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'''Nevada'''. American English. From the name of the US State. Meaning "Snow-capped" in Spanish. Nevada enjoyed some popularity as a feminine name during the 1880s.<ref>https://www.behindthename.com/name/nevada [https://web.archive.org/web/20230213084857/https://www.behindthename.com/name/nevada Archived] on 17 July 2023</ref><ref name="20knames4" /><ref>https://www.babynames.com/name/nevada [https://web.archive.org/web/20221203060830/https://babynames.com/name/nevada Archived] on 17 July 2023</ref> US SSA data shows about 2,267 people with this name, used as a feminine name 80% of the time.<ref>https://www.mynamestats.com/First-Names/N/NE/NEVADA/index.html</ref> Keywords: earth, mountains, three syllables, travel, uncommon, Victorian era, winter
'''Nevada'''. American English. From the name of the US State. Meaning "Snow-capped" in Spanish. Nevada enjoyed some popularity as a feminine name during the 1880s.<ref>https://www.behindthename.com/name/nevada [https://web.archive.org/web/20230213084857/https://www.behindthename.com/name/nevada Archived] on 17 July 2023</ref><ref name="20knames4" /><ref>https://www.babynames.com/name/nevada [https://web.archive.org/web/20221203060830/https://babynames.com/name/nevada Archived] on 17 July 2023</ref> US SSA data shows about 2,267 people with this name, used as a feminine name 80% of the time.<ref>https://www.mynamestats.com/First-Names/N/NE/NEVADA/index.html</ref> Keywords: earth, mountains, three syllables, travel, uncommon, Victorian era, winter


'''Nex'''. Meaning unknown, but it is possibly a shortening of the English word "nexus" meaning "a means of connection; a link or tie." In Latin, "nex" is a third declension noun meaning "murder, slaughter, killing, violent death".<ref>https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/nex</ref> [[Nex Benedict]] was a nonbinary and genderfluid teen who chose this name for themself. Keywords: one syllable, uncommon, English, Latin.
'''Nex'''. Meaning unknown, but it is possibly a shortening of the English word "nexus" meaning "a means of connection; a link or tie." In Latin, "nex" is a third declension noun meaning "murder, slaughter, killing, violent death".<ref>https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/nex</ref> [[Nex Benedict]] (he/they) was a nonbinary and genderfluid teen who chose this name for himself. Keywords: one syllable, uncommon, English, Latin.


[[File:Nicky_Case_-_Game_Developers_Conference_2019_-_03.jpg|thumb|Nicky Case at the 2019 Game Developers Conference.]]
[[File:Nicky_Case_-_Game_Developers_Conference_2019_-_03.jpg|thumb|Nicky Case at the 2019 Game Developers Conference.]]