What's your name mean?

I'm too lazy to look it up on the internet but I know my name is a shortened form of Catherine/Katherine, which is Greek in origin, and my name means....

Pure and Virginal.

Yeah, it's a running joke beween my friends that I have the wrong name.
 
CLAUDE

Gender: Masculine & Feminine

Usage: French, English

Pronounced: KLOD (French), KLAWD (English) [key]
French masculine and feminine form of CLAUDIUS. In France the masculine name has been common since the Middle Ages due to the 7th-century Saint Claude of Besançon. It was imported to Britain in the 16th century by the aristocratic Hamilton family, who had French connections. A famous bearer of this name was the French impressionist painter Claude Monet (1840-1926).
 
I ran this for my Alias, which is my son's name.. :)

FRANCIS

Gender: Masculine & Feminine

Usage: English, French

Pronounced: FRANT-səs (English) [key]
English form of the Late Latin name Franciscus which meant "Frenchman". This name was borne by the 13th-century Saint Francis of Assisi, who was originally named Giovanni but was given the nickname Francesco by his father, an admirer of the French. Francis went on to renounce his father's wealth and devote his life to the poor, founding the Franciscan order of friars. Later in his life he apparently received the stigmata.

Due to the renown of the saint, this name became widespread in western Europe during the Middle Ages. However, it was not regularly used in Britain until the 16th century. Famous bearers include Saint Francis Xavier (1506-1552), a missionary to eastern Asia, the philosopher and scientist Francis Bacon (1561-1626), and the explorer and admiral Sir Francis Drake (1540-1595). In the English-speaking world this name is occasionally used for girls.
 
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