Sunday, August 19, 2007

I am a bright fame of heart, mind and spirit!

Eh, maybe not. Still, kinda neat.

Pugh is from Hugh, which is from "hug." Somewhere, Sandy is laughing.

Behind the Name: View Name: Robert:
"ROBERT

Gender: Masculine

Usage: English, French, Scandinavian, German, Czech, Polish, Russian, Slovene, Romanian

Other Scripts: Роберт (Russian)

Pronounced: RAH-burt (English), ro-BER (French), RO-bert (German), RAW-bert (Polish), RO-byert (Russian) [key]
Means "bright fame", derived from the Germanic elements hrod "fame" and beraht "bright". The Normans introduced this name to Britain. It belonged to three kings of Scotland, including Robert the Bruce who restored the independence of Scotland from England in the 14th century. The author Robert Browning and poets Robert Burns and Robert Frost are famous literary bearers of this name. Also, Robert E. Lee was the commander of the Confederate army during the American Civil War.

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The name Pugh can be traced to the ancient Celtic culture of Wales. Initially the name was from the personal name Hugh.

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HUGH

Gender: Masculine

Usage: English

Pronounced: HYOO [key]
From Germanic hug, meaning "heart, mind, or spirit". This name is also used as the Anglicized form of the Gaelic names AODH, ÙISDEAN, and EOGHAN. Hugh Capet was a 10th-century king of France who founded the Capetian dynasty. Saint Hugh of Lincoln was a 12th-century bishop known for his charity. This was also the name of kings of Cyprus and the crusader kingdom of Jerusalem."

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