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Black History/Civil Rights Leaders: William Edward Burghardt (w.e.b.) Dubois
William

Name origin: Spanish

Name meaning: Resolute, protector

 
Edward

Name origin: Old English

Name meaning: Rich guardian

 
Burghardt

Name origin: German

Name meaning: variant of Burkhart.

 
(w.e.b.)

no meaning found

Dubois

Name origin: French and English (Norman and Huguenot)

Name meaning: topographic name for someone who lived in a wood, from the fused preposition and definite article du ‘from the’ + French bois ‘wood’ (see Bois). In both England and America the name has been translated as Wood.

 
 
 
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