Hannah vs Rupert - What's the difference?
hannah | rupert |
Mother of the prophet Samuel in the Old Testament.
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* 1959 , Goodbye, Columbus, and Five Short Stories , Houghton Mifflin 1959, page 116
* 2002 (Kate Atkinson), Not the End of the World , Doubleday, ISBN 0385604726, page 33:
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* 2010 (Joanne Harris), blueeyedboy , Doubleday, ISBN 9780385609500, page 99:
* 2010 (w, Maggie O'Farrell), The Hand That First Held Mine , Headline, ISBN 9780755308453, page 91:
*:'What about Rupert'?' his mother says brightly. 'I've always loved the name ' Rupert and it's an old family name on my side.'
*:'Sounds like...a whatdyoucallit?' Ted's father says, folding up the newspaper and tossing it to the floor.
*:'What?'
*:'A...' Ted's father puts his hand to his brow '...you know...a thing that children take to bed. Um...Brideshead ...um...teddy-bear! That's it. A teddy-bear.'
A city in Idaho.
An unincorporated community in Ohio.
A town in Vermont.
A town in West Virginia.
As proper nouns the difference between hannah and rupert
is that hannah is mother of the prophet samuel in the old testament while rupert is .As a noun rupert is
a junior army officer.hannah
English
Proper noun
(s)- Then said Elkanah her husband to her, Hannah , why weepest thou? and why eatest thou not? and why is thy heart grieved? am I not better to thee than ten sons?
- "What about Hannah Schreiber?"
- He smiled, flashing some gold in his mouth. "How do you like that name? She was only a girl, but she had an old lady's name. - - -
- She could buy pretty clothes for a girl and plait her hair with ribbons. And she could call her a nice, old-fashioned, middle-class name like Sarah or Emma or Hannah .
rupert
English
(Rupert)Proper noun
(en proper noun)- A St Oswald's boy can pass off a name like Orlando, can make it sound like peppermint. Even Rupert sounds somehow cool when attached to a navy-blue St Oswald's blazer.