Previous Names of the Day

Bristow   English
From the name of the city of Bristol, originally Brycgstow in Old English, meaning "the site of the bridge".

Borgogni   Italian
From the name of the French region of Burgundy (called Bourgogne in French), which is named after the Germanic tribe the Burgundians, meaning "people from the high land".

Kinnunen   Finnish
Possibly derived from the Finnish dialectal word kinni meaning "animal skin, fur", borrowed from Swedish skinn.

Sobol   Ukrainian, Russian, Jewish
Occupational name for a fur trader, from the Slavic word sobolĭ meaning "sable, marten". As a Jewish name it is ornamental.

He   Chinese
From Chinese 何 (hé), representing a southern pronunciation of the name of the ancient state of Han (see Han). After Han was destroyed by the state of Qin, those who resettled further south changed their name to this character in order to match the local pronunciation.

Cojocaru   Romanian
From Romanian cojoc meaning "sheepskin coat". This was an occupational name for a maker of these coats.

Korrapati   Telugu
From an area called Korra or Korrapalem combined with Telugu పతి (pati) meaning "belongs to".