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“god is gracious”

14 fragments across 7 traditions carry this sense. Every one of them opens a name; not a single tradition here uses this sense to close one.

Across the traditions

Reverse entry

They cluster in 2 families, most of them real world. Pirate carries the most, with 5 separate fragments for it — a tradition that needs this many words for one idea is telling you something about what it cares about.

Pirate


People

Jack initial · John initial · Evan initial · Jean initial · Jane initial

  • Jack the Drowned

    Jack god is gracious + the drowned drowned

    god is gracious, called the drowned

  • Jack Saltbeard

    Jack god is gracious + saltbeard salt beard

    god is gracious, called the salt beard

  • Jack the Fierce

    Jack god is gracious + the fierce fierce

    god is gracious, called the fierce

  • John Longshanks

    John god is gracious + longshanks long legs

    god is gracious, called the long legs

  • John Saltbeard

    John god is gracious + saltbeard salt beard

    god is gracious, called the salt beard

  • John Halyard

    John god is gracious + halyard sail rope

    god is gracious, called the sail rope

  • Evan the Silent

    Evan god is gracious + the silent silent

    god is gracious, called the silent

  • Evan Coldwater

    Evan god is gracious + coldwater cold water

    god is gracious, called the cold water

  • Evan the Stout

    Evan god is gracious + the stout stout

    god is gracious, called the stout

  • Jean One-Hand

    Jean god is gracious + one-hand one hand

    god is gracious, called the one hand

  • Jean the Quick

    Jean god is gracious + the quick quick

    god is gracious, called the quick

  • Jean One-Eye

    Jean god is gracious + one-eye one eye

    god is gracious, called the one eye

Italian


Real world

Giovanni initial · Giovanna initial

  • Giovanni Oreste

    Giovanni god is gracious + oreste mountain man

    god is gracious and mountain man

  • Giovanni Antonino

    Giovanni god is gracious + antonino little Antonius

    god is gracious and little Antonius

  • Giovanni Osvaldo

    Giovanni god is gracious + osvaldo divine power

    god is gracious and divine power

  • Giovanna Orsola

    Giovanna god is gracious + orsola little bear

    god is gracious and little bear

  • Giovanna Ada

    Giovanna god is gracious + ada noble

    god is gracious and noble

  • Giovanna Dorotea

    Giovanna god is gracious + dorotea gift of god

    god is gracious and gift of god

Middle


People

John initial · Jane initial

  • John Langley

    John god is gracious + langley long meadow

    god is gracious, long meadow

  • John Haywood

    John god is gracious + haywood hedged wood

    god is gracious, hedged wood

  • John Winslow

    John god is gracious + winslow friend's mound

    god is gracious, friend's mound

  • Jane Winslow

    Jane god is gracious + winslow friend's mound

    god is gracious, friend's mound

  • Jane Blakely

    Jane god is gracious + blakely dark meadow

    god is gracious, dark meadow

  • Jane Whitfield

    Jane god is gracious + whitfield white field

    god is gracious, white field

Nordic


Real world

Jens initial · Johanne initial

  • Jens Jarl

    Jens god is gracious + jarl nobleman

    god is gracious and nobleman

  • Jens Hallvard

    Jens god is gracious + hallvard rock defender

    god is gracious and rock defender

  • Jens Erling

    Jens god is gracious + erling chieftain's son

    god is gracious and chieftain's son

  • Johanne Arnhild

    Johanne god is gracious + arnhild eagle battle

    god is gracious and eagle battle

  • Johanne Gunborg

    Johanne god is gracious + gunborg battle fortress

    god is gracious and battle fortress

  • Johanne Hildur

    Johanne god is gracious + hildur battle maid

    god is gracious and battle maid

French


Real world

Jeann initial

  • Jeannonne

    Jeann god is gracious + onne little

    god is gracious little

  • Jeannrande

    Jeann god is gracious + rande raven

    god is gracious raven

  • Jeannonnette

    Jeann god is gracious + onnette little

    god is gracious little

Russian


Real world

Ivan initial

  • Ivan Valeryevich

    Ivan god is gracious + valeryevich son of Valery

    god is gracious, son of Valery

  • Ivan Matveyevich

    Ivan god is gracious + matveyevich son of Matvey

    god is gracious, son of Matvey

  • Ivan Innokentyevich

    Ivan god is gracious + innokentyevich son of Innokenty

    god is gracious, son of Innokenty

Spanish


Real world

Juan initial

  • Juan Leopoldo

    Juan god is gracious + leopoldo bold people

    god is gracious and bold people

  • Juan Ismael

    Juan god is gracious + ismael god will hear

    god is gracious and god will hear

  • Juan Samuel

    Juan god is gracious + samuel heard by God

    god is gracious and heard by God

Senses that travel together

See also

Each of these shares at least two traditions with “god is gracious”. Senses that keep turning up in the same sets usually belong to one semantic field — the small vocabulary a naming tradition returns to again and again.

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