Tarik

From the name of the Sunday that follows Easter, called Quasimodo Sunday, which gets its name from the opening words of the Latin chant quasi modo (geniti infantes…) meaning “like the way (that newborn infants do…)”. It was used by Victor Hugo for his novel The Hunchback of Notre-Dame (1831), in which Quasimodo is a hunchbacked bellringer at Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris. He was named thus by Archdeacon Frollo because he was abandoned as a baby at the cathedral on Quasimodo Sunday, though Hugo states that Frollo may have been inspired by the alternate meaning for quasi “almost”, referring to the almost-complete appearance of the foundling [1].

Latinate variant of Joséphine.

People with the name Dereck have a deep inner desire to use their abilities in leadership, and to have personal independence. They would rather focus on large, important issues, and delegate the details.

People with the name Ranell have a deep inner desire for a stable, loving family or community, and a need to work with others and to be appreciated.

From Japanese ゴジラ (Gojira), a blend of ゴリラ (gorira) meaning “gorilla” and 鯨 (kujira) meaning “whale”. This is the name of a massive reptilian monster from a series of Japanese movies, starting 1954.