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What does this names mean ?

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Ok so I am doing a project and like since school is barely like starting it is like my teacher (drama teacher) told us that she will pair us with someone we didn't know ,and we will investigate about THEIR names so I met this girl and I can not find what her name is ,she told me it was latin ,and stood for something about kindness ,but she wasn't sure ,so I want to know WHERE her name came from (latin ,german ,greek ,etc. ) AND what do they meant .ONLY that ,so just to give me an idea .Help me guys please I have no book about baby names ,just tell me does TWO things only ,I'll find the rest on my own ,I don't want to cheat ,so I ONLY want that those two ,to give me an idea !

Irma (first name) . Juanita (her middle name ,weird hu ? ) . Mata (her last name ,I think it means something in spanish ,but I DON'T KNOW !

By the way what is the percent that someone else in my class sees this and thinks I'm cheating ?

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  1. My names Mackenzie. For boys it means son of the wise leader, but i'm a girl and for girls it means the prettiest girl. It's scottish.


  2. This is what I found:

    Name History and Origin for Irma Mata

      

    First Name

    Irma

    German: pet form of various female names beginning with the element irm(en), erm(en) whole, entire, such as Irmgard and Irmtraud. Its origins are thus the same as those of Emma. It was introduced to the English-speaking world at the end of the 19th century.

    A Dictionary of First Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0192800507

    Last Name

    Mata

    Portuguese and Spanish: habitational name from any of numerous places in Portugal and Spain named Mata, from mata ‘wood’, ‘forest’.

    Catalan: topographic name from mata ‘scrub’.

    Hungarian: from a pet form of the personal name Máté (see Matthew).

    Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4





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