Philip

95th most popular male first name in the United States; frequency is 0.197%; percentile is 58.565

Philip is Greek for "horse lover". If an "s" is added at the end of the name, it means "son of Philip". There are some alternate forms of this name: Spanish--Felippe; English--Phelps, Philips, Phillips; French--Philippe; German--Philipinna, Philippine

Some famous people named Philip: Philip Zimmerman, Philip Jose Farmer, Philip Johnson, John Philip Sousa, Philip Glass
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Friday, January 18, 2002

Jacqueline

86th most popular female first name in the United States; frequency is 0.228%; percentile is 40.040

Jacqueline is actually the feminine form of Jack and originates in French. Jack in turn, can be interpreted as an alternate form of John--thus ultimately giving the Hebrew meaning, "God is gracious". This is also the feminine form of Jacques. Other alternate forms are: Jacki, Jacque, Jacqui

Some people named Jacqueline: Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis, Jacqueline Wilson, Jacqueline Fleischer, Jacqueline Hurt, Jacqueline Briggs Martin, Jacqueline du Pré, Jacqueline Cochran, Jacqueline Hess
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Thursday, January 17, 2002

Caroline

248th most popular female first name in the United States; frequency is 0.085%; percentile is 62.708

Another form of this name is Carrie. Caroline originates in French and means "song of joy or happiness". Via the Scottish connection, this is the feminine form of Charles. There are alternate forms of this name in English:
Caree, Carey, Carree, Carrie

Some famous people: Caroline of Brunswick, Caroline Kennedy, Caroline Chrisholm, Caroline O'Conner

Other sites: Radio Caroline, Caroline Distribution, Caroline Records
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Wednesday, January 16, 2002

Hans

557th most popular male first name in the United States; frequency is 0.015%; percentile is 85.412

Hans means God's gracious gift in Hebrew. This name is also a variant of John.

Important people named Hans: Hans Lufft, Hans Selye, Hans Christian Anderson, Hans van Ohain, Hans Bethe
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Tuesday, January 15, 2002

Peter

43rd most popular male first name in the United States; frequency is 0.381%; percentile is 44.716

Peter is Greek for rock or stone.

There are numerous forms for Peter:
Arabic--Butrus
English--Pete, Peterson, Pierson
Irish--Pearce, Pearson, Pierce
Spanish--Pedro
German--Peer, Per
French--Perren, Perrin, Perry, Perryn, Pierre, Piers

Random Peter Pages:
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Monday, January 14, 2002

Paul

13th most popular male first name in the United States; frequency is 0.948%; percentile is 26.142

In Latin, Paul means small. In French, it means little. Some alternate forms of Paul are: Boulus (Arabic) and Pablo (Spanish)

Some people named Paul: Paul Edmund de Strzelecki, Paul McCartney, Paul McFedries, Paul Nash, Paul Allen, Paul Henderson
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Sunday, January 13, 2002

Hardy

310th most popular last name (surname) in the United States; frequency is 0.035%; percentile is 29.852

Hardy is also used as a masculine first name. It has a Teutonic origin and means "strong" or "daring".

Some links: Laurel and Hardy, G. H. Hardy, Thomas Hardy, The Hardy Boys
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