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2026 film
Midwinter Break is a 2026 drama film directed by Polly Findlay. The film is based on the 2017 novel of the same name by Bernard MacLaverty and follows
Midwinter_Break
Northern Irish writer
Blackstaff Press (1997) The Anatomy School, Cape / Blackstaff Press (2001) Midwinter Break: A Novel, W. W. Norton & Company (2017) Short story collections Secrets
Bernard_MacLaverty
English actress (born 1956)
2025 Mr Burton Ma Smith Winter of the Crow Dr. Joan Andrews 2026 Cold Storage Trinny Romano Midwinter Break Stella Jack of Spades † TBA Post-production
Lesley_Manville
Irish theatre and film director
that he would be directing a film adaption of Bernard MacLaverty's Midwinter Break. A Very Expensive Poison (2019) – The Old Vic – written by Lucy Prebble
John_Crowley_(director)
McCaffrey 2025 Words of War Dmitry Muratov Is This Thing On? Jan 2026 Midwinter Break Gerry 2027 Narnia: The Magician's Nephew † Post-production TBA Cry
List of Ciarán Hinds performances
List_of_Ciarán_Hinds_performances
33rd season of Major League Soccer
held in May 2028. As part of the new calendar, MLS will observe a midwinter break from mid-December 2027 through early February 2028; no league matches
2027–28 Major League Soccer season
2027–28_Major_League_Soccer_season
British theatre director
the Bridge, and the Almeida. She directed her first feature film, Midwinter Break, for Film4 and Focus Features, starring Lesley Manville and Ciarán
Polly_Findlay
Irish actress (born 1959)
Robert Lorenz 2024 We Live in Time Sylvia Four Mothers Maura 2026 Midwinter Break Kathy Television Year Title Role Notes 1988 A Shadow on the Sun TV
Niamh_Cusack
Irish actor
Archived from the original on 23 July 2021. Retrieved 20 November 2021. Midwinter Break – via Audible. Michael O'Leary – via Audible. Last Stories – via Audible
Stephen_Hogan
Films; distributed in North America by Vertical February 20, 2026 Midwinter Break co-production with Film4, the Netherlands Film Fund, Film Scotland
List_of_Focus_Features_films
English cinematographer
Catherine Called Birdy Lena Dunham Rosaline Karen Maine 2025 The Haunted Moustache Andrew Starke 2026 Midwinter Break Polly Findlay Madfabulous Celyn Jones
Laurie_Rose_(cinematographer)
The holiday between terms two and three is generally known as the midwinter break[according to whom?] and occurs in July, while that between terms 3
Public holidays in New Zealand
Public_holidays_in_New_Zealand
1989 video game
Midwinter is a post-apocalyptic first-person action role-playing game with strategy and survival elements designed by Mike Singleton. It was published
Midwinter_(video_game)
International literary award, administered by Dublin City Libraries
Shortlist Mohsin Hamid Exit West —N/a English Shortlist Bernard MacLaverty Midwinter Break —N/a English Shortlist Jon McGregor Reservoir 13 —N/a English Shortlist
Dublin_Literary_Award
1995 British film
In the Bleak Midwinter (released in the US as A Midwinter's Tale) is a 1995 British romantic comedy film written and directed by Kenneth Branagh. Many
In_the_Bleak_Midwinter_(film)
All Elite Wrestling television special series
finishing moves, the Beach Break. The event originally replaced Bash at the Beach as the promotion's beach-themed show held in midwinter; however, an event was
AEW_Beach_Break
Scottish literary awards
Forever Kevin MacNeil 2017 Memory and Straw Angus Peter Campbell Winner Midwinter Break Bernard MacLaverty Shortlist The Long Drop Denise Mina That Was a Shiver
Scotland's National Book Awards
Scotland's_National_Book_Awards
Irish annual literary award event
Award Winner Novel of the Year Midwinter Break by Bernard MacLaverty Crime Fiction Book of the Year The Therapy House by Julie Parsons Best Irish Published
Irish_Book_Awards
Irish literary award
McGuiness The Woodcutter and His Family Finalist Bernard McLaverty Midwinter Break Finalist Sally Rooney Conversations with Friends Finalist 2019 David
Kerry Group Irish Novel of the Year Award
Kerry_Group_Irish_Novel_of_the_Year_Award
British literary award
Kamila Shamsie The Seven Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle by Stuart Turton Midwinter Break by Bernard MacLaverty The Mermaid and Mrs Hancock by Imogen Hermes
Books Are My Bag Readers' Awards
Books_Are_My_Bag_Readers'_Awards
All Elite Wrestling television special
Velvet. A second Beach Break was held the following year in late January, thus establishing Beach Break as AEW's annual midwinter beach-themed event. Additionally
Beach_Break_(2021)
American sitcom (1985–1992)
got on Arthur's nerves. However, Arthur preferred that all four castmates break together for workday lunch. The Golden Girls television pilot was filmed
The_Golden_Girls
All Elite Wrestling two-part television special
titled Beach Break, which aired as a special episode of Wednesday Night Dynamite. The event replaced Bash at the Beach as the promotion's midwinter beach-themed
Beach_Break_(2024)
Canadian animators
Airlines, was nominated for an Emmy in 2004. In 2007, they founded the Bleak Midwinter Film Festival in their home neighbourhood of Inglewood, Calgary. In 2018
Wendy_Tilby_and_Amanda_Forbis
Season of television series
shop. Osborne admits asking Phillips to steal explosives he could use to break into the bank safe, and using rat poison to silence her. Osborne also killed
Foyle's_War_series_4
All Elite Wrestling two-part television special
special titled Beach Break, which aired as a special episode of Dynamite. The event replaced Bash at the Beach as the promotion's midwinter beach-themed event
Beach_Break_(2022)
Rapid, catastrophic die-off of organisms
swearing, and lying, and killing, and stealing, and committing adultery, they break out, and blood toucheth blood," and the prophecy continues "Therefore shall
Mass_mortality_event
English cricketer (1848–1915)
Rae 1998, p. 3. Midwinter 1981, p. 75. Grace 1980, p. 1. Grace 1980, p. 2. Midwinter 1981, p. 12. Midwinter 1981, p. 11. Midwinter 1981, pp. 11–12. Altham
W._G._Grace
American daily newspaper
until 1954, the Times issued on New Year's Day a special annual Midwinter Number or Midwinter Edition that extolled the virtues of Southern California. At
Los_Angeles_Times
American singer-songwriter (born 1963)
Continuing her distribution deal with Universal Republic, Amos released Midwinter Graces, her first seasonal album, in November of the same year. The album
Tori_Amos
Canadian video game designer (born 1978)
2016 to pursue a career in independent game development, and founded Midwinter Entertainment. Holmes was born and grew up in British Columbia and attended
Josh Holmes (video game designer)
Josh_Holmes_(video_game_designer)
British and American actor and martial artist (born 1987)
Bruce (December 11, 2019). "'Mortal Kombat' Release Date Moved Up To Midwinter 2021 – Update". Deadline. Retrieved August 21, 2020. Macias, Gil (April
Lewis_Tan
American children's literary award
of juvenile books, the winner of the Newbery is selected at the ALA's Midwinter Conference by a fifteen-person committee. The Newbery was proposed by
Newbery_Medal
2006 American film
that "Antarctica buffs" will be critical of errors, such as portraying midwinter events in "balmy, blazing daylight at a time Antarctica is locked in round-the-clock
Eight_Below
2016 video game
co-op PvE experience "centered around greed and the lust for power." Midwinter Entertainment, a Seattle-studio Behavior Interactive acquired in May 2022
Dead_by_Daylight
British actor (1891–1979)
(Fifty-Fifty); and Augustus Pogson (A Bit of a Test). His biographer, Eric Midwinter, writes of Hare's characters in these farces: Hare created a cosily familiar
Robertson_Hare
Traditional East Asian festival
even for the preparation of food. This practice originally occurred at midwinter for as long as a month, but the hardship this involved led to repeated
Cold_Food_Festival
Swedish singer (born 1945)
autumn tour in 2004. During this tour, she also performed "In the Bleak Midwinter", a performance of which can be found on social media. For the 2004 semi-final
Anni-Frid_Lyngstad
One of the Earth's four temperate seasons
Day, with the summer and winter solstices being marked as Midsummer and Midwinter respectively, instead of as the beginning of the season as is the case
Spring_(season)
English musician (born 1994)
"In the Bleak Midwinter – Single by Jacob Collier". Apple Music. Retrieved 17 July 2020. "The curious comforts of "In the Bleak Midwinter"". The Economist
Jacob_Collier
Cue sport combining the disciplines of carom and pocket billiards
Rubino 2008, p. 80 Shamos 1999, pp. 61–62. NYT staff 1885 NYT staff 1915 Midwinter 2007, p. 59 Shamos 1999, p. 46. "Teresa Billington-Greig". WCML. Retrieved
English_billiards
Prehistoric monument in England
world's oldest lunisolar calendar, corrected yearly by observing the midwinter solstice. Similar but later sites have been found in Scandinavia. A settlement
Stonehenge
Species of bear
temperature, flooding, and hunger. In southern areas, they may wake up in midwinter. Further north, they may not be seen until late March, April, or even
American_black_bear
English actress
Napier in Midwinter of the Spirit. In 2020, she returned to Doctors in the recurring role of Tanya Rees. "Leamington teenager Leila gets big break in new
Leila_Mimmack
Holiday held close to the summer solstice
June) had become an important feast, counterbalancing at midsummer the midwinter feast of Christmas. — Professor Éamonn Ó Carragáin, University College
Midsummer
English actress (born 1952)
Thorburn 1994 Mary Shelley's Frankenstein Mrs. Moritz 1995 In the Bleak Midwinter Fadge 1997 The Borrowers Homily Clock 1998 Hilary and Jackie Iris Du Pré
Celia_Imrie
British actress (born 1968)
of BBC1's A Taste of My Life presented by Nigel Slater. After a two-year break, she was back on screen in May 2007, competing in the BBC dog training celebrity
Julia_Sawalha
American actress and singer (born 2006)
horror show Chilling Adventures of Sabrina's holiday special entitled "A Midwinter's Tale". Grace played a younger version of the titular character, who is
Mckenna_Grace
Canadian musician (born 1957)
2008, she returned to Peter Gabriel's Real World Studios to record A Midwinter Night's Dream, an extended version of her 1995 mini-album A Winter Garden:
Loreena_McKennitt
Islamist terror attacks in India
shake or defeat India, or break the spirit of its people. Mumbai Massacre (2009), television documentary film by Victoria Midwinter Pitt about survivors of
2008_Mumbai_attacks
British-American period crime television drama
Matthew Malone as Clarence Honeychurch (series 1), a police constable Danny Midwinter as Frank Jenkins (series 1), William's assistant, a detective sergeant
Miss_Scarlet_and_The_Duke
2021 film by Simon McQuoid
Bruce (December 11, 2019). "'Mortal Kombat' Release Date Moved Up To Midwinter 2021 – Update". Deadline Hollywood. Archived from the original on September
Mortal_Kombat_(2021_film)
Video game series and multimedia franchise
Bruce (December 11, 2019). "'Mortal Kombat' Release Date Moved Up To Midwinter 2021 – Update". Deadline. Archived from the original on September 27,
Mortal_Kombat
English actress (born 1977)
Retrieved 2 June 2026. "Anna Maxwell Martin - Who Do You Think You Are - Breaking the pattern". Thegenealogist.co.uk. 28 June 2022. Retrieved 27 December
Anna_Maxwell_Martin
Speed of electromagnetic waves in vacuum
31 August – 4 September 2009. Springer. p. 26. ISBN 978-3-642-03274-5. Midwinter, J. E. (1991). Optical Fibers for Transmission (2 ed.). Krieger. ISBN 978-0-89464-595-2
Speed_of_light
Supernatural dog associated with Hell or the underworld
ISBN 978-0199280759. Brown, Dorcas R.; Anthony, David W. (2019). "Late Bronze Age midwinter dog sacrifices and warrior initiations at Krasnosamarskoe, Russia". In
Hellhound
Folkloric figure originating in England
1100–1300). This almost certainly represented a continuation of pre-Christian midwinter celebrations in Britain of which—as the historian Ronald Hutton has pointed
Father_Christmas
1994 American animated film
(October 18, 2011). "'Lion King,' 'Fast Five' Propel Blu-ray to Record-breaking Week". Home Media Magazine. Archived from the original on February 22,
The_Lion_King
American author (1941–2021)
ISBN 9780676978094 The Wolf Gift (2012), ISBN 9780307595119 The Wolves of Midwinter (2013), ISBN 9780385349963 The Claiming of Sleeping Beauty (1983), ISBN 9780452266568
Anne_Rice
contract: Abnormally Attracted to Sin in May 2009 and the seasonal album Midwinter Graces, featuring reworked Christmas carols and some original songs, in
Tori_Amos_discography
Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (1855–1858, 1859–1865)
wisely in not embarking in that dispute. (Cheers.) To have sent a fleet in midwinter to the Baltic every sailor would tell you was an impossibility, but if
Henry John Temple, 3rd Viscount Palmerston
Henry_John_Temple,_3rd_Viscount_Palmerston
Earth's southernmost continent
ships. There are two principal holidays celebrated across Antarctica: Midwinter Day on the day of the southern winter solstice (June 20 or 21) and Antarctica
Antarctica
Legendary Christmas figure
Christianisation, the Germanic peoples (including the English) celebrated a midwinter event called Yule (Old English geola or giuli). With the Christianisation
Santa_Claus
U.S. state
generally diverge from the north and south sections of the state. In midwinter, average high/low temperatures range from around 30 °F/15 °F (−1 °C/−10 °C)
Indiana
2011 British film
Callahan Kezia Burrows as Newsreader Sarah Parks as Annie Turner Millie Midwinter as Lucy Turner David Morgan as Man with Suitcases The film has been screened
Panic_Button_(2011_film)
Genus of coniferous trees
revered groves of Pinus sylvestris, while ancient Celtic Druids marked the midwinter solstice with fires of the same species. The Pines of Rome Respighi's
Pine
1974 musical by Willy Russell
Friends" (Barbara Dickson) "Penny Lane" (Barbara Dickson) "In the Bleak Midwinter" (Barbara Dickson) "Here Comes The Sun" (Barbara Dickson) "Long and Winding
John, Paul, George, Ringo ... and Bert
John,_Paul,_George,_Ringo_..._and_Bert
Genus of plants
in Turkish called Lale, much to our astonishment because it was almost midwinter, a season unfriendly to flowers." However, in 1559, an account by Conrad
Tulip
British actor and filmmaker (born 1960)
misunderstood". He then directed the minor British romantic comedy In the Bleak Midwinter (1995) to positive reviews. Also in 1995, Branagh portrayed Iago in Oliver
Kenneth_Branagh
Indigenous confederacy in North America
Retrieved June 14, 2015. Tooker, Elisabeth (1970). The Iroquois Ceremonial of Midwinter. Syracuse University Press. ISBN 978-0815621492. Retrieved June 8, 2015
Haudenosaunee
American space opera television series (1994–1998)
Iacovelli". The Lurker's Guide to Babylon 5. OMNI Online, Archived on Midwinter.com. Archived from the original on November 20, 2012. Retrieved February
Babylon_5
King of Sweden and Norway from 1818 to 1844
army in Italy. His successful crossing of the Alps through the storm in midwinter was highly praised but coldly received by the Army of Italy. Upon receiving
Charles_XIV_John
British television producer (born 1970)
Who (48 episodes, 2005–08) Coronation Street (711 episodes, 2010–13) Midwinter of the Spirit (3 episodes, 2015) Bancroft (4 episodes, 2017) Good Omens
Phil_Collinson
British musician
Jack the Lad It's Jack the Lad (1973) with Bert Jansch "In the Bleak Midwinter" (single) (1974) A Rare Conundrum (1976) Bert Jansch & Rod Clements Leather
Rod_Clements
Twenty-second solar term of traditional Chinese lunisolar calendars and festival
for the winter solstice directly signifies the summit of winter, as "midwinter" is used in English. The Dongzhi Festival or Winter Solstice Festival
Dongzhi
Historic migration route spanning Independence, MO–Oregon City, OR
for $1 per person. The winter before, Marcus Whitman had made a brutal midwinter trip from Oregon to St. Louis to appeal a decision by his mission backers
Oregon_Trail
Species of insectivorous African mammal
seasonal events, such as the onset of the rainy season and the cold of midwinter, the primary termites become scarce, so the need for other foods becomes
Aardwolf
has nearly 17 hours of daylight at the summer solstice. Daylight at midwinter there falls to just over seven and a half hours. The country's wide geographic
Climate_of_the_United_Kingdom
British sitcom (2019–2023)
Mike and Errol reconcile, the ghosts join Alison in singing In The Bleak Midwinter. Julian reflects on how he neglected his wife and daughter and feels guilty
Ghosts_(2019_TV_series)
British musician (born 1947)
Tiles: Pretending 2 Run (Laser's Edge, 2016); Anderson plays flute on "Midwinter" Helen Andrews: Circling Highs, Unravelling Lows (2016); Anderson plays
Ian_Anderson
Christian holiday usually on December 25
abbreviation of the Greek word). The Anglo-Saxons referred to Christmas as midwinter. The period corresponding to December and January was called Gēola ('Yule')
Christmas
BBC TV drama series, 2008–2011
"Ruby" Pratt Victoria Hamilton Main Sir Timothy Midwinter Ben Miles Main —N/a Lady Adelaide Midwinter Olivia Grant Main —N/a Guest —N/a Phillip White
Lark Rise to Candleford (TV series)
Lark_Rise_to_Candleford_(TV_series)
1985 film by Andrei Konchalovsky
solitary. Planning a third breakout, Manny is forced to move his plan to midwinter after he is stabbed in the hand. Manny recruits young prisoner Buck McGeehy
Runaway_Train_(film)
1992 video game
systems. It was a follow-on, although not a sequel, to the earlier games Midwinter and Flames of Freedom. The player is a member of a fictional UN/NATO-type
Ashes_of_Empire
List of heat waves
areas above 95 °F (35 °C) in midwinter with some locations setting all-time heat records. 12 August saw Rio de Janeiro break a 117-year heat record. Chile
2023_heat_waves
English singer-songwriter and actress (born 1985)
and was a member of a chamber choir. Her first solo was "In the Bleak Midwinter". In 1998, Allen appeared in the music video to the Fat Les song "Vindaloo"
Lily_Allen
Song
resemblance to Gustav Holst's setting of the Christmas carol "In the Bleak Midwinter".[citation needed] Keep the Home Fires Burning Performed by Frederick
Keep the Home Fires Burning (Ivor Novello song)
Keep_the_Home_Fires_Burning_(Ivor_Novello_song)
first day of winter Yule (Norse): 21–22 December, winter solstice, Celtic midwinter Imbolc/Candlemas (Celtic): 1–2 February, Celtic first day of spring Ostara/Easter
Lists_of_holidays
Bots: "Christmas in July" (Season 1, Episode 9) (2012) "The Riders of Midwinter" (Season 3, Episode 9) (2014) Transformers: Rescue Bots Academy: "The
List of United States Christmas television episodes
List_of_United_States_Christmas_television_episodes
University, Atlanta, Georgia; bishop, Methodist Episcopal Church James Midwinter Freeman – clergyman, writer William Henry Giler – founder of a seminary
List of Wesleyan University people
List_of_Wesleyan_University_people
City in Kansas, U.S.
are equally frequent. Warm air masses from the Gulf of Mexico can raise midwinter temperatures into the 50s and even 60s (°F). Cold-air masses from the
Wichita,_Kansas
British actor and comedian (1953–2020)
7 Scotty Voice 1994 Princess Caraboo Prince Regent 1995 In the Bleak Midwinter Terry Du Bois (Queen Gertrude) 1996 The Adventures of Pinocchio The Professor
John_Sessions
Annual film festival in the United States
changed the dates from September to January. The move from late summer to midwinter was done by the executive director Susan Barrell with the cooperation
Sundance_Film_Festival
Northernmost point on Earth
around the Sun, the North Pole gradually turns away from the Sun until at midwinter it is facing away from the Sun to its maximum extent. A similar sequence
North_Pole
2020 All Elite Wrestling television special
As a result, in 2021, AEW established Beach Break to replace Bash at the Beach as their annual midwinter beach-themed event. 2020 in professional wrestling
AEW_Bash_at_the_Beach
Public university in London, England
Georgina Brewis (2018). The World of UCL. UCL Press. pp. 39, 116. John Midwinter (2021). "Sir Charles Kuen Kao. 4 November 1933—23 September 2018". Biographical
University_College_London
Second-largest city in Lithuania
Kaunas has 17 hours of daylight in midsummer but only around 7 hours in midwinter. The Kazlų Rūda Forest, west of Kaunas, creates a microclimate around
Kaunas
American supernatural television series (2018–2020)
2018. Retrieved October 27, 2018. "Chilling Adventures of Sabrina: A Midwinter's Tale (2018)". Rotten Tomatoes. Fandango Media. Archived from the original
Chilling Adventures of Sabrina (TV series)
Chilling_Adventures_of_Sabrina_(TV_series)
Public park in San Francisco, California, United States
sunken, oval-shaped open-air plaza originally excavated for the California Midwinter International Exposition of 1894. Its focal point is the Spreckels Temple
Golden_Gate_Park
1852 painting by John Everett Millais
tree overhanging a brook to dangle some from its branches, and a bough breaks beneath her. She lies in the water singing songs, as if unaware of her danger
Ophelia_(Millais)
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English
English : topographic name for someone who lived by a hill with a sharp point, from Old English pīc ‘point’, ‘hill’, which was a relatively common place name element.English : metonymic occupational name for a pike fisherman or nickname for a predatory individual, from Middle English pike.English : metonymic occupational name for a user of a pointed tool for breaking up the earth, Middle English pike. Compare Pick.English : metonymic occupational name for a medieval foot soldier who used a pike, a weapon consisting of a sharp pointed metal end on a long pole, Middle English pic (Old French pique, of Germanic origin).English : nickname for a tall, thin person, from a transferred sense of one of the above.English : from a Germanic personal name (derived from the root ‘sharp’, ‘pointed’), found in Middle English and Old French as Pic.English : nickname from Old French pic ‘woodpecker’, Latin picus. Compare Pye and Speight.Irish : in the south, of English origin; in Ulster a variant Anglicization of Gaelic Mac Péice (see McPeake).Americanized spelling of German Peik, from Middle Low German pēk ‘sharp, pointed tool or weapon’. Compare 4 above or from a Germanic personal name (see 6 above).John Pike brought his family to Boston from England in 1635 and settled in Newbury, MA. His son Robert was a leading citizen and a vigorous defender of civil and religious liberty in colonial MA.
Girl/Female
Biblical
Breakings, hopes.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : nickname from Middle English notehache ‘nuthatch’ (a bird name, apparently from Old English hnutu ‘nut’ + haccian ‘to break, crack’).
Surname or Lastname
English
English : variant spelling of Hain 1–3.Isaac Hayne (1745–81) was an American revolutionary militia officer, executed by the British for breaking parole. He owned an ironworks and was manufacturing ammunition for the American forces when he was caught. His grandfather had emigrated from England to SC in about 1700.
Girl/Female
Biblical
Breaking down a fig-tree.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : variant of Brach 2, the -er suffix denoting an inhabitant.German and Jewish (Ashkenazic) : from an agent derivative of German brechen ‘to break’, an occupational name for someone who crushed hemp or flax, or possibly a nickname for a lawbreaker.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : occupational name for a worker in a quarry, from Middle English stone ‘stone’ + an agent derivative of breken ‘to break’.Translation of German Steinbrecher or the Dutch equivalent, Steenbreker.
Boy/Male
Muslim
Another name of God, One who breaks
Girl/Female
Muslim
Break of dawn
Boy/Male
Biblical American Hebrew
He that bruises or breaks; a destroyer.
Surname or Lastname
English, southern French, and German
English, southern French, and German : from a vernacular form of the Latin personal name (H)adrianus, originally an ethnic name denoting someone from the coast of the Adriatic (Latin Adria). It was adopted as a cognomen by the emperor who ruled ad 117–138. It was also borne by several minor saints, in particular an early martyr at Nicomedia (died c.304), the patron saint of soldiers and butchers. There was an English St. Adrian (died 710), born in North Africa; he was abbot of St. Augustine’s, Canterbury, and his cult enjoyed a brief vogue after the discovery of his supposed remains in 1091. Later, the name was adopted by several popes, including the only pope of English birth, Nicholas Breakspear, who reigned as Adrian IV (1154–59).
Surname or Lastname
English
English : variant spelling of Brakefield.
Boy/Male
Muslim
Stone breaker
Surname or Lastname
Indian (Kashmir)
Indian (Kashmir) : Hindu (Brahman) name, probably from an ancestral personal name Madan (from Sanskrit madana ‘god of love, or infatuation’).Indian (Panjab) : Hindu (Arora) and Sikh name based on the name of an Arora clan, probably from Persian maidÄn ‘field’. The name from the Panjab is pronounced mÉ™dÄn.English : habitational name from Mathon in Herefordshire, or Mattins Farm, Radwinter, in Essex, or Martinfield Green, Saffron Walden, in Essex. The first of these is named with Old English mÄthm ‘treasure’, ‘gift’.
Surname or Lastname
German and Jewish (Ashkenazic)
German and Jewish (Ashkenazic) : topographic name from Middle High German brache ‘fallow land’, ‘pastureland’, originally ‘newly plowed land’.Jewish (Ashkenazic) : variant of Barach.English : topographic name from Middle English breche, Old English brǣc ‘newly cultivated land’ (a derivative of brecan ‘to break’, i.e. ‘land broken by the plow’), or a habitational name from any of the places named with this element, as for example Brache in Luton, Bedfordshire, and Breach in Maulden, Bedfordshire.
Surname or Lastname
English (of Norman origin)
English (of Norman origin) : habitational name from any of various places in northern France, so called from the Gallo-Roman personal name Persius + the locative suffix -acum. The suggestion has also been made that it is a nickname from Old French perce(r) ‘to pierce or breach’ + haie ‘hedge’, ‘enclosure’, referring either to a soldier remembered for his breach of a fortification, or in jest to a poacher who was in the habit of breaking into a private park.Percy is the name of a leading Northumbrian family, who were instrumental in holding the English border against the Scots from their stronghold at Alnwick. Their founder was a Norman, William de Percy (?1030–96), 1st Baron Percy, who accompanied William the Conqueror. Sir Henry Percy (1342–1408), 1st Earl of Northumberland, and his son Sir Henry Percy (1364–1403), known as Harry Hotspur, helped place Henry IV on the throne. The earldom, created in 1377, has continued, on two occasions through female members, in the same family to the present day. George Percy (1508–1632), son of the 8th Earl of Northumberland, was in VA from 1606 to 1612, serving briefly as governor.
Boy/Male
Hindu
Which cut and break
Surname or Lastname
English (northwest)
English (northwest) : unexplained. This name is also fairly frequent in Ireland, notably in Co. Monaghan and adjacent areas, where it has been recorded since the 17th century.
Boy/Male
Biblical
He that bruises or breaks; a destroyer.
Girl/Female
Indian
Break of dawn
MIDWINTER BREAK
MIDWINTER BREAK
Girl/Female
Bengali, Hindu, Indian, Kannada, Malayalam, Marathi, Sanskrit, Telugu
White Rose
Boy/Male
Muslim
Fruit in Jannat anaar, Pomegranate
Boy/Male
Australian, British, English, German
Son of Robert
Girl/Female
Bengali, Indian, Telugu
Foster Mother of Lord Sri Venkateshwara
Boy/Male
Dutch American
Equivalent of 'de' in French names. Van was sometimes converted from a surname prefix to a given...
Male
Polish
Polish form of Greek Ioseph (Hebrew Yowceph), JÓZEF means "(God) shall add (another son)."
Girl/Female
Hindu
Girl/Female
Christian & English(British/American/Australian)
Joy
Female
Scottish
Pet form of English/Scottish Anstice, ANSTEY means "resurrection."
Boy/Male
Hindu, Indian
Roman God of Dawn
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n.
The act or result of breaking down, as of a carriage; downfall.
v. i.
To break one's fast in the morning; too eat the first meal in the day.
n.
A wave breaking into foam against the shore, or against a sand bank, or a rock or reef near the surface.
n.
A key or other device for breaking an electrical circuit.
n.
Any structure or contrivance, as a mole, or a wall at the mouth of a harbor, to break the force of waves, and afford protection from their violence.
v. t.
To furnish with breakfast.
v. t.
An interruption; a pause; as, a break in friendship; a break in the conversation.
v. t.
To break completely; to break in pieces.
v. t.
To break the wind of; to cause to lose breath; to exhaust.
v. t.
The first appearing, as of light in the morning; the dawn; as, the break of day; the break of dawn.
a.
Producing danger of a broken neck; as, breakneck speed.
n.
One who, or that which, breaks.
p. pr. & vb. n.
of Breakfast
n.
The middle of winter.
n.
Specifically: A machine for breaking rocks, or for breaking coal at the mines; also, the building in which such a machine is placed.
n.
A noisy, rapid, shuffling dance engaged in competitively by a number of persons or pairs in succession, as among the colored people of the Southern United States, and so called, perhaps, because the exercise is continued until most of those who take part in it break down.
n.
The act of breaking; a break; a breaking; also, articles broken.
imp. & p. p.
of Breakfast
n.
A fall that breaks the neck.
n.
Disruption; a separation and dispersion of the parts or members; as, a break-up of an assembly or dinner party; a break-up of the government.