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STORK
Boy/Male
Indian, Sanskrit
The Openbilled Stork
Boy/Male
Czechoslovakian
Little stork.
Female
Hebrew
(חֲסִידָה) Hebrew name CHASIDA means "stork" and "righteous."
Girl/Female
Welsh
Stork.
Surname or Lastname
Ukrainian, Jewish (from Ukraine), Polish, Serbian, and Hungarian (Cáp)
Ukrainian, Jewish (from Ukraine), Polish, Serbian, and Hungarian (Cáp) : from Ukrainian tsap ‘billy goat’, Polish cap, and so probably a nickname for someone thought to resemble the animal in some way or perhaps a metonymic occupational name for a goat herd.Czech (Čáp) : nickname for a tall or long-legged man, from Äáp ‘stork’.Southern French : from Occitan cap ‘head’ (Latin caput); probably a nickname for a person with something distinctive about his head. The word was often used in the metaphorical sense ‘chief’, ‘principal’, and the surname may also have denoted a leader or a village elder. In some cases it may also be a topographic name from the same word used in the sense of a promontory or headland.Americanized spelling of German Kapp.English : variant spelling of Capp.
Female
Hebrew
(חֲסִידָה) Variant spelling of Hebrew Chasida, HASIDA means "stork" and "righteous."
Surname or Lastname
English and French
English and French : occupational name for a clergyman, or perhaps for the servant of one, from Middle English, Old French chapelain ‘chantry priest’, a priest endowed to sing mass daily on behalf of the souls of the dead (Late Latin capellanus).Ukrainian and Belorussian : patronymic from the nickname Chaplya, from the dialect word chaplya ‘heron’, ‘stork’ (Russian tsaplya), referring to a man with long, thin legs or perhaps one who was shy and easily frightened.Clement Chaplin was one of the founders of Hartford, CT, (coming from Cambridge, MA, with Thomas Hooker) in 1635.
Boy/Male
African, Indian, Sanskrit, Swahili
Crane; Stork
Girl/Female
Czechoslovakian
Little stork.
Female
Russian
(Капека) Russian form of Czech/Slovak Capeka, KAPEKA means "little stork."
Female
Hebrew
Variant spelling of Hebrew Chasida, CHASIDAH means "stork" and "righteous."
Surname or Lastname
English
English : from Middle English stork ‘stork’, hence a nickname for a thin man with long legs, or perhaps occasionally a habitational name for someone living at a house distinguished by the sign of a stork. In Yorkshire, where the name is most frequent, it may be a habitational name from a place so named (now known as Storkhill), near Beverley.North German : nickname for someone thought to resemble a stork, Middle Low German stork.German : habitational name from a place so named in Hesse.
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Girl/Female
Australian, Christian, French, German, Welsh
Blessed; White Circle; Fair Bow
Boy/Male
Arabic, Muslim
Saved by Allah; An Epithet of Prophet Nuh
Girl/Female
Muslim
Trustworthy, Faithful
Boy/Male
Hindu
Surname or Lastname
English
English : habitational name from any of various places named from Old English scypen, scipen ‘cattleshed’, such as Shippen in West Yorkshire and Shippon in Berkshire, or a topographic name derived directly from the vocabulary word. In some cases it may originally have been acquired as a metonymic occupational name for a cowman, who in medieval times would often have lived in the same building as his animals.Born in Methley, Yorkshire, England, in 1639, Edward Shippen emigrated to Boston, MA, in 1668. He joined the Society of Friends and moved his family and business to Philadelphia in about 1694 to avoid religious persecution, eventually becoming mayor of Philadelphia, where his sons and grandsons continued to be prominent.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : variant of Whitaker.
Girl/Female
Indian
Kind Hearted
Boy/Male
Arthurian Legend
A knight.
Male
Arthurian
, (Sir), companion of the chalice; knight of the Round Table.
Boy/Male
Hindu, Indian, Mythological, Sanskrit, Telugu
Immortal God; Lord Shiva
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n. pl.
A division of wading birds, including the herons, storks, and allied forms. Called also Herodii.
n.
One of several large wading birds of the genera Mycteria and Xenorhynchus, allied to the storks in form and habits.
n. pl.
A tribe of wading birds including the stork, heron, crane, etc.
n.
Any one of several species of large wading birds of the family Ciconidae, having long legs and a long, pointed bill. They are found both in the Old World and in America, and belong to Ciconia and several allied genera. The European white stork (Ciconia alba) is the best known. It commonly makes its nests on the top of a building, a chimney, a church spire, or a pillar. The black stork (C. nigra) is native of Asia, Africa, and Europe.
n.
A large African wading bird (Balaeniceps rex) allied to the storks and herons, and remarkable for its enormous broad swollen bill. It inhabits the valley of the White Nile. See Illust. (l.) of Beak.
n.
A bird of the genus Anastomus, allied to the stork; -- so called because the two parts of the bill touch only at the base and tip. One species inhabits India, another Africa. Called also open-beak. See Illust. (m), under Beak.
a.
Having a bill shaped like the colter of a plow, or like a knife, as the heron, stork, etc.
n.
A species of very large stork (Ciconia argala), a native of India; -- called also the gigantic crane, and by the native name argala. It is noted for its serpent-destroying habits.
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A large stork of the genus Leptoptilos (formerly Ciconia), esp. the African species (L. crumenifer), which furnishes plumes worn as ornaments. The Asiatic species (L. dubius, or L. argala) is the adjutant. See Adjutant.
a.
Having a bill like that of the stork.
n.
An African wading bird (Scopus umbretta) allied to the storks and herons. It is dull dusky brown, and has a large occipital crest. Called also umbrette, umbre, and umber bird.
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A South American stork (Euxenara maguari), having a forked tail.