What is the name meaning of NEST. Phrases containing NEST
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Greek
Poor, pure, or chaste. St. Agnes was a 3rd century Christian martyr whose January 21st feast day...
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Tamil
Ashiyana | ஆஷியாநா
Nest, Beautiful home, Dwelling place
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Dutch and German
Dutch and German : from Middle Dutch and Middle High German bicke ‘pickaxe’ or ‘chisel’, hence a metonymic occupational name for a stonemason or someone who made or worked with such tools.German : from a pet form of the personal name Burkhart.English : of uncertain origin, perhaps from the Old English personal name Bicca. Alternatively, Reaney suggests it may be from Middle English bike ‘nest of wild bees or wasps’ and hence a metonymic occupational name for a beekeeper. Compare Bicker.Jewish (eastern Ashkenazic) : German or English spelling of eastern Yiddish bik, Polish byk, or Russian byk, all meaning ‘ox’ or ‘bull’. This may be a translation of Shor.
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Indian
Nest, Beautiful home, Dwelling place
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Tamil
Sharapanjarabhedaka | ஷாரà¯à®ªà®¨à®œà®°à®ªà¯‡à®Ÿà®•ா
Destroyer of the nest made of arrows
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English
English : from a Middle English personal name Dunstan, composed of Old English dunn ‘dark’, ‘brown’ + stÄn ‘stone’. This name was borne by a 10th-century archbishop of Canterbury who was later canonized.English : habitational name from Dunstone in Devon, named from Old English DunstÄnestÅ«n ‘settlement of Dunstan’ (as in 1). The surname is still chiefly common in Devon, but there are places in other parts of the country with similar names but different etymologies (e.g. Dunstan in Northumbria, Dunston in Lincolnshire, Norfolk, Staffordshire, and Derbyshire), which may possibly have contributed to the surname.Scottish : partly perhaps the same as 1, but there is a place named Dunstane in Roxburghshire, which may also be a source of the surname.
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English
English : habitational name from some minor place called Brid(e)well, as for example Bridwell in Uffculme, Devon, or Bridewell Springs in Westbury, Wiltshire; both are named with Old English br̄d ‘surging’ or br̄d ‘bride’ + well(a) ‘spring’ (perhaps a spring associated with a fertility cult). There may be other places so called with different derivations, for example from Old English bridd ‘nestling’, ‘young bird’ or from St. Bride (see Kilbride).
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Greek
(ÎÎστωÏ) Greek name NESTOR means "homecoming." In mythology, this is the name of a son of Nileas (Latin Neleus) and king of Pylos.
Male
Italian
Italian form of Greek Nestor, NESTORE means "homecoming."
Female
Welsh
Welsh pet form of Greek Hagne (English Agnes), NESTA means "chaste; holy."
Girl/Female
Norse
Lovely in the nest.
Girl/Female
Latin
Nest.
Surname or Lastname
English and Scottish
English and Scottish : from Middle English bird, brid ‘nestling’, ‘young bird’ (Old English bridd), applied as a nickname or perhaps occasionally as a metonymic occupational name for a bird catcher. The metathesized form is first found in the Northumbrian dialect of Middle English, but the surname is more common in central and southern England. It may possibly also be derived from Old English burde ‘maiden’, ‘girl’, applied as a derisory nickname.Irish : Anglicization of Gaelic Ó hÉanacháin or Ó hÉinigh, in which the first element (after Ó) has been taken as Gaelic éan ‘bird’ (see Heneghan).Jewish : translation of various Ashkenazic surnames meaning ‘bird’, as for example Vogel.
Female
Welsh
Welsh pet form of Greek Hagne (English Agnes), NEST means "chaste; holy."
Boy/Male
Norse
Fighter of the nest.
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Teutonic
Where the ravens nest.
Girl/Female
Muslim
Nest, Beautiful home, Dwelling place
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Indian
Nest, Beautiful home, Dwelling place
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Greek Latin
Son of Nestor.
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Native American
Yellow jacket's nest rising out of the ground.
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n.
A nest; a receptacle.
n.
The nest of a small swallow (Collocalia nidifica and several allied species), of China and the neighboring countries, which is mixed with soups.
v. i.
To lie close and snug, as a bird in her nest; to cuddle up; to settle, as in a nest; to harbor; to take shelter.
v. i.
To make and occupy a nest; to nest.
v. i.
To move about in one's place, like a bird when shaping the interior of her nest or a young bird getting close to the parent; as, a child nestles.
v. i.
To build and occupy a nest.
v. t.
To house, as in a nest.
n.
A young bird which has not abandoned the nest.
v. t.
To put into a nest; to form a nest for.
a.
Newly hatched; being yet in the nest.
n.
The doctrines of the nestorian Christians, or of Nestorius.
a.
relating to, or resembling, Nestor, the aged warior and counselor mentioned by Homer; hence, wise; experienced; aged; as, Nestorian caution.
imp. & p. p.
of Nestle
a.
Of or relating to the Nestorians.
n.
An adherent of Nestorius, patriarch of Constantinople to the fifth century, who has condemned as a heretic for maintaining that the divine and the human natures were not merged into one nature in Christ (who was God in man), and, hence, that it was improper to call Mary the mother of Christ; also, one of the sect established by the followers of Nestorius in Persia, india, and other Oriental countries, and still in existence. opposed to Eutychian.
n.
Hunting for, or taking, birds' nests or their contents.
p. pr. & vb. n.
of Nestle
n.
A snug, comfortable, or cozy residence or situation; a retreat, or place of habitual resort; hence, those who occupy a nest, frequent a haunt, or are associated in the same pursuit; as, a nest of traitors; a nest of bugs.
pl.
of Nestful
n.
As much or many as will fill a nest.