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Distant planetesimals in the Solar System
The Oort cloud (pronounced /ɔːrt/ ORT or /ʊərt/ OORT), sometimes called the Öpik–Oort cloud, is theorized to be a cloud of billions of icy planetesimals
Oort_cloud
Vast, theoretical circumstellar disc
the Hills cloud (also called the inner Oort cloud and inner cloud) is a theoretical vast circumstellar disc, interior to the Oort cloud and roughly
Hills_cloud
Dutch astronomer (1900–1992)
" The Oort cloud, the Oort constants, Oort Limit, an impact crater on Pluto (Oort), and the asteroid 1691 Oort were all named after him. Oort was born
Jan_Oort
Hypothetical Solar System planet
object ending up in the inner Oort cloud is about 2%, and speculates that many objects must have been thrown past the Oort cloud if one has entered a stable
Planet_Nine
Solar system objects beyond Neptune
explain several observed or speculated features of the Kuiper belt and the Oort cloud. It was recently proposed to use ranging data from the New Horizons spacecraft
Trans-Neptunian_object
Group of trans-Neptunian objects
astronomers consider the sednoids to be Inner Oort Cloud (IOC) objects. The inner Oort cloud, or Hills cloud, lies at 1,000–10,000 AU from the Sun. One attempt
Sednoid
Planetary system consisting of the Sun and objects orbiting it
the Sun extends the outermost region of the Solar System, the theorized Oort cloud, the source for long-period comets, stretching to the edge of the Solar
Solar_System
Distant body in the outer Solar System
astronomers instead referred to it as the first known member of the inner Oort cloud, as its perihelion at 76.2 AU (11.4 billion km) is far too distant for
Sedna_(dwarf_planet)
Area of the Solar System beyond the planets, comprising small bodies
together with the members of the scattered disc and any potential Hills cloud or Oort cloud objects, are collectively referred to as trans-Neptunian objects
Kuiper_belt
Natural object in space that releases gas
Neptune. Long-period comets are thought to originate in the Oort cloud, a spherical cloud of icy bodies extending from outside the Kuiper belt to halfway
Comet
Scenario of giant planet migration
orbits during the giant planet migration are captured in the Oort cloud. The outer Oort cloud, semi-major axes greater than 20,000 AU, forms quickly as the
Jumping-Jupiter_scenario
Proposed concepts for the human colonization of trans-Neptunian objects
outside the orbit of Neptune, in the Kuiper belt and Inner and Outer Oort cloud. These may contain all the ingredients for life (water ice, ammonia, and
Colonization of trans-Neptunian objects
Colonization_of_trans-Neptunian_objects
Collection of bodies in the extreme Solar System
trans-Neptunian objects, the Oort cloud, has been hypothesized, although no confirmed direct observations of the Oort cloud have been made. Some researchers
Scattered_disc
Scenario for the dynamical evolution of the Solar System
Late Heavy Bombardment of the inner Solar System, the formation of the Oort cloud, and the existence of populations of small Solar System bodies such as
Nice_model
Space propulsion method using Sun radiation
reach the Sun’s inner gravitational focus, with arrival at the inner Oort Cloud in no more than thirty years." "Such a mission could perform useful astrophysical
Solar_sail
Disputed
The Oort limit is a theoretical location at the outer limits of the Oort cloud, where the amount of comets and minor planets orbiting the Sun drops drastically
Oort_limit
Star in the constellation Serpens
that Gliese 710 has an 86% chance of passing through the Oort cloud, assuming the Oort cloud to be a spheroid around the Sun with semiminor and semimajor
Gliese_710
Astronomical object not gravitationally bound to a star
Current models of Oort cloud formation predict that more comets are ejected into interstellar space than are retained in the Oort cloud, with estimates
Interstellar_object
arms are home not only to larger numbers of molecular clouds, whose gravity may distort the Oort cloud, but also to higher concentrations of bright blue giants
Formation and evolution of the Solar System
Formation_and_evolution_of_the_Solar_System
(possibly inner Oort cloud) Sedna, a dwarf planet (possibly inner Oort cloud) Oort cloud (hypothetical) Hills cloud/inner Oort cloud Outer Oort cloud The Solar
List_of_Solar_System_objects
Tidal force experienced by objects subject to the gravitational field of a galaxy
dwarf or satellite galaxies, and the Milky Way's tidal effect on the Oort cloud of the Solar System. Tidal forces are dependent on the gradient of a gravitational
Galactic_tide
Largest moon of Saturn
that it was possibly sourced from material similar to that found in the Oort cloud and not from sources present during the co-accretion of materials around
Titan_(moon)
Star in the constellation Cassiopeia
enough to the Sun that it penetrated deep into the Oort Cloud and disturbed the population of Oort Cloud bodies and long-period comets there. Its mass is
HD_7977
Large, round non-stellar astronomical object
formation is the nebular hypothesis, which posits that an interstellar cloud collapses out of a nebula to create a young protostar orbited by a protoplanetary
Planet
Observatory for Oort Cloud objects
the Kuiper belt and the theorized Oort cloud by conducting blind occultation observations. Although the Oort cloud was hypothesized in the 1950s, it has
Whipple_(spacecraft)
Hypothetical bodies around the Solar System
effect on Kuiper Belt formation. Tyche, a hypothetical planet in the Oort Cloud supposedly responsible for producing the statistical excess in long period
List of hypothetical Solar System objects
List_of_hypothetical_Solar_System_objects
Largest known Oort cloud comet
C/2014 UN271 or Comet Bernardinelli–Bernstein (nicknamed BB), is a large Oort cloud comet discovered by astronomers Pedro Bernardinelli and Gary Bernstein
C/2014 UN271 (Bernardinelli–Bernstein)
C/2014_UN271_(Bernardinelli–Bernstein)
Star at the centre of the Solar System
about two light-years (125,000 au). Lower estimates for the radius of the Oort cloud, by contrast, do not place it farther than 50,000 au. Most of the mass
Sun
Innermost Galilean moon of Jupiter
atoms in the "cloud" surrounding Io are ionized and carried along by the Jovian magnetosphere. Unlike the particles in the neutral cloud, these particles
Io_(moon)
Hypothetical planets further than Neptune
a hypothetical gas giant proposed to be located in the Solar System's Oort cloud. It was first proposed in 1999 by astrophysicists John Matese, Patrick
Planets_beyond_Neptune
Binary stellar systems in the constellation Monoceros
collaborators reported that the system passed through the Solar System's Oort cloud roughly 70,000 years ago in a stellar encounter, and dubbed it Scholz's
Scholz's_Star
Region between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter
trans-Neptunian objects (Kuiper belt objects, scattered disc objects, sednoids, and Oort cloud objects.) Ceres, the only object in the asteroid belt large enough to
Asteroid_belt
Estonian astronomer and astrophysicist (1893–1985)
for his pioneering work on solar system dynamics, particularly of the Oort cloud and the Yarkovsky effect. Öpik was born in Kunda, Kreis Wierland, Governorate
Ernst_Öpik
Hypothetical Fifth Giant Planet
process may have also played a role in scattering planetesimals to form the Oort cloud or altering the trajectories of comets and asteroids. Direct evidence
Fifth_Giant
Oort cloud comet
C/2013 US10 (Catalina) is an Oort cloud comet discovered on 31 October 2013 by the Catalina Sky Survey at an apparent magnitude of 19 using a 0.68-meter
C/2013_US10_(Catalina)
Hypothetical gas giant in the Oort cloud
(/ˈtaɪki/) was a hypothetical gas giant located in the Solar System's Oort cloud, first proposed in 1999 by astrophysicists John Matese, Patrick Whitman
Tyche_(hypothetical_planet)
Process of finding the image of an object in images predating its discovery
for well-known dwarf planets, minor planets and probable dwarf planets: Oort cloud comets can take 10+ years going from Neptune's orbit at 30.1 AU (4.50 billion km)
Precovery
Oort cloud comet
C/2025 R3 (PanSTARRS) is a hyperbolic Oort cloud comet and passed perihelion on 19 April 2026 when it was 0.499 AU (75 million km) from the Sun. Around
C/2025_R3_(PanSTARRS)
captured in the Oort cloud is reduced if Planet Nine was in its predicted orbit at that time. This reduction of objects captured in the Oort cloud also occurred
Effects of Planet Nine on trans-Neptunian objects
Effects_of_Planet_Nine_on_trans-Neptunian_objects
Large trans-Neptunian object in the scattered disc
that 2017 OF201 had been scattered into the Oort cloud by some "large planet" and something from the Oort cloud ejected it again into its current orbit.
2017_OF201
Surname list
Oort limit, theoretical edge of the Oort cloud 1691 Oort (1956 RB), a main-belt asteroid Adam van Oort (1561/62–1641), Flemish painter Bart van Oort (born
Oort_(surname)
Multi-telescope astronomical survey
of the Surfaces of Objects from the Oort Cloud". "First Observations of the Surfaces of Objects from the Oort Cloud". Institute for Astronomy (Press release)
Pan-STARRS
Long-period comet
830-year orbit around the Sun. Although it likely originated from the Oort cloud, it has an unusually rocky composition not typically seen in other comets
C/2014_S3_(PanSTARRS)
Solar system objects beyond the other known trans-Neptunian objects
ETNOs, but are still relatively close to Neptune. The sednoid or inner Oort cloud objects, with perihelia beyond 50–60 AU, are too far from Neptune to be
Extreme trans-Neptunian object
Extreme_trans-Neptunian_object
Hypothetical star orbiting the Sun, supposedly responsible for extinction events
a distance of about 95,000 AU (1.5 light-years), somewhat beyond the Oort cloud, to explain a perceived cycle of mass extinctions in the geological record
Nemesis_(hypothetical_star)
Accumulation of matter around a star
beyond the orbit of Neptune Hills cloud; only the inner Oort cloud has a toroid-like shape. The outer Oort cloud is more spherical in shape. The infall
Circumstellar_disc
Interstellar comet in 2025
comet will reach the inner Oort cloud (2000 AU from the Sun) around the year 2189, and will reach the outer edge of the Oort cloud (100000+ AU from the Sun)
3I/ATLAS
Class of rocky minor celestial body
discovered on 22 September 2014, which is thought to originate from the Oort cloud and could help explain the formation of the Solar System. "Orbit like
Manx_comet
Oort cloud comet
C/2024 E1 (Wierzchoś) is a hyperbolic Oort cloud comet, discovered on 3 March 2024 by Polish astronomer Kacper Wierzchoś. It reached perihelion on 20 January
C/2024_E1_(Wierzchoś)
more. The Oort cloud is a hypothetical cloud of comets with a mean orbital radius between approximately 50,000 AU and 100,000 AU. No Oort-cloud objects
List_of_minor-planet_groups
2025 studio album by the Orb
Caine – vocals on "It's Coming Soon" Trevor Walters – vocals on "The Oort Cloud (Too Night) Roger Eno – keyboards on "Khàron" "The Orb - Arabebonics (Official
Buddhist_Hipsters
Hyperbolic comet
hyperbolic comet. Given that the incoming velocity was similar to that of an Oort cloud object, we can very confidently say that it is not of interstellar origin
C/2018_F4_(PanSTARRS)
Great Comet of 2024
and formally designated as C/2023 A3, is a non-periodic comet from the Oort cloud discovered by the Purple Mountain Observatory in China on 9 January 2023
Comet_Tsuchinshan–ATLAS
Sednoid
et al. concluded that it implies a population of about 2 million inner Oort cloud objects larger than 40 km (25 mi), with a combined total mass of 1×1022 kg
541132_Leleākūhonua
Sednoid
2023 KQ14, informally nicknamed Ammonite, is a trans-Neptunian object (TNO) orbiting the Sun on an extremely wide elliptical orbit. It was discovered by
2023_KQ14
Accumulation of particles into a massive object by gravitationally attracting more matter
likely point of origin for periodic comets. The classic Oort cloud theory states that the Oort cloud, a sphere measuring about 50,000 AU (0.24 pc) in radius
Accretion_(astrophysics)
2025 expansion of Destiny 2
player's Guardian exploring the planetoid Kepler in the Solar System's Oort cloud, as they were invited by the Nine, a celestial pantheon of mysterious
Destiny_2:_The_Edge_of_Fate
1:10 resonant trans-Neptunian object
2020 VN40 is a resonant trans-Neptunian object on a highly inclined and eccentric orbit in the scattered disc region of the Solar System. It was originally
2020_VN40
NASA space probe launched in 1977
aphelion of Sedna, and it has not yet entered the postulated position of the Oort cloud, the hypothetical source region of long-period comets, regarded by astronomers
Voyager_1
Overview of and topical guide to the Solar System
regions Extreme trans-Neptunian objects Detached objects Sedna Leleākūhonua Oort cloud Heliosphere Heliopause Boundaries From largest to smallest structure:
Outline_of_the_Solar_System
2002 studio album by Jun Shibata
Oort no Kumo (Oort Cloud) is Jun Shibata's 1st studio album. It was released on 20 March 2002 and peaked at #59 in the Oricon Weekly Albums Chart. Nanka
Oort_no_Kumo
2023 novel by Stephen Baxter
The book is about the discovery of the hypothesised Planet Nine in the Oort cloud at the outer edge of the Solar System. Initially it is thought to be a
Creation_Node
Supposed disastrous doomsday scenario
he named Nemesis, would, once every 26 million years, pass through the Oort cloud, the shell of over a trillion icy objects believed to be the source of
Nibiru_cataclysm
Void between celestial bodies
characterized by a lack of dense, cold clouds. It forms a cavity in the Orion Arm of the Milky Way Galaxy, with dense molecular clouds lying along the borders, such
Outer_space
Oort cloud comet
Comet ISON, formally known as C/2012 S1, was a sungrazing comet from the Oort cloud which was discovered on 21 September 2012 by Vitaly Nevsky (Віталь Неўскі
Comet_ISON
Galaxy cluster in the constellation Phoenix
(or if placed where the Sun is it could reach the inner limit of the Oort Cloud). A circumference that would take 71 days and 14 hours to travel at light
Phoenix_Cluster
2006 novel by Peter Watts
destination of the signal: a previously undetected sub-brown dwarf deep in the Oort cloud, dubbed 'Big Ben'. The crew wakes from hibernation while the Theseus closes
Blindsight_(Watts_novel)
Larger of the two moons of Mars
after Mars formed, rather than forming concurrently out of the same birth cloud as Mars. Another hypothesis is that Mars was once surrounded by many Phobos-
Phobos_(moon)
formation is the nebular hypothesis, which posits that an interstellar cloud collapses out of a nebula to create a young protostar orbited by a protoplanetary
Lists_of_planets
Parabolic comet
Fabry's Comet, formally designated as C/1885 X1, is a non-periodic comet that became visible to the naked eye on April 1886. It was the only comet discovered
C/1885_X1_(Fabry)
into two regions: a disc-shaped inner Oort cloud and a spherical outer Oort cloud. The outer limit of the Oort cloud is often considered the cosmographical
Glossary_of_astronomy
Frozen water; the solid state of water
32 °F, or 273.15 K. It occurs naturally on Earth, on other planets, in Oort cloud objects, and as interstellar ice. As a naturally occurring crystalline
Ice
Hypotheses for the possible sources of the water on Earth
could condense and form icy planetesimals, which accumulated to form the Oort cloud. The boundary of the region where ice could form in the early Solar System
Origin_of_water_on_Earth
All of space observable from the Earth at the present
the Solar System at the center, inner and outer planets, Kuiper belt, Oort cloud, Alpha Centauri, Perseus Arm, Milky Way galaxy, Andromeda Galaxy, nearby
Observable_universe
Region of a galaxy in which life might most likely develop
excessive cometary impacts caused by perturbations of the host star's Oort cloud. Therefore, the authors established an inner boundary for the galactic
Galactic_habitable_zone
Planets visible to the naked eye
Late Heavy Bombardment Molecular cloud Nebular hypothesis Nice model Nice 2 model Five-planet Nice model Oort cloud Oort limit Outer space Planet Disrupted
Classical_planet
Star in the constellation of Cygnus
the Sun were such a Wolf–Rayet star one shell would be well into the Oort cloud and around 5% of the way to Alpha Centauri before another shell were cast
WR_140
Sixth planet from the Sun
evidence that nitrogen in the atmosphere of Titan came from materials in the Oort cloud, associated with comets, and not from the materials that formed Saturn
Saturn
American engineer and planetary scientist (born 1957)
research has focused on studies of our solar system's Kuiper belt and Oort cloud, comets, the satellites of the outer planets, Pluto, and the search for
Alan_Stern
Great Comet of 2025
time of discovery, it was assumed that this was a new comet from the Oort cloud, and with an absolute magnitude (H=9), there was very little to no chance
C/2024_G3_(ATLAS)
Interstellar object that passed near Earth in 2017
from that star system, and it probably just passed through the system's Oort cloud at a relative speed of about 15 km/s (34,000 mph; 54,000 km/h). An August
1I/ʻOumuamua
Hyperbolic comet
only small planetary perturbations, it is predicted that it will become an Oort spike comet by its next apparition. W. R. Brooks (1890). "Discovery of Comet
C/1890_F1_(Brooks)
000 AU (4.25 ly), followed by Alpha Centauri at about 4.35 light years. Oort cloud comets orbit the Sun at great distances, but can then be perturbed by
List of Solar System objects by greatest aphelion
List_of_Solar_System_objects_by_greatest_aphelion
Collision of two astronomical objects
Sun called Nemesis periodically disrupting the orbits of comets in the Oort cloud, leading to a large increase in the number of comets reaching the inner
Impact_event
Parabolic comet
molecules. They indicated that this was a dynamically new comet from the Oort cloud, on its first journey to the inner Solar System. Calculated mean radius
C/1951_C1_(Pajdušáková)
Star formed in the same star cluster as the Sun
confirmed to have an interstellar origin and could be a more typical Oort cloud object. Ramírez, I.; Bajkova, A. T.; et al. (June 2014). "Elemental Abundances
Solar_sibling
of Pluto. In 1950 Jan Oort suggested the presence of a cometary reservoir in the outer limits of the Solar System, the Oort cloud, and in 1951 Gerard Kuiper
Historical models of the Solar System
Historical_models_of_the_Solar_System
Oort cloud comet
Comet C/2010 X1 (Elenin) was an Oort cloud comet discovered by Russian amateur astronomer Leonid Elenin on 10 December 2010, through remote control of
C/2010_X1_(Elenin)
Great Comet of 1997
may have been its first passage through the inner Solar System from the Oort cloud. The comet's current orbit is almost perpendicular to the plane of the
Comet_Hale–Bopp
Long-term future of planet Earth
a significant reduction in the perihelion distances of comets in the Oort cloud—a hypothetical spherical region of icy bodies orbiting within half a light-year
Future_of_Earth
Chemical compound of hydrogen and oxygen
Enceladus Pluto–Charon system Comets and other related Kuiper belt and Oort cloud objects And is also likely present on: Mercury's poles Tethys Water and
Water
Mean distance between Earth and the Sun
travels in one Julian year (365.25 days) — Oort cloud 75000 ± 25000 Distance of the outer limit of Oort cloud from the Sun (estimated, corresponds to 1
Astronomical_unit
Cubewanos Arrokoth Other Sednoids Detached objects Damocloids Oort cloud objects Hills cloud Comets Lists of comets Periodic comets Non-periodic comets Sungrazing
List of tallest mountains in the Solar System
List_of_tallest_mountains_in_the_Solar_System
Parabolic comet
hyperbolic trajectories respectively, suggesting their possible origin in the Oort cloud. Reported initial position upon discovery was: α = 6h 15m , δ = 41° 19′
C/1848_P1_(Petersen)
Stony main-belt asteroid
Cubewanos Arrokoth Other Sednoids Detached objects Damocloids Oort cloud objects Hills cloud Comets Lists of comets Periodic comets Non-periodic comets Sungrazing
3_Juno
Comets that may not be orbiting the Sun
Many of these comets may come from the Oort cloud, or perhaps even have interstellar origin. The Oort Cloud is not gravitationally attracted enough to
List of parabolic and hyperbolic comets
List_of_parabolic_and_hyperbolic_comets
2015 non-fiction book by Harvard astrophysicist Lisa Randall
matter. The resulting gravitational disturbances destabilize bodies in the Oort cloud, resulting in increased Earth impacts, such as the one that caused the
Dark_Matter_and_the_Dinosaurs
1980 science fiction novel by Frederik Pohl
factory" spaceship, long abandoned by the Heechee, is found deep in the Oort cloud, and an expedition funded by Robin Broadhead, a millionaire former Gateway
Beyond_the_Blue_Event_Horizon
Cubewanos Arrokoth Other Sednoids Detached objects Damocloids Oort cloud objects Hills cloud Comets Lists of comets Periodic comets Non-periodic comets Sungrazing
List of largest craters in the Solar System
List_of_largest_craters_in_the_Solar_System
Sand- to boulder-sized particle of debris in the Solar System
11 km/s. On January 17, 2013, at 05:21 PST, a one meter comet from the Oort cloud entered Earth atmosphere over California and Nevada. The object had a
Meteoroid
OORT CLOUD
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Girl/Female
Anglo Saxon American English
Port.
Surname or Lastname
South German and Austrian
South German and Austrian : variant of Hardt 1.English : variant of Hart 1.
Boy/Male
Norse Teutonic English French German
Short.
Boy/Male
British, Christian, English, Hebrew, Latin
Form of Morton; From the Town Near the Moor; Follower of Marduk
Boy/Male
Bengali, Gujarati, Hindu, Indian, Kannada, Malayalam, Marathi, Telugu
Fort-wrong; Fort-right
Male
Dutch
, able council.
Surname or Lastname
English (Lancashire)
English (Lancashire) : of uncertain origin. The most plausible suggestion is that it is a Norman nickname from Old French mort ‘dead’ (Latin mortuus), presumably referring to a person of deathly pallor or unnaturally still countenance, or possibly to someone who played the part of death in a pageant. However, it could also be the result of survival into the Middle English period of an Old English personal name, Morta, or an Old English vocabulary word mort ‘young salmon or trout’, both postulated by Ekwall to explain various place names (see for example Morcom).French : either a nickname from Old French mort ‘dead’ (see above), or an alteration, by folk etymology, of the personal name Mor(e) (see Moore 3).
Boy/Male
Norse German Dutch English
Short.
Male
English
Fort
Boy/Male
Hindu, Indian
Golden Port; Ice Port
Boy/Male
Indian, Sanskrit
Fort
Girl/Female
English
Variant abbreviation of Sydney.
Boy/Male
Indian
Enlightened
Surname or Lastname
English, French, and Catalan
English, French, and Catalan : nickname from Old French, Middle English, Catalan fort, ‘strong’, ‘brave’ (Latin fortis). In some cases it may be from the Latin personal name derived from this word; this was borne by an obscure saint whose cult was popular during the Middle Ages in southern and southwestern France.English and French : topographic name for someone who lived near a fortress or stronghold, or an occupational name for someone employed in one. Compare Fortier 1.Czech (Fořt) : variant of Forst.
Boy/Male
Danish, Dutch, Finnish, German, Netherlands, Norse, Russian, Scandinavian, Swedish
Courteous; Courageous Advice; Brave; Bold Counsel; Honest Advisor; Short; Form of Kurt
Male
Dutch
, able council.
Boy/Male
American, Australian, British, Danish, English, French, German, Norse, Swedish, Teutonic
Courtier; Court Attendant; Bold; Courageous Advice
Boy/Male
American, British, Dutch, English
Fortified
Surname or Lastname
English
English : from Middle English port ‘gateway’, ‘entrance’ (Old French porte, from Latin porta), hence a topographic name for someone who lived near the gates of a fortified town or city, typically, the man in charge of them. Compare Porter 1.English : topographic name for someone who lived near a harbor or in a market town, from the homonymous Middle English port (Old English port ‘harbor’, ‘market town’, from Latin portus ‘harbor’, ‘haven’, reinforced in Middle English by Old French port, from the same source).German : topographic name for someone who lived near a (city) gate, from Middle Low German porte (modern German Pforte) (see sense 1).Jewish (from Lithuania and Belarus) : unexplained.
Boy/Male
French
Dead sea (a stagnant lake).
OORT CLOUD
OORT CLOUD
Surname or Lastname
English, German, Danish, and Swedish
English, German, Danish, and Swedish : nickname or byname for someone of a frosty or gloomy temperament, from Middle English, Middle High German, Danish, Swedish winter (Old English winter, Old High German wintar, Old Norse vetr). The Swedish name can be ornamental.Jewish (Ashkenazic) : from German Winter ‘winter’, either an ornamental name or one of the group of names denoting the seasons, which were distributed at random by government officials. Compare Summer, Fruhling, and Herbst.Irish : Anglicized form ( part translation) of Gaelic Mac Giolla-Gheimhridh ‘son of the lad of winter’, from geimhreadh ‘winter’. This name is also Anglicized McAlivery.Mistranslation of French Livernois, which is in fact a habitational name, but mistakenly construed as l’hiver ‘winter’.
Girl/Female
Hindu, Indian
Auto Biography
Male
Finnish
Finnish unisex name PELLERVO means "field." It is another name for the harvest god Sampsa.
Boy/Male
Muslim
The new Moon
Boy/Male
Muslim/Islamic
Description of a lion
Surname or Lastname
English and Scottish
English and Scottish : from the personal name Pat(t), Pate, a short form of Patrick.English and Scottish : nickname for a man with a bald head, from Middle English pate ‘head’, ‘skull’.French (Paté) : from Old French pat(t)é ‘with paws’, ‘pawed’ (from pat(t)e ‘paw’), a nickname, applied presumably to a man with large and clumsy hands and feet.German : nickname for a trustworthy man, from Middle High German pate, Middle Low German pade ‘godfather’, ‘male relative’ (see Paeth), or alternatively from a personal name Bado, probably meaning ‘battle’, ‘fight’.
Girl/Female
Latin
Luminous.
Girl/Female
Indian
Rock born, Hard and strong, I am
Boy/Male
Muslim/Islamic
Greatest
Girl/Female
Greek
Bee. Famous bearer: Melissa, Mythological princess of Crete transformed to a bee after learning...
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n.
Description; sort.
v. t.
To throw, as a musket, diagonally across the body, with the lock in front, the right hand grasping the small of the stock, and the barrel sloping upward and crossing the point of the left shoulder; as, to port arms.
n.
See St. John's-wort.
n.
See Bort.
p. pr. & vb. n.
of Port
imp. & p. p.
of Sort
n.
A kind or species; any number or collection of individual persons or things characterized by the same or like qualities; a class or order; as, a sort of men; a sort of horses; a sort of trees; a sort of poems.
v. t.
To separate, and place in distinct classes or divisions, as things having different qualities; as, to sort cloths according to their colors; to sort wool or thread according to its fineness.
p. pr. & vb. n.
of Sort
n.
Species; sort.
v. t.
To turn or put to the left or larboard side of a ship; -- said of the helm, and used chiefly in the imperative, as a command; as, port your helm.
n.
A port warden.
n.
Kind; sort.
n.
Manner; kind; sort.
imp. & p. p.
of Port
n.
The larboard or left side of a ship (looking from the stern toward the bow); as, a vessel heels to port. See Note under Larboard. Also used adjectively.
n.
One of the dwellers in the Cistercian convent of Port Royal des Champs, near Paris, when it was the home of the Jansenists in the 17th century, among them being Arnauld, Pascal, and other famous scholars. Cf. Jansenist.
n.
The manner in which a person bears himself; deportment; carriage; bearing; demeanor; hence, manner or style of living; as, a proud port.
adv.
Of that sort.
n.
Rank; a sort.