Statistics for Male First Name Etymology

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Meaning	Language of Origin	Well-known bearers	Answer	% Correct
Beloved	Hebrew	Ziggy Stardust's alter ego	David	73%
Lion	Greek	Soviet politician who was killed in Mexico City	Leon	67%
Steward	Scottish	Fictional mouse with human parents	Stuart	66%
Of noble birth	Anglicized Gaelic	Home Alone protagonist	Kevin	61%
Bearing Christ	Greek	Ninth Doctor	Christopher	59%
Eternal ruler	Old Norse	Viking who discovered Greenland	Eric	57%
Twin	Greek (from Aramaic)	Saint known for scholasticism	Thomas	46%
Man	Hebrew	Introduced the concept of the "invisible hand"	Adam	42%
Little hollow	Scottish	Wolverine	Logan	41%
Watchful	Latin (from Greek)	To Kill a Mockingbird actor	Gregory	35%
Lucky, successful	Latin	German composer, perhaps most well-known for his Wedding March	Felix	28%
Friend of horses	Greek	American Idol season 11 winner	Philip	26%
Great tide	Welsh	Stage surname of a famous musician, who in turn took it from a famous poet	Dylan	25%
God is my judge	Hebrew	Biblical prophet	Daniel	20%
Fire	Anglicized Gaelic	Irish actor, best known for his role in Poldark	Aidan	15%