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Names of our Male Ancestors
Albert	Old English - "noble and bright".
Allan	Of Celtic origin, meaning "concord" or "harmony".
Arthur	Ancient Celtic name.
Asa	"God heals" - Hebrew.
Bernard	Old English meaning "brave as a bear".
Charles	Old High German - "a free man".
Colin	From the Latin for "dove" or possibly pet form of Nicholas.
David	Biblical and derived from the Hebrew for "beloved" or "darling".
Don	Shortened version of Donald - "World ruler" in Gaelic.
Edward	From the Old English "guardian of the treasure".
Elisha	Hebrew meaning "God is bountiful".
Ernest	"Earnestness" - from the German.
Frank	Possibly goes back to the Germanic tribe of Franks.
Frederick	"Ruler of peace" - from the German.
George	From the ancient Greek for "farmer".
Gervise	More commonly Gervaise - from the French, "a spear".
Harry	15th. century, usually pet form of Henry.
Henry	Old High German for "king" or "home ruler".
Herbert	Old English and German meaning "bright army".
Horace	From the Roman "Horatius" which possibly derived from "hour" or "time".
James	"Let God protect" - sharing this with Jacob.
Jarvis	Form of Gervaise.
Jas	Shortened form of Jasper - originally Casper - Persian.
Job	From the Hebrew for "persecuted".
John	Biblical and from the Hebrew "God is gracious".
Joseph	An "increaser" in Hebrew.
Lawrence	"A man from Laurentum" - possibly a place of laurels - Latin.
Leland	Probably a mother's maiden name.
Matthew	Biblical meaning in Hebrew "gift of Jehovah".
Nathaniel	Another Hebrew "gift of God".
Norman	Old English for "man from the north".
Peter	Greek meaning "stone" or "rock".
Ralph	Old Norse meaning "wise and strong".
Reginald	German for "mighty".
Richard	Probably from the old French - "hard ruler".
Robert	Derived from the Old German for "bright and famous one".
Samuel	Hebrew for "name of God".
Stanley	Derived from Old English place-name meaning "stoney field".
Thomas	Aramaic for "twin" - biblical.
Vernon	French place name which means "grove of alders".
Walter	Derived from the Old German for "army leader".
William	Old German meaning "protector".

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