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Name Leelo is of Estonian origin and means Folk song. Meaningful names became fashionable in the 1920s when Estonia became independent and Estonians started to value their culture and seek their roots.
In 2009, the Setos’ polyphonic style of folk singing, called leelo, was added to the UNESCO list of intangible culture. Believed to be at least 1,000 years old, leelo is considered a special local variant of the Baltic-Finnic runo song tradition.

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My mother named my brother so it was my fathers turn to decide what my name was going to be. He decided Mariann and always said that there´s no story behind this decision.
Previous summer, when I was in Georgia, the locals told me, that Mariann or Mariana is a very common name amongst georgians. So after knowing the fact that my father served 3 years in war in Georgia,  I made a conclusion, that probably I´m named after some girl he liked in Georgia :)

Mariann  is a Latin name, and the meaning of the name Mariann is "star of the sea; grace". Mariann is an alternate form of Marianne (French, Latin, Hebrew).
Being abroad, people usually call me Mary.

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It is a formal name. Family or friends call me Darek. Meaning of the word Dariusz - male name of Persian origin. Borrowed from  Persian language , where it had the form of Dārayavahuš, and was formed from the elements daraya - "possessor" and vahu - "good" (therefore the original meaning of the name can be explained as "he who is good"). It was the name of the Persian kings.  According to other sources, the name means "possessing riches". This name is known in Poland since the Middle Ages. It gained popularity in the 20th century.

Famous people bearing the name Dariusz – Dariusz Med - according to the book of Daniel, the biblical king of Babylon and… Darius Kasparaitis - Lithuanian ice hockey player :-)

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There is a tradition in Poland to name children after their grandparents or to choose a name that is close to the birth date in the calendar. I was born in August and my name day is in August either. The name Joanna comes from Hebrew Jo-hanan, which means God is gracious.

Obviously, I did not choose this name but I like its meaning. Shortages in Poland are Asia, Aśka, and Joasia. When I was a child the name was very popular and there were three Joannas in my class. Teachers called me Joasia while I preferred to be Asia. Now I am called Asia but Joasia does not bother me. I even like it. But Aśka is the one I like the most. I feel very close to a person who calls me Aśka even if I understand that it is not really connected to emotional proximity.

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I was given the name Carsten after my mother had read the German novel "Der Schimmelreiter" in which a certain Carsten plays a role. I never liked the name very much for whenever I introduced myself to people in The Netherlands or UK, I very often had to repeat myself for it was a name nobody was familiar with. Not so in Germany, of course.
Carsten is a Scandinavian derivative of Christian.
Name giving in The Netherlands can be naming after in order to honour relatives or simply follow fashionable names. People sometimes stick to typical Dutch names if the mother and father a called likewise. Ever so often, international names are given too.
However, traditional names stay within peoples culture, i.e. I have never met a Moroccan pupil with a typical Dutch first name. With our society becoming more and more culturally diverse, so is the diversity in names.