The Devil is the title given to the supernatural being, who, in mainstream Christianity, Islam, and some other religions, is believed to be a powerful, evil entity and the tempter of humankind. Or: the rebellious angel who in Christian belief is the adversary of God and lord of evil.
The Devil has many different names:
Satan
Lucifer
Beelzebub
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Pronunciation of some famous names…
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 Monet (莫內) - 1840–1926 French painter. More pictures here.
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Raphael (拉斐尔) - 1483–1520 Italian painter. More pictures here.
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Michelangelo (米開朗基羅) - 1475–1564 Italian sculptor, painter, architect, & poet. More pictures here.
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Picasso (畢卡索) - 1881–1973 Spanish painter & sculptor in France. More pictures here.
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Warhol (華荷) - 1928–1987 American artist & filmmaker. More pictures here.
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Matisse (馬蒂斯) - 1869–1954 French painter. More pictures here.
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Pronunciation of some famous names…
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Beethoven (貝多芬) - 1770–1827 German composer.
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Mozart (莫扎特) - 1756–1791 Austrian composer.
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Aristotle (亚里士多德) - 384–322 b.c. Greek philosopher.
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Plato (柏拉圖) - 428–348 b.c. Greek philosopher.
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Wittgenstein (维特根斯坦) - 1889–1951 British (Austrian-born) philosopher.
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Kant (康德) - 1724–1804 German philosopher.
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Rembrandt (伦勃朗) - 1606–1669 Dutch painter.
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Below is a list of the 20 most common first names given to American children in the 1980s (full list here). In other words, these are the most common first names of Americans aged 19 to 29 today. I couldn’t find audio files for all of them, but I listed the ones I could find.
| Male | Female | |||||
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| Rank | Name | Number | Percenta | Name | Number | Percentb |
| 1 | Michael |
662,983 | 3.4518 | Jessica | 469,175 | 2.5450 |
| 2 | Christopher | 555,583 | 2.8926 | Jennifer | 440,631 | 2.3902 |
| 3 | Matthew |
458,527 | 2.3873 | Amanda | 369,538 | 2.0045 |
| 4 | Joshua |
396,233 | 2.0630 | Ashley |
351,996 | 1.9094 |
| 5 | David | 383,119 | 1.9947 | Sarah | 272,282 | 1.4770 |
| 6 | James | 356,075 | 1.8539 | Stephanie | 217,999 | 1.1825 |
| 7 | Daniel |
345,001 | 1.7962 | Melissa | 217,808 | 1.1815 |
| 8 | Robert | 321,353 | 1.6731 | Nicole | 210,358 | 1.1411 |
| 9 | John | 320,665 | 1.6695 | Elizabeth |
198,743 | 1.0781 |
| 10 | Joseph |
299,023 | 1.5568 | Heather |
191,770 | 1.0402 |
| 11 | Jason | 291,769 | 1.5191 | Tiffany |
158,535 | 0.8600 |
| 12 | Justin |
289,602 | 1.5078 | Michelle | 153,877 | 0.8347 |
| 13 | Andrew | 284,738 | 1.4825 | Amber |
153,872 | 0.8347 |
| 14 | Ryan | 278,632 | 1.4507 | Megan | 153,434 | 0.8323 |
| 15 | William | 247,982 | 1.2911 | Amy | 150,583 | 0.8168 |
| 16 | Brian | 233,740 | 1.2170 | Rachel |
146,540 | 0.7949 |
| 17 | Brandon |
232,024 | 1.2080 | Kimberly |
146,400 | 0.7941 |
| 18 | Jonathan |
229,638 | 1.1956 | Christina |
145,895 | 0.7914 |
| 19 | Nicholas |
223,093 | 1.1615 | Lauren | 145,047 | 0.7868 |
| 20 | Anthony |
211,618 | 1.1018 | Crystal |
140,953 | 0.7646 |
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