Topaz
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| Gender: | male/female | |
| Pronunciation: | TOH-paz | |
| Meaning: | golden gemstone | |
| Related Names: | Taz, Tobias, Topaza |
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[edit] ORIGIN AND HISTORY
The name Topaz comes from the name of a gemstone. It may trace back to the Sanskrit word “tapas,” which means “fire,” or it may come from the Greek “topazos,” meaning “green gem.”[1]
Topaz is a very hard stone, an 8 on the Mohs scale. It may appear in several different colors, though the standard color is a golden yellow. It is hardy and tends to remain undamaged over time.[2]
[edit] POPULARITY
Topaz is a very uncommon name. It has not made the top 1000 most popular names in the United States in any recorded year.[3]
In general, the name Topaz is only used in English-speaking countries.[4]
Though it is not commonly given to babies, Topaz is a fairly popular company name.
[edit] FACTS
- Topaz is the birthstone for the month of November.[5]
- Topaz is the state gemstone of Texas and Utah.[6]
- Topaz was one of the twelve gemstones that supposedly decorated the breastplates of the angels that guard heaven.[7]
- Tennessee Williams owned a cat named Topaz.[8]
[edit] NAMESAKES
- Topaz Systems, Inc.
- Topaz: 1969 film directed by Alfred Hitchcock. “Topaz” was the name of a French spy ring in the film.[9]
- Topaz, novel by Leon Uris, published 1967. This was the inspiration for the Hitchcock film.[10]
- Topaz Project
- Topaz Music
- Topaz Partners: public relations firm
- Topaz Designs
- Topaz Boats
- Topaz Energy
- Topaz Hotel, Washington, D.C.
- Topaz Lodge, Gardnerville, Nevada
- Topaz, Utah: site of WWII Japanese internment camp[11]
- Topaz, California
- "Topaz," song by The B-52s
- Mercury Topaz (car)
[edit] FAMOUS PERSONS
- William Topaz McGonagall holds the title of the worst poet of the English language. He was born in Scotland in approximately 1825, and began writing poetry in 1877.[12] His poetry was so atrocious that when he gave public readings, the crowd was said to have hurled food at him. Despite all of the criticism he received, McGonagall continued to believe he was a great poet. A film called The Great McGonagall was made in the 1970s, starring Spike Milligan and Peter Sellers.[13] There is dubious speculation that McGonagall may in fact have been a satirist whose bad poetry was a literary commentary on the poets of the Victorian era.
[edit] NOTES
- ↑ http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/440948/topaz_birthstone_for_november.html
- ↑ http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/440948/topaz_birthstone_for_november.html
- ↑ http://www.ssa.gov/OACT/babynames/
- ↑ http://www.babynamesworld.com/meaning_of_Topaz.html
- ↑ Wallace, Carol McD. The Greatest Baby Name Book Ever. New York: Avon Books, 1998. 651.
- ↑ http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/440948/topaz_birthstone_for_november.html
- ↑ http://www.crystal-cure.com/topaz-white.html
- ↑ http://www.boogiepets.com/celebrity-pet.php?name=Topaz
- ↑ http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0065112/plotsummary
- ↑ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Topaz_%28novel%29
- ↑ http://www.lib.utah.edu/spc/photo/9066/topaz.htm
- ↑ http://www.mcgonagall-online.org.uk/
- ↑ http://www.durham.net/~neilmac/great.htm
OTHER PERSONS
Topaz Abiala, Topaz Ajad, Topaz Alexander, Topaz Allen, Topaz Amos, Topaz Asher, Topaz Baker, More results
Author: Sarena Emily Levinson
