SOS- Please help me with a name!

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Registered: 09-23-2005
SOS- Please help me with a name!
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Mon, 07-09-2007 - 1:24am

Okay, so we want a name with the same meaning as JOHN (god's gracious gift; gracious gift; gracious) that isn't *too far out there* IF we have a boy. Any help is GREATLY appreciated!

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Registered: 05-28-2005
Mon, 07-09-2007 - 5:38am
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Registered: 06-29-2007
Mon, 07-09-2007 - 8:48am

With the link the pp gave you - do an advanced search on "only this meaning"...
a couple that come up are:
Ean
Ian
Ivan
Giovanni
Sean
Shane
Evan - this doesn't come up in the gracious search, but it means god is good

You might have to poke around a bit and try a couple of different meaning searches...

Good Luck

you might also want to do searches (not on that website, I don't think) but on derivitives of john

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Mon, 07-09-2007 - 8:48am
Matthew
Ian
Sean
Zane
Nathaniel
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Registered: 03-02-2005
Mon, 07-09-2007 - 1:08pm

Behind the Name is my personal favourite site for primary research on a name. :)

http://www.behindthename.com/php/extra.php?terms=john&extra=r&gender=m

Iain/Ian and Ivan are my favourite forms of John. :)

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Registered: 06-10-2007
Mon, 07-09-2007 - 3:54pm
Wow that is a fantastic website!! Thanks so much for sharing it.
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Registered: 12-07-2006
Mon, 07-09-2007 - 5:44pm
well Ian and Sean are both forms of John so share the same meaning.

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Registered: 04-01-2007
Tue, 07-10-2007 - 10:47pm

Hi...

I went online and found these names that have gracious in their meaning:

Giovanni
Ian
Sean
Shane
Holden
Shawn
Zane
Jenson

Happy Searching....

Connie

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Registered: 01-12-2007
Wed, 07-11-2007 - 3:19pm
I am not too good with meanings but I believe that Sean and Ian are taken from 'John'. Also Jack is a cute nn to John.