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Ever wonder what our names mean?

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CARMELO

Gender: Masculine

Usage: Spanish

Pronounced: kahr-ME-lo Spanish masculine form of CARMEL - From the title of the Virgin Mary Our Lady of Carmel. (Karmel) (meaning "garden" in Hebrew) is a mountain in Israel mentioned in the Old Testament. It was the site of several Christian monasteries.

RICARDO

Gender: Masculine

Usage: Spanish, Portuguese

Pronounced: ree-KAHR-do Spanish and Portuguese form of RICHARD - Means "brave power", derived from the Germanic elements ric "power, rule" and hard "brave, hardy". The Normans introduced this name to Britain. It was borne by three kings of England including Richard the Lionheart, leader of the Third Crusade in the 12th century. Two German opera composers, Richard Wagner and Richard Strauss, have also had this name.

FREDERICK

Gender: Masculine

Usage: English

Pronounced: FRED-ur-ik, FRED-rik From a Germanic name meaning "peaceful ruler", derived from frid "peace" and ric "ruler, power". Several rulers of Prussia, Germany and the Holy Roman Empire have borne this name, including the 13th-century patron of the arts Frederick II of Germany, and the 18th-century Frederick II of Prussia, known as Frederick the Great. Another famous bearer was Frederick Douglass, an American ex-slave who became a leading advocate of abolition.

ABIGAIL

Gender: Feminine

Usage: English, German, Biblical Pronounced: AB-i-gayl (English), AH-bee-giel (German) From the Hebrew name ('Avigayil) meaning "my father is joy". In the Old Testament this is the name of the wife of Nabal. After he was killed she became the third wife of King David.

VICTORIA

Gender: Feminine

Usage: English, Spanish, Romanian, Ancient Roman Pronounced: vik-TOR-ee-a (English) Feminine form of VICTORIUS. This name was borne by a long-reigning queen of England. A Canadian city bears this name in her honour, as well as an Australian state and several other geographic areas. Also means "victory" in Latin. Victoria was the Roman goddess of victory.

ROQUE

Gender: Masculine

Message: Spanish, Portuguese Pronounced: RO-ke (Spanish) Spanish and Portuguese form of ROCCO - Italian name derived from the Germanic element hrok meaning "rest". This was name of a 14th-century saint who nursed victims of the plague but eventually contracted the disease himself. He is the patron saint of the sick.