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Conference oass::babynames

Title:A list of All the BABYNAMES (shadow copy)
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Moderator:OASS::BURDEN_D
Created:Tue Feb 13 1996
Last Modified:Fri May 30 1997
Last Successful Update:Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:996
Total number of notes:7139

192.0. "ESMERALDA" by PARITY::DASILVA () Tue Mar 08 1988 17:55

    I just wanted to know if there are any Esmeralda's out there.  My
    sister's name is Esmeralda and I have always loved that name.  I've
    read that it means precious jewel.  If I ever have a little girl
    I want to name her Alexandria.  I like both names very much even
    though Esmeralda is my favorite, but I think one Esmeralda in the
    family is enough, considering there are only the two of us.
    
    What I would like to know is does anybody know where this name
    Esmeralda originated from.  I do know it is pretty old.
    
    Thanks
    
    Elizabeth
    
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192.1A Specific Jewel at thatKAOFS::S_BROOKMany hands make bytes workWed Apr 06 1988 11:412
    From the Spanish, meaning Emerald but adopted by the English.
    
192.2AIMHI::LLEBLANCThu Feb 23 1989 16:362
    Sounds like "the good witch" from a fairy tale!!
    
192.3HOCUS::LONDONSat Feb 25 1989 21:514
    That was the name of Samantha's mother in the tv show Bewitched
    wasn't it.
    
    
192.4EndoraCEADSS::KORDOSKYTue Feb 28 1989 10:471
    Samantha's mother was Endora, but she had a aunt named Esmerelda.