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TOUGH
Male
English
Originally an American English boxing term, this name was later used as a byname for a tough-guy. Finally it transferred to a forename, and it still carries the same original BIFF means, "a blow with the fist."
Surname or Lastname
English and German
English and German : topographic name for someone who lived near a significant outcrop of flint, Old English, Low German flint, or a nickname for a hard-hearted or physically tough individual.Welsh : habitational name from Flint in Clwyd, which gave its name to the old county of Flintshire.Jewish (Ashkenazic) : ornamental name from German Flinte ‘shotgun’.
Boy/Male
Indian
Strong, Tough, Robust
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Australian, Japanese
Tough; Strong
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Scottish
Scottish : variant of Tulloch. In Scotland it is pronounced tyookh.English : nickname for a valiant or stubborn person, from Middle English togh, tow(e) ‘steadfast’.
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English
English : perhaps, as Reaney proposes, a variant of Tough.
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Arabic, Muslim
Strong; Tough; Robust; Forceful
Male
English
 English name derived from the Old English/Low German word, flint, FLINT means "stone splinter," originally used as a byname for someone "hard and tough as flint." Compare with another form of Flint.
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Afghan, Arabic, Australian, Iranian, Muslim, Pashtun, Sindhi
Strong; Patient; Solid; Constant; Tough; Substantive; Firm
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Muslim/Islamic
Solid constant, tough, substantive
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English
English : status name denoting a serf, Middle English, Old French vass(e), from Late Latin vassus, of Celtic origin. Compare Welsh gwas ‘boy’, Gaelic foss ‘servant’.English : variant of Vause.Swedish : variant of Wass.South German : variant of Fass.Hungarian : from vas ‘iron’, hence a metonymic occupational name for a blacksmith, or a nickname for a resilient, tough man.
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Muslim
Strong, Tough, Robust
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Australian, Chinese, German, Turkish
Tough
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Indian, Sanskrit
Strong as a Rock; Tough
Boy/Male
American, Australian, British, Chinese, English, French, German, Japanese
Raven; Benevolent; Edge of a Knife; Tough; Lotus; Water Lily
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Girl/Female
Biblical
A dove, multiplying of the people.
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English
English : variant of Skeffington.
Girl/Female
Tamil
Ismita | இஸà¯à®®à¯€à®¤à®¾
Individuality
Boy/Male
German, Swedish
Great Eagle
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Hindu, Indian
Name
Girl/Female
Tamil
Cheranya | சேராநà¯à®¯Â
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Australian, Danish, Finnish, French, German, Greek, Italian, Portuguese, Swedish, Swiss
Warrior; Defending Men; Abbreviation of Alexander; Defender of Mankind
Boy/Male
Hindu
Uncrolled (son of Pradyummna)
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English
English : variant spelling of Garton.
Girl/Female
Arabic
Princess
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n.
The quality or state of being tough.
superl.
Having the quality of flexibility without brittleness; yielding to force without breaking; capable of resisting great strain; as, the ligaments of animals are remarkably tough.
a.
Having parts apt to adhere to each other; cohesive; tough; as, steel is a tenacious metal; tar is more tenacious than oil.
p. pr. & vb. n.
of Toughen
adv.
In a tough manner.
n.
See Tough-pitch (b).
n.
Any one of several species of actinians belonging to the genus Cerianthus. These animals have a long, smooth body tapering to the base, and two separate circles of tentacles around the mouth. They form a tough, flexible, feltlike tube with a smooth internal lining, in which they dwell, whence the name.
imp. & p. p.
of Toughen
n.
A tough insensible cord, bundle, or band of fibrous connective tissue uniting a muscle with some other part; a sinew.
n.
The ruddy duck.
n.
The exact state or quality of texture and consistency of well reduced and refined copper.
superl.
Not easily separated; viscous; clammy; tenacious; as, tough phlegm.
v. i. & t.
To grow or make tough, or tougher.
n.
A tough, compact mineral, of a white, greenish, or grayish color. It is near zoisite in composition, and in part, at least, has been produced by the alteration of feldspar.
n.
Copper so reduced; -- called also tough-cake.
superl.
Not easily broken; able to endure hardship; firm; strong; as, tough sinews.
n.
A south African proteaceous tree (Protea grandiflora); also, its tough wood, used for making wagon wheels.
superl.
Severe; violent; as, a tough storm.
a.
Tough in a slight degree.
superl.
Stiff; rigid; not flexible; stubborn; as, a tough bow.