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BOWDITCH
Surname or Lastname
English
English : probably a habitational name from a place in Devon named Bowditch, from the Old English phrase būfan dīce ‘above the ditch’.The surname Bowditch is well known in New England. Nathaniel Bowditch (1773–1838), author of The Practical Navigator (1772), a standard work that went through more than sixty editions, was born in Salem, MA, the son of a shipmaster. The family can be traced back, via a clothier who settled in New England in 1671, to Thorncombe in Devon in the early 16th century.
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Muslim
Result of deeds, Way
Male
Romanian
Pet form of Romanian Valeriu, VALI means "to be healthy, to be strong."Â
Boy/Male
Hindu
Girl/Female
Hindu
Girl/Female
Hindu
Creative
Girl/Female
Indian
Surname or Lastname
English (Lancashire)
English (Lancashire) : habitational name from places in Lancashire and North Yorkshire called Hesketh, or from Hesket in Cumbria, all named from Old Norse hestr ‘horse’, ‘stallion’ + skeið ‘racecourse’. The ancient Scandinavians were fond of horse-racing and horse-fighting, and introduced both pastimes to England.
Boy/Male
Hindu, Indian
Winter
Boy/Male
Muslim/Islamic
A hardwood tree
Boy/Male
Gujarati, Hindu, Indian, Kannada, Punjabi, Sikh
Friend of Mind; Attractive
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n.
One who navigates or sails; esp., one who direct the course of a ship, or one who is skillful in the art of navigation; also, a book which teaches the art of navigation; as, Bowditch's Navigator.