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Christian (given Name)
Christian originated as a baptismal name used by persons of the Christian religion. It is now a given name borne by males, and by females as Christiana and other feminized variants. A historically commonly used abbreviation (used for example on English 17th-century church monuments and pedigrees) is ''Xpian'', using the Greek Chi Rho Christogram , short for , Christ. The Greek form of the baptismal name is , a Christian. It can also be derived from the Greek , Christ, and Ioannes, Greek form of John. The name denotes a follower of Jesus Christ, thus a Christian. It has been used as a given name since the Middle Ages, originally a male given name. It was later used for females, without any feminising word endings. Today, the name is popular in the United States, the United Kingdom, Ireland, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, France, Italy, the Netherlands, Belgium, Switzerland, Germany, Austria, Hungary, Norway, Sweden, Finland, Romania, Denmark, Iceland, Estonia, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Male
Male (symbol: ♂) is the sex of an organism that produces the gamete (sex cell) known as sperm, which fuses with the larger female gamete, or ovum, in the process of fertilization. A male organism cannot reproduce sexually without access to at least one ovum from a female, but some organisms can reproduce both sexually and asexually. Most male mammals, including male humans, have a Y chromosome, which codes for the production of larger amounts of testosterone to develop male reproductive organs. Not all species share a common sex-determination system. In most animals, including humans, sex is determined genetically; however, species such as ''Cymothoa exigua'' change sex depending on the number of females present in the vicinity. In humans, the word ''male'' can also be used to refer to gender in the social sense of gender role or gender identity. Overview The existence of separate sexes has evolved independently at different times and in different lineages, an example ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
