Emily Blunt and Jacob Vargas

Boys: Jacob

Jacob Vargas

Meaning or origin: 

Biblical name, from Hebrew Yaakov. This was borne by perhaps the most important of all the patriarchs in the Book of Genesis. Jacob was the father of twelve sons, who gave their names to the twelve tribes of Israel.

U.S. rank: 4

Celebrity: Jacob Vargas

Girls: Emily

Emily Blunt

Meaning or origin: From a medieval form of the Latin name Aemilia, the feminine version of the old Roman family name Aemilius (probably from aemulus ‘rival’).

U.S. rank: 8

Celebrity: Emily Blunt


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