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Theophory is a reference to the naming practice of adding a god's name (or the local equivalent of the generic term for god) to an individual's proper name. Among the names that have developed this way are Elizabeth, which utilized the Sumerian god El's name, Samuel (same derivation), Jonathan, and Theoditus from the Greek common noun for god.
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