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Holm also means "hill" in Russian.

Fein, Fein, Fein, Fein, Fein, Fein, Fein!

This is the name of a city in Ukraine, which had 470,011 people, according to the 2022 census.

Pronounced RIH-bu-neh.

David Zuckerman (1962-) is an American film and television producer and writer and is best known as the original showrunner and executive producer of the animated comedy series Family Guy.

The subject of the phenomenal song Tom Sawyer by Rush.

Is that Sans Undertale?

Also used in Ukraine, though I don't know if it shares the same origin.

Tim Henson is one of the two guitarists in the band Polyphia. He has gained recognition for not only his technique and virtuosity, but also his teaching.

Scott LePage is one of the two guitarists in the band Polyphia. He's known for his very technical and virtuosic style of playing.

Throughout heaven and earth I alone am…the honored one.

In South Africa the Dutch version of the name - De Kok - is the only one used, and it has never attracted negative attention.

Anne Jennifer Dudley (née Beckingham; born 7 May 1956) is an English composer, keyboardist, conductor and pop musician. She was the first BBC Concert Orchestra's Composer in Association in 2001. She has worked in the classical and pop genres, as a film composer, and was one of the core members of the synth-pop band Art of Noise.

I don't like this name, it's in my opinion one of those stereotypical generic names like "Smith" or "Jones".

In Russian, it comes from the word сокол (sokol) meaning falcon, and not the given name Sokol. [noted -ed]

Sounds pretty unfortunate to me.

I believe the pronunciation is PEH-TAH-CHA for this name, or more accurately peh-TAH-cha?

Unfortunately the meaning currently given is wrong such as it contributes only marginally to the many families carrying this name. The main derivation of this name is from the given name Giselher, see http://www.namenforschung.net/id/name/407/1 and http://www.namenforschung.net/id/name/19644/1 (both article are in German). [noted -ed]

The French pronunciation is Tra-Ver, /tʁa.vɛʁ/. [noted -ed]

Used to be spelled 'ap Owain' or 'ap Owen'.

The Cyrillic spelling is incorrect. It's Швець.
Pronounced /ˈʃʋɛt͡sʲ/

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https://uk.m.wiktionary.org/wiki/%D1%88%D0%B2%D0%B5%D1%86%D1%8C (in Ukrainian) [noted -ed]

Pronounced /ˈko.vɐlʲ/ in Ukrainian.

It also has cognates in these other Slavic languages:

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Czech - Zajíc
Slovak - Zajac
Slovene - Zajec [noted -ed]

Kudakwashe Paidamoyo Chigwedere (b. 2002) is a Zimbabwean para-athlete who competed at the 2024 Summer Paralympics in Paris.

Tinotenda Nicole Bango (b. 2002) is a Zimbabwean para-athlete who competed at the 2024 Summer Paralympics in Paris.

Ebrahim Danishi (b. 2001) is an Afghan taekwondo para-athlete who competed at the 2024 Summer Paralympics in Paris.

Elliott Andre Loonstra is an Aruban taekwondo para-athlete who competed at the 2024 Summer Paralympics in Paris.

Antwahn Boyce-Vaughan (b. 2000) is a Barbadian para-swimmer who competed at the 2024 Summer Paralympics in Paris.

Antwahn Boyce-Vaughan (b. 2000) is a Barbadian para-swimmer who competed at the 2024 Summer Paralympics in Paris.

Kinley (f) Dem (b. 1994) is a Bhutanese para-shooter who competed at the 2024 Summer Paralympics in Paris.

Rahinatou Mone (b. 2003) is a Burkinabé Olympic para-athlete who competed at the 2024 Summer Paralympics in Paris.

Van Vun (b. 1986) is a Cambodian para-athlete specializing in the 100 metres. He represented Cambodia at three Summer Paralympics in 2016 in Rio, 2020 in Tokyo and 2024 in Paris.

Sibhatu Kesete Weldemariam (b. 1985) is an Eritrean Olympic para-athlete who competed at the 2024 Summer Paralympics in Paris.

Ywenson Registre (b. 1999) is a Haitian Olympic para-athlete who competed at the 2024 Summer Paralympics in Paris.

Michiko Kakutani is a Japanese-American literary critic and writer.

Surname of YouTuber Austin McConnell.

No meanings?

This is a Ukrainianised spelling of the Russian last name Borisov.

Actor Cary Grant's birth name was Archibald Leach.

Ongiou Timeon (b. 1989) is an I-Kiribati Paralympic athlete who competes in the shot put event. He is representing Kiribati at the 2024 Summer Paralympics in Paris. Timeon is the first athlete to represent Kiribati at a Paralympic Games. He is the only competitor for the island nation at the 2024 Summer Paralympics in Paris and competed in the men's F11 shot put event. He was Kiribati's flag bearer at the opening ceremony of the Paralympics.

Grevist Bytyci (b. 1990) is a Kosovar para-athlete who competed at the 2024 Summer Paralympics in Paris.

Ken Thepthida (b. 1999) is a Laotian para-athlete who competed at the 2024 Summer Paralympics in Paris.

Arz (أرز) Zahreddine (زهر الدين), b. 1998, is a Lebanese para-athlete who competed at the 2024 Summer Paralympics in Paris.

Hao-Lei Chio (b. 2007) Is a Macau Paralympic athlete who competed at the 2024 Summer Paralympics in Paris.

Edmilsa Governo (b. 1998) is a Mozambican para-athlete, who won a bronze medal in the women's 400 metres T12 event at the 2016 Summer Paralympics in Rio. She also won a gold medal in the 200 metres T12 event at the 2015 African Games, and a bronze medal in the 400 metres T12 event at the 2015 IPC Athletics World Championships. Governo and Hilario Chavela were Mozambique's flag bearers at the 2020 Summer Paralympics Parade of Nations in Tokyo. Then she competed at the 2024 Summer Paralympics in Paris.

English and Scottish: nickname from Middle English and Older Scots red(e) ‘red’ no doubt denoting someone with red hair or a ruddy complexion.
English: from Middle English ride rede rude (Old English rīed rēod rȳd) ‘clearing’. The surname may be topographic for someone who lived in or near a clearing or habitational for someone who lived at one of a number of places so named including Rede Court in Strood (Kent) Rides in Eastchurch (Kent) Ride Way in Ewhurst (Surrey) and Reed Farm in Wadhurst (Sussex). The word is particularly common in the southeastern counties of England from Kent to the Isle of Wight. See also Rider and Reader.
English: habitational name from Read (Lancashire) Reed (Hertfordshire) or Rede (Suffolk). The Lancashire placename derives from Old English rǣge ‘roe female roe deer’ + hēafod ‘head’. The Hertfordshire placename derives from Old English rȳhth ‘rough piece of ground’. The etymology of the Suffolk placename is uncertain.

Ashkenazi Jewish surname of prominent Kohanic rabbinic family, who are generally considered to possess the oldest and best recorded Kohanic pedigree. Rappa may derive from the Hebrew word רופא \ רוֹפֵא rofé "medical doctor, physician" or possibly from the older German word Rappe "raven" (modern High German: Rabe) and Porto being the town in Italy from where the family originated.

It's a variant of Wheatley.

Joseph Bartholomew, American major general known for his service in the War of 1812 and the Northwest Indian War, married Christiana Pickenpaugh in 1788.

It's pronounced Boo-Shay /bu.ʃe/. [noted -ed]