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DAINTY
Male
English
Anglicized form of Hebrew Adiyn, ADIN means "dainty, delicate." In the bible, this is the name of an ancestor of a family of exiles who returned with Zerubbabel.
Biblical
Adina, adorned; voluptuous; dainty
Female
English
English name derived from the vocabulary word fern, from Old English fearn, FERN means "fern," a type of leafy plant. The name was first used in the 19th century when flower, plant or other "dainty" names were popular.
Surname or Lastname
English and French
English and French : nickname from Old French mignot ‘dainty’, ‘pleasing’.English and French : from Minnota, a pet form of the female personal name Minna. This was originally a Germanic personal name from Old High German minna ‘love’, but later it was also used as a short form of Willemina, a feminine version of William.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : affectionate nickname or term of address, from Middle English deinteth ‘pleasure’, ‘tidbit’ (Old French deintiet, from Latin dignitas ‘worth’, ‘value’). The word was also used as an adjective in the later form deinte (Old French deint(i)é) in the sense ‘fine’, ‘handsome’, ‘pleasant’.
Girl/Female
Biblical
Adorned; voluptuous; dainty.
Male
Hebrew
(עָדִין) Hebrew name ADIYN means "dainty, delicate." In the bible, this is the name of an ancestor of a family of exiles who returned with Zerubbabel.
Girl/Female
Biblical Hebrew
Adorned; voluptuous; dainty.
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Dutch and North German
Dutch and North German : from Middle Dutch stoop, Middle Low German stÅp ‘pitcher’, ‘stone bottle’, hence a nickname for a heavy drinker, or a metonymic occupational name for a wine seller or innkeeper.English : of uncertain origin, perhaps from Middle English stulpe, stolpe ‘post’ or ‘boundary marker’ (Old Norse stolpi), or from Middle English stoppe ‘bucket’ (Old English stoppa), hence a topographic name for someone who lived either by a boundary post or in a deep hollow. Alternatively, it could be a habitational name from a place so named, most probably Stop in Fonthill Giffard in Wiltshire, named with Old English stoppa ‘bucket’.
Girl/Female
Tamil
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Leader, Senior, First born, Eldest brother
Boy/Male
Hindu
Universe
Boy/Male
Australian, Christian, Hebrew
People of Jehovah; Taught by Jehovah
Boy/Male
Hindu, Indian
Part of God
Male
Swedish
Swedish form of Scandinavian Olaf, OLOV means "heir of the ancestors."
Boy/Male
Celtic Gaelic Irish
Manly.
Girl/Female
Hindu, Indian, Sanskrit
A Name of River; A Multitude of Stars
Boy/Male
Arabic, Muslim
Quality
Surname or Lastname
English
English : possibly a variant of Starkey.
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a.
Of exacting tastes and habits; dainty; fastidious.
superl.
Nice; delicate; elegant, in form, manner, or breeding; well-formed; neat; tender.
v. t.
A sweetmeat; a dainty morsel.
n.
A choice dainty; a delicacy.
a.
That which is alluring, delicate, or refined; a luxury or pleasure; something pleasant to the senses, especially to the sense of taste; a dainty; as, delicacies of the table.
n.
A dainty morsel; a Welsh rabbit. See Welsh rabbit, under Rabbit.
v. t.
To render delicate or dainty.
n.
A term of fondness.
n.
One devoted to dainty or luxurious sensual enjoyments, esp. to the luxuries of the table.
n.
That which is delicious or delicate; a delicacy.
superl.
Rare; valuable; costly.
superl.
Delicious to the palate; toothsome.
a.
Fine; trim; dainty.
v. t.
To render nice or dainty; hence, to render scrupulous.
superl.
Delicate; refined; dainty; pure.
n. sing. & pl.
A side dish; a dainty or relishing dish usually eaten after the joints or principal dish; also, a sweetmeat, served with a dinner.
superl.
Requiring dainties. Hence: Overnice; hard to please; fastidious; squeamish; scrupulous; ceremonious.
n.
Sugar confectionery; a sugarplum; hence, any dainty.
a.
Tempting the appetite; dainty.
a.
Soft; dainty.