Research work on the origin of the first names of the students of the   European section.

Anaïs

Anaïs is a popular name in France. It has emerged since the mid-1980s and there are seven to ten times more women named Anaïs than Anne. It was the third most popular name for women in 1993, though the craze has since begun to die down, the name still remains fairly popular. There is no account of the name in France before the middle of the nineteenth century, when it is traceable in Provence and Catalonia. It is the diminutive form of Naïs, which was also used in a novel. Anaïs is also from Mexican descent

Manon

The meaning of the name Manon is the sea or bitter.

The origin of the name Manon is French.

Alternate spellings: Mannon, Maenon.

Notes: Form of the name Mary.

Fiona

Fiona fi(o)-na as a girl’s name is pronounced fee-OWN-ah. It is of Irish and Gaelic origins, and the meaning of Fiona is “fair, pale“. Reportedly coined by an English author in the early 20th century. American musician Fiona Apple.

نریمان 

 Nariman (نریمان)is an ancient.Persian name meaning “faith and brightness.”

 

Antoine

Antoine a-ntoi-ne, an-toine as a boy’s name is pronounced AN-twahn. It is of French origin. Variant, of Anthony. Actor Antwon Tanner; football player Antone Davis.

Antoine has 17 variant forms:  Antione, Antjuan, Antuan, Antuwain, Antuwaine, Antuwayne,Antuwon, Antwahn, Antwain, Antwaine, Antwan, Antwaun, Antwohn, Antwoin, Antwoine, Antwonand Antwone.

For more information, see also the related name Antonio.

Baby names that sound like Antoine are Antony, Antons,Antonino, Antonin, Antonije, Antoni,Antoney, Anton, Antin, Anntoin, Anthone and Antino.

View a list of the 3 names that reference Antoine.

Popularity of Antoine

Antoine is a very popular first name for men (536 out of 1220) and also a very popular surname or last name for all people (4407 out of 88799). (1990 U.S. Census)

Displayed below is the baby names popularity of the name Antoine for boys. (2010 statistics)  Compare  Antoine with its variant forms and related boy baby names.

Lisa

(Elizabeth, Elisabeth)

From the Hebrew Elisheba, meaning « oath of God » or « God has sworn ». The present form developed from the greek Elisabet through the Latin Elizabetha to Elizabeth. In Britain the « z » from is usual, on the Continent the « s » is used. It was first used as a Christian name in the Eastern Church, and found its way across Europe to France, where it had the form ISABEL. This was also the usual medieval from in England. Elizabeth became common about the end of the 15^th century, and its later popularity in England stemmed from the long reign of Elizabeth I. Among the many diminutives the following have benn most used : Bess(ie), Betsy, Betty, Beth, Eliza, Lizzy, Liz and the Scottish Elspeth, Elspie and Elsie, which are now used undependently. The German Elsa, Lisa.

Lisa l(i)-sa as a girl’s name is pronounced LEE-sah. It is of English origin. Short form of Elisabeth (Hebrew) “God‘s promise“. Actresses Lisa Bonet, Lisa Kudrow; talkshowhostLeeza Gibbons; basketballplayer Lisa Leslie.

Lisa has 9 variant forms: Leesa, Leeza, Liesa, Lisebet, Lise, Liseta, Lisette, Liszka andLiza. Popularity of Lisa

Lisa is a very popular first name for women and also a very popular surname or last name for all people.

Displayed below is the baby names popularity of the name Lisa for girls.

The signification of the name Lisa is : My God is a vow !

 Elise

The name Elise is a baby girl name. The baby name Elise originated as a French name. In French the name Elise means- Consecrated to God. An abbreviation of Elisabeth, derived from a French diminutive of Elizabeth..

The Hebrew name Elizabeth means – consecrated to God. Bible: the mother of John the Baptist.

Romane

Origin : The first name Romane comes from the Latin first name Romanus.
Color : Green.
Precious stone : Emerald.
Character : In a glance, you will have understood that Romane is captivating. But
she is also lively, funny and optimistic. Not as her intuition, it will select his friends
with many obligatories
History : The Latin origin of this first name served to indicate the inhabitants of
Rome.
Patron saint : Romane are celebrated on February 28th.

Théo

Theo as a boy’s name (also used as girl’s name Theo), is a variant of Theobald (Old German) and Theodore (Greek), and the meaning of Theo is “brave people; God’s gift”.

Marie

French cognate of Maria; French form of Mary.

Also the earlier form of the name in England until the Authorized version of the Bible established Mary as the English spelling.

Marie was the name of various queens of France, in particular, Marie Antoinette who was executed during the French revolution.

Marie Curie was a physicist and chemist who won a Nobel prize twice – for physics in 1903 for her work on radiation, and for chemistry in 1911 for discovering polonium and radium.

The name Marie is often found in compound names such as Anne-Marie, or Marie-Louise.

It was the 2nd most popular name in Belgium in 2006.

Pauline

The French name Pauline has a double etymology. It is a diminutive form of Paule, the feminine form of Paul, but it may also be derived from the Roman family name Paulinus.
In literature Pauline appears in Noel Streatfeild’s classic children’s book ‘Ballet Shoes’ as the name of one of the Fossil sisters. Pauline is a very popular first name for women and also a very popular surname or last name for all people .

Color: Red

Eléa

The baby name Eléa is pronounced as EHLiyah. Eléa has its origins in the Old Provençal and Old Greek languages. It is used largely in English. Eléa is a shortening of Eleanor. This is also a variation of Ellen. Eléa is not popular as a baby girl-name. It is not listed within the top 1000. In 2010, among the family of girl-names directly related to Eléa, Eleanor was the most widely used. This is also the name of an ancient Italian town (modern Velia) which is well-known for being the home of the philosopher Parmenides and his student Zeno of Elea, who was famous for his paradoxes.

Inès

Ines as a girl’s name is a variant of Agnes (Greek), Inez (Spanish).
Ines = Inez is the anglicized form of the Spanish Inés, Agnes has always been population in Sctoland, from the Greek word meaning “ pure”.

Ines is the by-product of the first name Agnes. This last one is inspired by the Greek Agné adjective which means “crowned”. This word could qualify rivers, heavens or divinities.

Laure

Laure as a girl’s name is a variant of Laura (Latin), and the meaning of Laure is “the bay, or laurel plant”, symbol of victory and poetic genius.

The baby name Laure sounds like Laurie and Lauri. Other similar baby names are Lauren, Laurel, and Maure.

“Laure” is a French and Italian name.

Popularity of Laure

Laure is somewhat popular first name for women but an uncommon surname or last name for all people.

Displayed below is the baby names popularity of the name Laure for girls.

Indeed, “Laure” is not ranked within top 1000 names.

St Laurence (variant of Laure) was a favourite medieval saint. It was popular in Ireland because St Laurence O’Toole is a 12^th century Archbishop of Dublin.

 

 

by Eléa Chiron and Pauline Gimeno

What Are the Coldest Places in the World ?

 

Antarctica takes position number one among the coldest places on earth. Mostly uninhabited except for penguin in winter and seal colonies found along the coast. At the Plateau Station, temperatures can easily plummet to -84° Celsius and the annual average temperature barely reaches -36°C. The record as the coldest place, however, goes to Vostok Station, in Antarctica, where the temperature reached -89.4°C on July 1983. Scientists are the only humans to live on Antarctica for months at a time, and even they do it only in summer.

                                                 

Of all inhabited areas, one of the coldest places in  the world is Siberia. It’s normal for temperatures to reach -51.1°C in January. Oymyakon, in Eastern Siberia, has an average winter temperature of −45°C, and may have reached a low of -71.2°C, although the official record is -67.7°C. The little village is home to nine hundred permanent residents. The area is so cold that empty plastic bags taken outside will freeze then crack like glass.

Outside  Russia, the prize as one of the coldest places goes to Greenland, where the cities frequently see temperatures of -45.5°C. In the US, one of the coldest places is definitively International Falls, Minnesota, where temperatures normally reach -35.5°C in winter. Prospect Creek, Alaska, has broken several records in the American continent, including reaching -79.8° C in 2003.

To survive in the coldest places in the world, humans have had to adapt their environment and lifestyle significantly. Everything freezes at such low temperatures, from electronics to gasoline to pen ink ; batteries lose power and pipes crack under the pressure exerted by ice and snow. In Ojmjakon, children are not allowed to play outside for more than 20 minutes at a time during a typical winter day. At -51.1°C, their lungs can freeze and collapse. Despite all the difficulties, humans have found a way to change the environment and survive.             

   OJMJAKON

 

 

 

 

 

What are the Hottest Places in the World ?

 

A third of the world’s land is deserted, mostly hot, dry deserts in which life has little to no chance of surviving. These deserts are some of the hottest places in the world. A good example is El Azizia, in northern Africa, which recorded 66°C in 1922. Scientists believe this is not, in fact, the hottest place in the world, but it’s certainly the hottest where humans have ever set foot. Death Valley, encompassing a good portion of both Nevada and California, is a close contingent for the hottest place in the world, with temperatures reaching 56.6°C on more than one occasion.

Libya, where El Azizia is located, is one of the hottest places in the world due to a burning sandy wind called ghibli, which often appears without warning and can raise the temperature by 20°C in just a couple of hours.

Of all inhabited areas, some of the hottest places in the world include Mali and Tunisia, where temperatures routinely reach 54.4°C and air conditioning is a luxury than only the rich can afford. Deaths due to heat and lack of drinking water are frequent, and illnesses that thrive in hot weather are also commonplace.

Outside Africa, the prize for one of the hottest places goes to the Tirat Tavi area in Israel, where average summer temperatures reach 47.2°C. In the US, eight of the top ten hottest places are in Arizona, with Avondale taking first place at 42°C.

Death Valley also holds the record for being one of hottest places in the world for the longest period. For 43 consecutive days between 6 July and 17 August 1917, Death Valley temperatures stayed over 48°C.

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