”) + dam (“dam”).

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Nye

Topographic surname which derives from a misdivision of Middle English atten (“at the”) + ei (“island”) or æ (“river, waterway”).

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Nyima

From Tibetan ཉི་མ (Nyi ma, literally “Sun”).

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Nyon

From French Nyon, from Latin Noviodunum.

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Nyx

From Ancient Greek Νύξ (Núx).

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Nyêmo

From Tibetan སྙེ་མོ (snye mo).

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Nzadi

Etymology tree Proto-Bantu *jade Kongo nzadider.? English Nzadi An exonym, probably from Kongo nzadi (“river”).

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Nérac

From French Nérac.

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Nîmes

From French Nîmes.

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Nüshu

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of Mandarin 女書 /女书 (Nǚshū, literally “women's script”).

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Nüwa

From Mandarin 女媧／女娲 (Nǚwā).

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Năeni

Unadapted borrowing from Romanian Năeni.

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Etymology tree Latin ō Old French ohbor. Middle English o English O From Middle English O, o, from Old English o, from Latin o and Ancient Greek ὦ (ô, interjection). Featured prominently in William Tyndale's 1525 transla

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O RLY

Internet abbreviation of oh really? First appeared around 2003 on the website Something Awful.

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O'

From Irish Ó. Unrelated to English o' (“of”).

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O'Bar

Variant spelling of O'Barr.

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O'Dea

Anglicisation of Irish Ó Deághaidh (“descendant of Deághadh”), a personal name held by tenth-century Irish chieftain, from deagh (“good”) + ádh (“luck, fate”).

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O'Dor

Anglicization of the Central European surname Romanian Odor or Hungarian Ódor

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O.C.

Initialism of Orange County.

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O.O.

Abbreviation of once-over.

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OA

Source etymology material for OA; no narrative etymology was supplied in this snapshot.

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OAer

From OA + -er.

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OBHWF

Initialism of One Big Happy Weasley Family, since the ship results in two of the main characters in the series, Harry Potter and Hermione Granger, ending up with two of the seven Weasley children.

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OCDer

From OCD + -er.

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OCaml

Short from its former name, Objective Caml.

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OCify

From OC (“original character”) + -ify.

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ODTAA

The expression is reputed to have gone around the colonial clubs of the distant countries of the British Empire in the Victorian period. It came to fame with the publication of the book ODTAA in 1926 by John Masefield.

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OEM

Initialism of original equipment manufacturer.

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OFC

Abbreviation

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OFEX

From off-exchange.

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OFer

From OF (“outfield”) + -er.

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OGE

Abbreviation.

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OHKO

Acronym of one-hit knock-out.

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OK

Origin disputed. Wikipedia lists many possible etymologies, of which the most widely accepted is that it is an abbreviation of oll/orl korrect, a comical spelling of all correct, which first appeared in print in The Bost

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OK'er

From OK + -er.

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OKB

From Russian ОКБ (OKB), initialism of опытное конструкторское бюро (opytnoje konstruktorskoje bjuro) or опытно-конструкторское бюро (opytno-konstruktorskoje bjuro, “expert design bureau”).

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OKDK

Near-reduplication of OK.

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OKU

Borrowed from Malay OKU.

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OKish

From OK + -ish.

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OL

By abbreviation.

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OMG

An abbreviation of oh my God, although sometimes glossed using minced oaths to avoid offense. In its first attestation, also intended as a punning reference to the Order of St Michael and St George.

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OMON

From Russian ОМО́Н (OMÓN), which is short for Отря́д Моби́льный Осо́бого Назначе́ния (Otrjád Mobílʹnyj Osóbovo Naznačénija, “mobile special-purpose detachment”) or Отря́д Ми́лиции Осо́бого Назначе́ния (Otrjád Mílicii Osó

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OODA

(Observe, Orient, Decide, Act): Coined by USAF instructor John Boyd

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OOM

By initialism or acronymy.

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OP

Abbreviation.

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OPC

Abbreviation.

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OPCA

Term and abbreviation coined by Justice John D. Rooke of the Court of Queen's Bench of Alberta in Meads v. Meads 2012 ABQB 571 (2012).

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OPS+

Based on OPS.

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OR/CR

Initialism of official receipt and certificate of registration, the two most important documents when owning a vehicle.

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ORDLO

Borrowed from Ukrainian ОРДЛО́ (ORDLÓ), acronym of окре́мі райо́ни Доне́цької та Луга́нської областе́й (okrémi rajóny Donécʹkoji ta Luhánsʹkoji oblastéj, “separate districts of Donetsk and Luhansk regions”).

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OS X

Ellipsis of Mac OS X; from OS (“operating system”) + X (“ten”, Roman numeral), as a successor to Mac OS 9.

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OSA

Abbreviation.

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OSCTT

From OSC (“object show community”) + TT (“TikTok”).

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OSETI

From O + SETI.

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OSL

Initialism of object-source lighting.

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OT3

Initialism of one true threesome coined by analogy with OTP (“one true pairing”).

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OTT

Initialism of over the top.

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OVRA

Borrowed from Italian OVRA with unknown full form. Speculated by some as initialism of Organizzazione per la Vigilanza e la Repressione dell'Antifascismo (Organization for Vigilance and Repression of Anti-Fascism).

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OZ

From the abbreviation oz (“ounce”) pronounced as an initialism.

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Oahu

From Hawaiian Oʻahu, probably a corruption of Hawaiian o + Hawaiian ahu (cognate with Rapa Nui ahu), thus [place] of an altar or platform.

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Oakes

From the plural of oak. The surname could also derived from a partial translation of the Irish surname Mac Dubhdara (“son of Dubhdara”), a personal name composed of the elements dubh (“black”) and darach, genitive of dai

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Oakey

Two possible origins: * From the Old Norse personal name Áki. * English topographic surname composed of the Middle English elements ook (“oak”) and hegge (“hedge, bush, shrub”).

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Oaro

Borrowed from Māori.

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Oas

Altered spelling of Aas.

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Oates

* As an English and Irish surname of Norman origin, from Old Norman Ode, Odes, from the Germanic name Audo, shortened from compound names containing the element *aud (“wealth”). See also Ott. * As an Irish and Manx surna

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Oatis

Variant of Oates.

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Ob

From Russian Обь (Obʹ).

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Obaid

Borrowed from Arabic عُبَيْد (ʕubayd).

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Obama

Etymology tree Luo obam Luo Mobamder. English Obama A corruption of the Luo by-name Mobam (“born with a crooked back”), itself from Luo obam (“to lean or bend”).

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Oban

From Scottish Gaelic Òban, from òban (“little bay”), diminutive of òb (“bay”).

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Obara

Two main origins: * Borrowed from Polish Obara. * Borrowed from Japanese 小原 (Obara).

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Obed

From Hebrew אובד or עוֹבֵד (Oved, “servant”).

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Ober

Borrowed from German Ober.

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Obie

Named after the actress Merle Oberon, whose husband Lucien Ballard used this kind of lighting to hide small scars on her face after a car accident.

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Obock

Borrowed from French Obock, from Arabic أوبوخ (“Obukh”), from Cushitic (Afar Oboki, Somali Oboki), the name of a local wadi.

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Obon

From Japanese お盆 (おぼん, Obon).

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Obozo

Blend of Obama + bozo.

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Obst

Borrowed from German Obst.

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Ocean

From ocean (“sea”), inspired by the fashionable French female name Océane.

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Ochoa

Borrowed from Spanish Ochoa, from Basque otsoa, otxoa (“wolf”).

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Ocon

From Spanish Ocon.

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Od

From Od اوڊ (Od).

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Oda

Borrowed from German Oda.

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Oday

Borrowed from Arabic عُدَي (ʕuday).

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Odd

English surname, from the Middle English name Ode, either from Anglo-Norman Ode (see Oates) or from Old English Odda, Old Norse Oddr, or a conflation of all. Compare Oddy.

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Oddy

English surname, from Middle English Ode, shortened from various Germanic names containing the element Ode, such as Odebert, Oderich, Odeger, from the element *aud (“riches”). Compare also Ott.

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Ode

North/Low German and Swedish surname, shortened from various Germanic names containing the element Ode, such as Odebert, Oderich, Odeger, from the element *aud (“riches”). See also Ott.

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Odell

The village was known as Wadehelle in the Domesday Book, from Old English wād (“woad”) + hyll (“hill”).

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Odeon

From Ancient Greek ᾨδεῖον (Ōideîon), from ᾠδεῖον (ōideîon, “odeon”), from ᾠδή (ōidḗ, “song”) + -εῖον (-eîon, noun-forming suffix meaning “place or building associated with a specific purpose or person”).

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Oder

From German Oder.

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Odesa

Borrowed from Ukrainian Оде́са (Odésa) (cognate with Russian Оде́сса (Odéssa)).

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Odia

Borrowed from Odia ଓଡ଼ିଆ (oṛiā), in turn derived from Prakrit 𑀑𑀟𑁆𑀟𑀺𑀅 (ŏḍḍia), from Sanskrit औड्रिक (auḍrika, “relating to the Odras”), an adjective suffixed from the vriddhi of ओड्र (oḍra, “Odra”).

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Odie

Separate origins as diminutives of British name Odell and Germanic name Odin; later used as nickname for additional given names.

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Odin

Learned borrowing from Old Norse Óðinn (whence Icelandic Óðinn, Norwegian Nynorsk Oden), akin to Old High German Wodan and Old English Wōden. From Proto-Germanic *Wōdanaz, derived from Proto-Germanic *wōdaz (“rage, manic

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Odle

Possibly a variant of Odell.

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Odo

From Latin Otho.

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Odom

From Middle English odam (“son-in-law”), a nickname for someone who married the daughter of a prominent figure in the local community.

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Odum

Variant of Odom.

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Oea

From Latin Oea.

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Oella

Named after the first woman to spin cotton in America.

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Oenus

From Latin Oenūs, Ancient Greek Οἰνοῦς (Oinoûs).

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Oesch

Borrowed from German Ösch.

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Of-

From the first syllable of office.

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Ofala

From Igbo ọfala.

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Ofer

From Hebrew עֹפֶר (“fawn”).

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Offer

Occupational surname for a goldsmith, from Norman orfrer (“goldsmith”); compare French orfèvre (“goldsmith”). Also borrowed from German Offer.

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Ofwat

From office and water. See Of-.

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Oga

From Italian Oga.

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Ogas

Borrowed from Spanish Ogas. This surname is predominantly found in Argentina.

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Ogata

Borrowed from Japanese 緒方 (Ogata) or Japanese 尾形 (Ogata).

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Ogawa

Borrowed from Japanese 小川 (Ogawa).

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Ogden

Places in England, from Old English āc (“oak”) + denu (“valley”).

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Oge

* As a French surname, from Oge. * As a Turkish surname, from Öge, Öğe, from the noun öge (“genius”). * As a West African (mainly Nigeria) surname, shortened from Ogechukwukamma, see Chukwu.

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Ogg

An abbreviation of OggSquish, a 1993 suggestion by Michael Whitsun to replace the original name (Squish) which was trademarked. Ogg was jargon from the computer game Netrek meaning roughly: to put all your resources into

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Ogham

Borrowed from Irish ogham, from Middle Irish ogam, from Proto-Celtic *ogmos (“furrow, path”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂óǵmos. The Irish word is frequently folk-etymologized as og-úaim, referring to ogham being suppose

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Oghur

From Turkic. Compare Onoğurs.

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Oghuz

From Turkish Oğuz, from Old Turkic 𐰆𐰍𐰕 (wg¹z), a term for a military division, perhaps in origin an early plural of 𐰸 (ok, “arrow”) (arrows in early Turkic culture were used as symbolizing such military divisions in

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Ogier

From French Ogier.

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Ognen

From Macedonian Огнен (Ognen), from огнен (ognen).

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Ogra

Unadapted borrowing from Romanian Ogra.

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Ogre

Borrowed from Latvian Ogre.

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Ogren

Borrowed from Swedish Ögren, from ö (“island”) + gren (“branch”).

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Ogun

Borrowed from Yoruba Ògún.

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Ogwen

From Welsh, og (“land”) + banw (“piglet”).

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Oh

From Korean 오(吳) (O).

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Ohaba

Unadapted borrowing from Romanian Ohaba.

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Ohau

Borrowed from Māori.

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Ohio

From Seneca Ohi꞉yoʼ, a proper name derived from ohi꞉yo꞉h (“good river”). The name of the Allegheny river, which the Lenape and Iroquois considered to be part of the same single river as the Ohio, means the same thing in

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Ohira

Borrowed from Japanese 大平 (Ōhira).

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Ohl

Borrowed from German Ohl.

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Ohler

Borrowed from German Ohler or Öhler.

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Ohman

Borrowed from Swedish Öhman.

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Ohomo

Blend of Obama + homo. Compare Obongo.

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Ohrid

Borrowed from Macedonian Охрид (Ohrid), from о- (o-) + хрид (hrid, “mount, hill, elevation”). It has been proposed by Katičić that the modern name is a modified version of the ancient Greek name, where the transition of

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Ohta

Borrowed from Japanese 大田 (Ōta).

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Oil

From Indonesian Oil.

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Oinam

From Manipuri ꯑꯣꯏꯅꯥꯝ (ʼoʼinām).

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Oisc

From Old English.

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Oishi

Borrowed from Japanese 大石 (Ōishi).

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Oita

Borrowed from Japanese 大(おおい)分(た) (Ōita).

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Oituz

Unadapted borrowing from Romanian Oituz.

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Oizys

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Ὀϊζύς (Oïzús).

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Ojai

From Ventureño ʼawhaʼy (“moon”).

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Ojha

Borrowed from Hindi ओझा (ojhā), from Sanskrit उपाध्याय (upādhyāya). Doublet of Upadhyaya, Khoja, Khwaja, hodja, Hoxha, howadji, and Osho.

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Oka

From Russian Ока́ (Oká). Probably cognate with Sanskrit ओघ (ogha, “stream, flood, torrent of water”).

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Okada

Borrowed from Japanese 岡田 (Okada).

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Okak

Derived from Eastern Canadian Inuktitut oĸaĸ (“tongue”). The settlement was named after Okak Bay, which is shaped roughly like a tongue.

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Okawa

Borrowed from Japanese 大川 (Ōkawa).

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Okey

Variant spelling of Oakey.

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Oki

Borrowed from Japanese 大木 (Ōki).

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Okie

Shortening of Oklahoma, + -ie.

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Okiep

Originally spelt O'okiep, from Khoekhoe U-gieb.

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Okoro

Borrowed from Igbo okóró (“male teenager”).

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Okoye

Borrowed from Igbo Okoye, a variant of Okorie.

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Okram

From Manipuri ꯑꯣꯀ꯭ꯔꯝ (ʼok͟ram).

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Okray

Americanized form of Polish Okraj.

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Okroi

From Polish Okrój, Okroj.

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Okuda

Borrowed from Japanese 奥田 (Okuda).

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Okuma

Borrowed from Japanese 奥間 (Okuma), 大熊 (Ōkuma) or 大隈 (Ōkuma).

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Okun

Borrowed from Polish Okuń and Russian окунь (okunʹ), ultimately from Proto-Slavic *okunь.

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Ola

Various origins: * Borrowed from Yoruba Ọlá. Ọlá is an extremely common prefix for Yoruba names (and serves as a common form of shortened names), coming from ọlá (“honor”) * Borrowed from Spanish Ola, a habitational surn

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Olaf

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂en-der. Proto-Germanic *anô Proto-Indo-European *leyp-der. Proto-Germanic *lībanąder. Proto-Germanic *laibō Proto-Germanic *Anulaibaz Proto-Norse *ᚨᚾᚢᛚᚨᛁᛒᚨᛉ (*anulaibaʀ) Old Norse Ól

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Olano

Borrowed from Spanish Olano, a surname of Basque origin.

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Olanu

From Romanian Olanu.

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Olari

Unadapted borrowing from Romanian Olari.

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Olave

Borrowed from Spanish Olave, a Castilianized form of Basque Olabe.

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Olaya

Borrowed from Spanish Olaya, itself from Asturian Olaya, from Ancient Greek Εὐλαλία (Eulalía).

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Olayo

Altered form of Olaya.

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Old

* In Northamptonshire, recorded as Walda in 1086 (DB), becoming Wolde in the 14th century, and later Old. From Old English or Old Saxon wald.

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Olden

Variant of Alden.

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Older

Variant of Alder.

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Ole

Borrowed from Danish Ole.

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Oleg

Borrowed from Russian Оле́г (Olég), a Varangian name, ultimately from Old Norse Helgi (“holy, sacred or blessed”). Cognate to modern Scandinavian Helge.

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Olena

Borrowed from Ukrainian Оле́на (Oléna).

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