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  "license": "CC BY-SA 4.0",
  "licenseUrl": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/",
  "attribution": "Adapted by NameForIt from the English entries by Wiktionary contributors. Each record links to its source and revision history. Changes: condensed and paraphrased etymology; selected origin labels. This file is kept separate from proprietary generator data.",
  "retrievedAt": "2026-09-05T12:00:00Z",
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    {"slug":"james","name":"James","origin":"Hebrew","meaning":"An English form in the Jacob name family.","notes":"The form reached English through French and Latin, with an earlier Hebrew source. This describes the name family rather than asserting one settled literal meaning.","sourceUrl":"https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/James#English","historyUrl":"https://en.wiktionary.org/w/index.php?title=James&action=history"},
    {"slug":"mary","name":"Mary","origin":"Hebrew","meaning":"The underlying meaning is uncertain.","notes":"English Mary developed through Marie and Maria from the Miriam name family. A confident single-word meaning would conceal uncertainty in the source.","sourceUrl":"https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Mary#English","historyUrl":"https://en.wiktionary.org/w/index.php?title=Mary&action=history"},
    {"slug":"john","name":"John","origin":"Hebrew","meaning":"Associated with the interpretation 'God is gracious'.","notes":"The English form descends through Latin and Greek from Hebrew Yohanan; the source treats its relationship to a longer Hebrew form as tentative.","sourceUrl":"https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/John#English","historyUrl":"https://en.wiktionary.org/w/index.php?title=John&action=history"},
    {"slug":"robert","name":"Robert","origin":"Germanic","meaning":"Connected with the elements for glory and brightness.","notes":"The English form came through Anglo-Norman from an earlier Germanic compound. The source gives shining glory as its literal interpretation.","sourceUrl":"https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Robert#English","historyUrl":"https://en.wiktionary.org/w/index.php?title=Robert&action=history"}
  ]
}