Meanings of the Given Names (X, Y, Z)

Yates = Gate

People often ask me about - what does my name mean. Sometimes, I also ask other peoples if his or her name means something. These are not important but it is good to know about each other in our cultures of mankind. For my friends who want to know, the meanings of (Western) given names:

Men’s Names (X,Y,Z)

Xavier: (Spanish-Arabic) New house; brilliant
Xerxes: (Greek-Persian) King
Yates: (Old English) Gate
Zaccheus: (Hebrew) The righteous one; pure
Zebulun: (Hebrew) Habitation
Zenas: (Greek) Gift of Zeus, the chief Greek god.

Women’s Names (X,Y,Z)

Xenia: (Greek) Hospitable
Yolande: (Latin-French) Violet
Yvette, Yvonne: (Hebrew-French) Gracious gift of God
Zena: (Persian) Woman
Zoe: (Greek) Life

Source: Smith, Elsdon C. “Vocabulary of Given Names.” The World Book Dictionary.1968.

Note: All these pages were copied. Nevertheless, at least, I finished the job from A to Z of meanings of the given (western) names today, exactly on the last day of the year of 2009. Whatever it is, I take personal appreciation from this. Thanks everybody!