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2014 single by the Weeknd
"Often" is a song by the Canadian singer-songwriter the Weeknd. It was released on July 31, 2014, as the lead single from his second studio album, Beauty
Often
Association football position
midfielders. As central midfielders often go across boundaries, with mobility and passing ability, they are often referred to as deep-lying midfielders
Midfielder
1996 studio album by Longpigs
The Sun Is Often Out (stylized as THE SUN iS OfTEN oUT) is the debut album by Longpigs, released in 1996 on U2's record label, Mother Records. Five singles
The_Sun_Is_Often_Out
Association football position
modern formations. The sweeper and wing-back roles are more specialised, often limited to certain formations dependent on the manager's style of play and
Defender (association football)
Defender_(association_football)
Seat of government of a country or subnational division
encompasses the government's offices and meeting places; the status as capital is often designated by law or a constitution. In some jurisdictions, including several
Capital_city
Broad genre of popular music
however, the genre has become extremely diverse. Like pop music, lyrics often stress romantic love but also address a wide variety of other themes that
Rock_music
Software development policy emphasizing user feedback
Release early, release often (also known as ship early, ship often, or time-based releases, and sometimes abbreviated RERO) is a software development
Release_early,_release_often
West Germanic language
occur alone at the beginning of a stressed syllable, often unaspirated in other cases, and often unreleased [p̚] or pre-glottalised [ʔp] at the end of
English_language
Medical condition
disturbance in an individual's cognition, emotional regulation, or behavior, often in a social context. Such disturbances may occur as single episodes, may
Mental_disorder
Political ideology emphasising the "common people"
variety of political stances that emphasise the idea of the "common people", often in opposition to a perceived elite. It is frequently associated with anti-establishment
Populism
Attributing events to improbable causes
groups, often political in motivation), when other explanations are more probable. The term generally has a negative connotation, as it can often be based
Conspiracy_theory
American right-wing populist political ideology
and 47th president of the United States, and his political base. It is often used in close conjunction with the Make America Great Again (MAGA) political
Trumpism
Activities associated with group decisions
international level. In modern states, people often form political parties to represent their ideas. Members of a party often agree to take the same position on
Politics
Interplay between observation, experiment, and theory in science
results. Although procedures vary across fields, the underlying process is often similar. In more detail: the scientific method involves making conjectures
Scientific_method
American tongue-in-cheek political phrase
Vote early and vote often is a generally tongue-in-cheek phrase used in relation to elections and the voting process. Though rarely considered a serious
Vote_early_and_vote_often
Various types of matches used in professional wrestling
professional wrestling. Some gimmick matches are more common than others and are often used to advance or conclude a storyline. Throughout professional wrestling's
Professional wrestling match types
Professional_wrestling_match_types
Greek god and personification of the Sun
Latinized as Helius, and he is often given the epithets Hyperion ("the one above") and Phaethon ("the shining"). Helios is often depicted in art with a radiant
Helios
1984 album by Robyn Hitchcock
I Often Dream of Trains is the third album by Robyn Hitchcock, released in 1984. It is Hitchcock's first acoustic-based album. After the break-up of The
I_Often_Dream_of_Trains
Genre of music
choruses and hooks, short to medium-length songs written in a basic format (often the verse–chorus structure), and rhythms or tempos that can be easily danced
Pop_music
Branch of natural philosophy
Greek-speaking alchemists often referred to their craft as "the Art" (τέχνη) or "Knowledge" (ἐπιστήμη), and it was often characterised as mystic (μυστική)
Alchemy
General dislike of humanity
different types of human flaws. Moral flaws and unethical decisions are often seen as the foundational factor. They include cruelty, selfishness, injustice
Misanthropy
many genres and styles. Classifications are often arbitrary, and may be disputed and closely related forms often overlap. Larger genres and styles comprise
List of music genres and styles
List_of_music_genres_and_styles
Religious and philosophical tradition
intertwined with Chinese folk religion, and the boundary between them is often fluid in practice. The core of Taoist thought crystallized during the early
Taoism
Low-level programming language family
assembly language (alternatively assembler language or symbolic machine code), often referred to simply as assembly and commonly abbreviated as ASM or asm, is
Assembly_language
Collection of audio recordings
'platforms' such as Spotify. An enormous variety of albums are now more widely (often globally) available, and listening to an album has been made cheaper, more
Album
Unit of electric charge
An ampere-hour or amp-hour (symbol: A⋅h or A h, often simplified as Ah) is a unit of electric charge, recommended for use in batteries and electrolytic
Ampere-hour
Attacking player position in football
two inside forwards, and one centre-forward. The term "target forward" is often used interchangeably with that of a centre-forward, but usually describes
Forward (association football)
Forward_(association_football)
Part of a personal name
the first name given at baptism. In informal situations, given names are often used in a familiar and friendly manner. In more formal situations, a person's
Given_name
Condition involving excessive deposition of fat in the legs
time mobility may be reduced, and due to reduced quality of life, people often experience depression. In severe cases, the trunk and upper body may be
Lipedema
British author of romantic comedies (born 1970)
Pussycat? (2000) Going La La (2001) Calling Romeo (2002) Do You Come Here Often? (2004) Be Careful What You Wish For (2006) Me and Mr Darcy (2007) Who's
Alexandra_Potter
Checking software against expectations
testing can be functional or non-functional in nature. Software testing is often dynamic in nature: running the software to verify actual output matches
Software_testing
1949 film
Often an Orphan is a 1949 cartoon in the Merrie Melodies series directed by Chuck Jones. The cartoon was released on August 13, 1949 and stars Charlie
Often_an_Orphan
Head of government of the United Kingdom
prime minister is ex officio also First Lord of the Treasury (an office often associated with the premiership between 1721 and 1895, after 1902 always
Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
Prime_Minister_of_the_United_Kingdom
Species of owl
Most owls sleep during the day and hunt at night, but the snowy owl is often active during the day, especially in the summertime. The snowy owl is both
Snowy_owl
Use of hypnosis in erotic practices and fetishism
is a broad term for a variety of erotic activities involving hypnosis, often practiced in the context of BDSM relationships and communities. In addition
Erotic_hypnosis
Internet error message
resource. The code is often associated with response reason Not Found and is often referred to as page not found or file not found. Often, the server generates
HTTP_404
First letter of the Latin alphabet
triangle, crossed in the middle by a horizontal bar. The lowercase version is often written in one of two forms: the double-storey |a| and single-storey |ɑ|
A
Supernatural being in religions and mythologies
heavenly, or supernatural entity, usually humanoid with bird-like wings, often depicted as a messenger or intermediary between God (the transcendent) and
Angel
Genetic disorder involving connective tissue
disorder that affects the connective tissue. People with the condition are often tall and thin, with long arms, legs, fingers, and toes. They also typically
Marfan_syndrome
Artistic, literary, musical, and intellectual movement
central theme in debates, with allegations that Romanticist portrayals often overlooked the downsides of medieval life. The consensus is that Romanticism
Romanticism
Kyle is the lone Jew among the group, and his portrayal in this role is often dealt with satirically. Stan and Kyle are best friends, and their relationship
List_of_South_Park_characters
perspective, often using sprites. 2.5D graphics Graphic rendering technique of three-dimensional objects set in a two-dimensional plane of movement. Often includes
Glossary_of_video_game_terms
Sexual fixation on non-human animals
experiences a sexual fixation on non-human animals. While the two terms are often used interchangeably, it differs from bestiality, which describes sexual
Zoophilia
Use of technology in education to enhance learning and teaching
Educational technology (often abbreviated as edtech) encompasses computer hardware, software, along with educational theories and practices, used to facilitate
Educational_technology
Style of literary fiction and art
realistic view of the world while also incorporating magical elements, often blurring the lines between speculation and reality. Magical realism is the
Magical_realism
Inflammatory disease of the skin in humans
of the feet. Outbreaks usually conclude within three to four weeks, but often recur. Repeated attacks may result in fissures and skin thickening. The
Dyshidrosis
Group of marsupial mammals
opossum is the only species found in the United States and Canada. It is often simply referred to as an opossum; in North America, it is commonly referred
Opossum
British electoral alliance
Labour and Co-operative Party (often abbreviated to Labour Co-op; Welsh: Llafur a'r Blaid Gydweithredol) is a description used by candidates in United
Labour_and_Co-operative_Party
Figure formed by two rays meeting at a common point
of angles is intrinsically linked with circles and rotation, and this is often visualized or defined using the arc of a circle centered at the vertex and
Angle
Socially offensive form of language
profanity. Profanities for the penis and vulva are often used as interjections. Penile interjections are often used in Italian (cazzo), Russian (хуй, khuy)
Profanity
American social networking website
website name was bought by the founders, and the backronym "Blog Early; Blog Often" was invented to answer the question of what the name meant. The website
Bebo
Golf tournament held in the UK
The Open Championship, often referred to as The Open or the British Open outside of the UK, is the oldest golf tournament in the world, and one of the
The_Open_Championship
Audiovisual content intended for broadcast or digital distribution on television
cable network. Television shows by terrestrial and cable networks are most often scheduled for broadcast ahead of time and appear on electronic guides or
Television_show
English guitarist
the U.K. In January 2017, Catalyst released his debut solo album, Life Is Often Brilliant, upon which he performed all of the instruments apart from some
Chris_Catalyst
Modern pagan religion
known as blóts in which food and libations are offered to them. These are often accompanied by symbel, the act of ceremonially toasting the gods with an
Heathenry (new religious movement)
Heathenry_(new_religious_movement)
Culturally recognised union between people
Marriage, also called matrimony or wedlock, is a culturally and often legally recognised union between people called spouses. It establishes rights and
Marriage
1995 studio album by Fig Dish
Songs Often Do is an album by the American band Fig Dish, released in 1995. "Seeds" and "Bury Me" were released as singles. That's What Love Songs Often Do
That's What Love Songs Often Do
That's_What_Love_Songs_Often_Do
Neurodevelopmental disorder involving motor and vocal tics
Tourette's is at the more severe end of the spectrum of tic disorders. The tics often go unnoticed by casual observers. Tourette's was once regarded as a rare
Tourette_syndrome
Group of mostly-nocturnal insects in the order Lepidoptera
caterpillars grow, sometimes very rapidly, and when fully developed will pupate, often after constructing a cocoon from silk. When metamorphosis is complete, the
Moth
Japanese religion
Japan. Classified as an East Asian religion by scholars of religion, it is often regarded by its practitioners as Japan's indigenous religion and as a nature
Shinto
Indian sitcom television series
Mehta Ka Ooltah Chashmah (transl. "Taarak Mehta's Inverted Spectacles"), often abbreviated as TMKOC, is an Indian sitcom and comedy based on the weekly
Taarak Mehta Ka Ooltah Chashmah
Taarak_Mehta_Ka_Ooltah_Chashmah
Family of views prioritizing pleasure
attitudes of attraction or aversion toward objects or contents. Hedonists often use the term "happiness" for the balance of pleasure over pain. The subjective
Hedonism
Taking financial risks in the hope of profit
profit creation, are considered to be entrepreneurship. The entrepreneur is often seen as an innovator, a source of new ideas, goods, services, and business
Entrepreneurship
Species of owl
amphibians, and invertebrates. In ornithological study, the great horned owl is often compared to the Eurasian eagle-owl (Bubo bubo), a closely related species
Great_horned_owl
State of living together as spouses while unmarried
to, or cannot, enter into a full marriage. Concubinage and marriage are often regarded as similar, but mutually exclusive. In China, until the 20th century
Concubinage
Penetrative sexual activity for reproduction or sexual pleasure
penile–vaginal penetration. This is often called vaginal intercourse or vaginal sex. Vaginal sex, and less often vaginal intercourse, may also denote
Sexual_intercourse
Software that manages computer hardware resources
often includes audio or multimedia systems, as well as smartphones. In order for hard real-time systems be sufficiently exact in their timing, often they
Operating_system
Stable natural languages that have developed from a pidgin
process of different languages simplifying and mixing into a new form (often a pidgin), and then that form expanding and elaborating into a full-fledged
Creole_language
Thinking About the Roman Empire So Often?". Time. 2023-09-15. Retrieved 2023-09-18. Sands, Leo (2023-09-15). "How often do men think about ancient Rome?
Legacy_of_the_Roman_Empire
Chronic medical condition
faintness when upright—and pain. The cause of the disease is unknown. ME/CFS often starts after an infection, such as infectious mononucleosis, and the illness
Myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome
Myalgic_encephalomyelitis/chronic_fatigue_syndrome
Violently rotating column of air
the Earth to the base of a cumulonimbus or cumulus cloud. Tornadoes are often (but not always) visible in the form of a condensation funnel originating
Tornado
Sex toy, often phallic
A dildo is a sex toy, often explicitly phallic in appearance, intended for sexual penetration or other sexual activity during masturbation or with sex
Dildo
Doubt about God's existence
judgment, withholding both belief and disbelief. In philosophy, agnosticism is often treated as a general claim stating that God's existence is unknown or unknowable
Agnosticism
Person or thing after which something is named
Medical eponymous terms are often called medical eponyms, although that usage is deprecable.[citation needed] Periods have often been named after a ruler
Eponym
Belgian painter (1898–1967)
depictions of familiar objects in unfamiliar, unexpected contexts, which often provoked questions about the nature and boundaries of reality and representation
René_Magritte
Topics referred to by the same term
in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Oh, OH, or Oh! is an interjection, often proclaiming surprise, understanding or disappointment. It may refer to:
Oh
Genre of alternative rock music
included Ride, Swervedriver, Slowdive, Chapterhouse, Lush, and Moose; they often attended each other's concerts, shared producers and labels (Creation and
Shoegaze
Form of athletic theater
Professional wrestling, often referred to as pro wrestling, or simply, wrestling, is a form of athletic theater centered around mock combat, with the
Professional_wrestling
Facilitation or provision of a prostitute
arrangement of a sex act with a customer. A procurer, often called a pimp if male, or a procuress, often called a madam if female, or a brothel keeper, is
Procuring_(prostitution)
Group of fans who are highly dedicated to a specific area of culture
object, movement, or work, often an artist, in particular a performing artist, or an artwork in some medium. The latter is often called a cult classic. A
Cult_following
Literary and art genre with a style of humor based on parody
which vices, follies, abuses, and shortcomings are held up to ridicule, often with the intent of exposing or shaming the perceived flaws of individuals
Satire
Broadcast genre; recurring cast comedy
word was not commonly used until the 1950s. Early television sitcoms were often filmed in front of a live studio audience using a multiple-camera setup
Sitcom
Sexual act involving internal ejaculation
A creampie (also known as internal ejaculation, and often in same-sex contexts as breeding) is a sexual act featured in hardcore pornography in which
Creampie_(sexual_act)
Jinn-like being often associated with eating human flesh in Arabian folklore
ghoul (from Arabic: غول, ghūl) is a demon-like being or monstrous humanoid, often associated with graveyards and the consumption of human flesh. The concept
Ghoul
Informal group of reptiles
forest-dwelling Draco, are able to glide. They are often territorial, the males fighting off other males and signalling, often with bright colours, to attract mates
Lizard
Species naming system
based on words from other languages. Such a name is called a binomial name (often shortened to just "binomial"), a binomen, binominal name, or a scientific
Binomial_nomenclature
Iranian footballer (born 1990)
World Cup with three goals. He started his career as a right-back, but he often plays as a winger. Rezaeian was Carlos Queiroz's first choice on the right
Ramin_Rezaeian
Reproductive structure in flowering plants
include: sepals, which are modified leaves that support the flower; petals, often designed to attract pollinators; male stamens, where pollen is presented;
Flower
Low-budget commercial film genre
and horror films became more popular in the 1950s. Early B movies were often part of series in which the star repeatedly played the same character. Almost
B_movie
Food made of flour and water
Bread is a baked food product made from water, flour, and often yeast. It is a staple food across the world, particularly in Europe and the Middle East
Bread
Music genre
interest in traditional music. This is often by the young, often in the traditional music of their own country, and often included new incorporation of social
Folk_music
Date of an event from a previous year
important dates in a sitting monarch's reign may also be commemorated, an event often referred to as a "jubilee". Birthdays are the most common type of anniversary
Anniversary
Darkest color
chroma, like white and grey. It is often used symbolically or figuratively to represent darkness. Black and white have often been used to describe opposites
Black
Execution by multiple shooters on command
available and a gunshot to a vital organ, such as the brain or heart, most often will kill relatively quickly. A firing squad is normally composed of at
Execution_by_firing_squad
Form of social engineering
ransomware. Phishing attacks have become increasingly sophisticated and often transparently mirror the site being targeted, allowing the attacker to observe
Phishing
Dish with patty between buns
A hamburger, often known as a burger, consists of fillings—usually a patty of panfried or grilled ground meat, typically beef—placed inside a sliced bun
Hamburger
Autoimmune disease
are changes in sensation or pain often in the back along with muscle weakness, beginning in the feet and hands, often spreading to the arms and upper body
Guillain–Barré_syndrome
Domesticated animal primarily used for transportation
used principally as draught or pack animals. While working donkeys are often associated with those living at or below subsistence, small numbers of donkeys
Donkey
Ruler of the Roman Empire
bureaucracy, so the principle of automatic inheritance was not adopted, which often led to several claimants to the throne. Despite this, elements of the republican
Roman_emperor
Category of soups
mixed cream and milk base, often with a small amount of butter. Other common chowders include seafood chowder, which often consists of fish, clams, and
Chowder
OFTEN
OFTEN
Surname or Lastname
English
English : habitational name from Middle English, Old French ju(ie)rie ‘Jewish quarter’, often denoting a non-Jew living in the Jewish quarter of a town, rather than a Jew. Most medieval English cities had their Jewish quarters, at least until King Edward I’s attempted expulsion of the Jews from England in 1290. This did not succeed in expelling the Jews, but it did give a license to persecution and so broke up many of the old Jewish quarters.
Surname or Lastname
English (also well established in South Wales)
English (also well established in South Wales) : topographic name for someone who lived in a nook or hollow, from Old English and Middle English hale, dative of h(e)alh ‘nook’, ‘hollow’. In northern England the word often has a specialized meaning, denoting a piece of flat alluvial land by the side of a river, typically one deposited in a bend. In southeastern England it often referred to a patch of dry land in a fen. In some cases the surname may be a habitational name from any of the several places in England named with this fossilized inflected form, which would originally have been preceded by a preposition, e.g. in the hale or at the hale.English : from a Middle English personal name derived from either of two Old English bynames, Hæle ‘hero’ or Hægel, which is probably akin to Germanic Hagano ‘hawthorn’ (see Hain 2).Irish : reduced Anglicized form of Gaelic Mac Céile (see McHale).Jewish (Ashkenazic) : variant spelling of Halle.Robert Hale, who settled in Cambridge, MA, in 1632, was an ancestor of the revolutionary war patriot and spy Nathan Hale (1755–76) of CT. The common English surname was brought independently in the 17th century to VA and MD.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : occupational name for a grinder of grain, i.e. a miller, Middle English, Old English grindere, an agent noun from Old English grindan ‘to grind’. Less often it may have referred to someone who ground blades to keep their sharpness or who ground pigments, spices, and medicinal herbs to powder.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : variant spelling of Machen.Spanish (MachÃn) : probably a nickname from machÃn ‘boor’, ‘lout’, often applied to a blacksmith’s apprentice.French : nickname from Old French machin ‘scheming’.
Surname or Lastname
English and Scottish
English and Scottish : nickname for someone who behaved in a masterful manner, or an occupational name for someone who was master of his craft or a schoolmaster, from Middle English maister (Old French maistre, Latin magister). In early instances this surname was often borne by people who were franklins or other substantial freeholders, presumably because they had laborers under them to work their lands. In Scotland Master was the title given to administrators of medieval hospitals, as well as being born by the eldest sons of barons; thus, the surname may also have been acquired as a metonymic occupational name by someone in the service of such.Either a dialect form or an Americanized form of German Meister.Indian (Gujarat and Bombay city) : Parsi occupational name for someone who was a master of his craft, from the English word master.
Surname or Lastname
Jewish (Ashkenazic)
Jewish (Ashkenazic) : ornamental name from modern German Gold, Yiddish gold ‘gold’. In North America it is often a reduced form of one of the many compound ornamental names of which Gold is the first element.English and German : from Old English, Old High German gold ‘gold’, applied as a metonymic occupational name for someone who worked in gold, i.e. a refiner, jeweler, or gilder, or as a nickname for someone who either had many gold possessions or bright yellow hair.English : from an Old English personal name Golda (or the feminine Golde), which persisted into the Middle Ages as a personal name. The name was in part a byname from gold ‘gold’, and in part a short form of the various compound names with this first element.
Surname or Lastname
English (southwestern)
English (southwestern) : from Middle English hous ‘house’ (Old English hūs). In the Middle Ages the majority of the population lived in cottages or huts rather than houses, and in most cases this name probably indicates someone who had some connection with the largest and most important building in a settlement, either a religious house or simply the local manor house. In some cases it may be a status name for a householder, someone who owned his own dwelling as opposed to being a tenant, but more often it is an occupational name for a servant who worked in such a house, in particular a steward who managed one.English : respelling of Howes.Translation of German Haus.
Surname or Lastname
English and (especially) Scottish (of Norman origin), and French
English and (especially) Scottish (of Norman origin), and French : nickname from Anglo-Norman French graund, graunt ‘tall’, ‘large’ (Old French grand, grant, from Latin grandis), given either to a person of remarkable size, or else in a relative way to distinguish two bearers of the same personal name, often representatives of different generations within the same family.English and Scottish : from a medieval personal name, probably a survival into Middle English of the Old English byname Granta (see Grantham).Probably a respelling of German Grandt or Grand.The U.S. president General Ulysses S. Grant (1822–85), born in OH, was the descendant of a Puritan called Matthew Grant, who landed in Massachusetts with his wife, Priscilla, in 1630. This family of Grants continued in New England until Captain Noah Grant, having served throughout the Revolution, emigrated to PA in 1790 and later to OH.
Surname or Lastname
Northern English, German, and Scandinavian
Northern English, German, and Scandinavian : topographic name for someone who lived on an island, in particular a piece of slightly raised land lying in a fen or partly surrounded by streams, Middle English, Middle Low German holm, Old Norse holmr, or a habitational name from a place named with this element. The Swedish name is often ornamental.English : topographic name for someone who lived where holly grew, from Middle English holm, a variant of holin ‘holly’, or possibly a habitational name from places called Holme (Dorset and West Yorkshire) or Holne (Devon), named with this word.
Surname or Lastname
English (mainly Lancashire and Cheshire)
English (mainly Lancashire and Cheshire) : unexplained.Probably an altered form of German Dornig, which is probably a nickname for someone with a sharp tongue, from an adjectival derivative of Middle High German, Middle Low German dorn ‘thorn’. The suffixes -ig and -ing were often interchanged in Pennsylvania German and elsewhere. The name may also refer to a sloe bush.
Surname or Lastname
Norwegian and Swedish
Norwegian and Swedish : from Old Norse hella ‘flat stone’, ‘flagstone’, ‘flat mountain’ or hellir ‘cave’. As a Nowegian name this is generally a habitational name from any of numerous farmsteads so named. As a Swedish name, it is generally ornamental.English : variant spelling of Hell 1.German : topographic name from Middle High German helle ‘hell’ (modern German Hölle), used (often in field names) in a topographic sense to denote a hollow or a wild, precipitous place.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : topographic name from Old English hamm, denoting a patch of flat, low-lying alluvial land beside a stream (often a promontory or water meadow in a river bend), or a habitational name from any of numerous places named with this word, for example in Gloucestershire, Greater London, Kent, Somerset, and Wiltshire.German : topographic name for someone who lived on land in a river bend, Old High German ham (see 1 above).German and Jewish (Ashkenazic) : habitational name from Hamm, a city in Westphalia.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : occupational name for a physician, Old English lǣce, from the medieval medical practice of ‘bleeding’, often by applying leeches to the sick person.English : topographic name for someone who lived by a boggy stream, from an Old English læcc, or a habitational name from Eastleach or Northleach in Gloucestershire, named with the same Old English element.
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
English : habitational name from places in Devon and Cheshire, named in Old English as ‘common wood or clearing’, from (ge)mǣne ‘common’, ‘shared’ + lēah ‘woodland clearing’. The surname is still chiefly found in the regions around these villages.English : nickname from Middle English mannly ‘manly’, ‘virile’, ‘brave’ (Old English mannlīc, originally ‘man-like’).Irish (County Cork) : Anglicized form of Ó Máinle (and often pronounced Mauly), of unexplained origin. Compare Malley.Irish (Connacht and Donegal) : shortened Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Maonghaile ‘descendant of Maonghal’, a personal name derived from words meaning ‘wealth’ and ‘valor’.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : occupational name for a worker in gold, a compound of Old English gold ‘gold’ + smið ‘smith’. In North America it is very often an English translation of German or Jewish Goldschmidt.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : originally, like most of the English names derived from the ranks of nobility, either a nickname or an occupational name for a servant employed in a noble household. The vocabulary word is a native one, from Old English eorl ‘nobleman’, and in the Middle Ages was often used as an equivalent of Norman Count.
Surname or Lastname
German, Dutch, and Jewish (Ashkenazic)
German, Dutch, and Jewish (Ashkenazic) : nickname from Middle High German, Middle Dutch, Yiddish held ‘hero’. As a Jewish name, it is often ornamental.German : from a short form of any of the Germanic personal names formed with hild ‘strife’ as the first element.English : variant of Heald.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : from the Middle English female personal name Gunnilla, Gunnild, Old Norse Gunnhildr, composed of the elements gunn ‘battle’ + hild ‘strife’. This was a popular name in those parts of England that were under Scandinavian influence in the Middle Ages.Irish : reduced Americanized form of Mag Congail, a Donegal name more often Americanized as McGonigle.Respelling of German Günnel, from a short form of the Germanic personal names Gundram or Gundlach.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : from the Old Norse female personal name Iðunn(r), probably composed of the elements ið- ‘again’, ‘anew’ + unna ‘to love’. The name is often recorded in the Latin form Idonea, as a result of folk etymological association with the feminine form of Latin idoneus ‘suitable’.
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Girl/Female
Hindu
Winter
Girl/Female
Latin
Ancient; archaic. Daughter of Laomedon.
Boy/Male
Arabic, Muslim
Servant of God
Boy/Male
Gujarati, Hindu, Indian, Kannada, Marathi, Sanskrit, Telugu
Ganesh; Religious Leader
Girl/Female
Tamil
Boy/Male
Gujarati, Hindu, Indian
Victory to the Light
Girl/Female
Indian
Biblical
song; singer; vine
Female
Native American
Native American Chippewa name ABEDABUN means "dawn; sight of day."
Female
Yiddish
(בַ×ש×Ö¸×) Yiddish form of Hebrew Basya, BASHA means "daughter of God."
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n.
A decorative design, originally representing vine branches or tendrils, at the head of a chapter, of a manuscript or printed book, or in a similar position; hence, by extension, any small picture in a book; hence, also, as such pictures are often without a definite bounding line, any picture, as an engraving, a photograph, or the like, which vanishes gradually at the edge.
adv.
Frequently; often.
n.
A kind of knot often used at the end of a rope; a wall knot; a wale.
n.
A genus of aquatic plants named in honor of Queen Victoria. The Victoria regia is a native of Guiana and Brazil. Its large, spreading leaves are often over five feet in diameter, and have a rim from three to five inches high; its immense rose-white flowers sometimes attain a diameter of nearly two feet.
adv.
Frequently; often; many times.
n.
The sitting up of persons with a dead body, often attended with a degree of festivity, chiefly among the Irish.
n.
A genus of minute, pale-green, globular, organisms, about one fiftieth of an inch in diameter, found rolling through water, the motion being produced by minute colorless cilia. It has been considered as belonging to the flagellate Infusoria, but is now referred to the vegetable kingdom, and each globule is considered a colony of many individuals. The commonest species is Volvox globator, often called globe animalcule.
n.
Any one of numerous species of small, often bright colored, American singing birds of the family or subfamily Mniotiltidae, or Sylvicolinae. They are allied to the Old World warblers, but most of them are not particularly musical.
n.
A mountain or hill, usually more or less conical in form, from which lava, cinders, steam, sulphur gases, and the like, are ejected; -- often popularly called a burning mountain.
adv.
To wit; namely; -- often abbreviated to viz.
n.
Birdlime, which is often made from the berries of the European mistletoe.
n.
Manner of walking; gait; step; as, we often know a person at a distance by his walk.
n.
An annual parish festival formerly held in commemoration of the dedication of a church. Originally, prayers were said on the evening preceding, and hymns were sung during the night, in the church; subsequently, these vigils were discontinued, and the day itself, often with succeeding days, was occupied in rural pastimes and exercises, attended by eating and drinking, often to excess.
v. i.
To be excited or roused from sleep; to awake; to be awakened; to cease to sleep; -- often with up.
n.
An earthy oxide of manganese, or mixture of different oxides and water, with some oxide of iron, and often silica, alumina, lime, or baryta; black ocher. There are several varieties.
n.
A piece played by a musician, often extemporarily, according to his fancy; specifically, an organ solo played before, during, or after divine service.
v. t.
To throw up; to eject from the stomach through the mouth; to disgorge; to puke; to spew out; -- often followed by up or out.
adv.
Frequently; often.
v. i.
To be absent; to be deficient or lacking; to fail; not to be sufficient; to fall or come short; to lack; -- often used impersonally with of; as, it wants ten minutes of four.