not otherwise be passed down (e.g., the mother's maiden surname). Modern examples include: Winston, Harrison, Ross. Many were adopted from the 17th century in England to show respect to notable ancestry, usually given to nephews or male grandchildren of members of the great families concerned, from which the usage spread to general society. This was regardless of whether the family name concerned was in danger of dying out, for example with Howard, a family with many robust male lines over history. Notable examples include Howard, from the Howard family, Dukes of Norfolk; Courtenay, from the surname of the Earls of Devon; Trevor, from the Welsh chieftain Tudor Trevor, lord of Hereford; Clifford, from the Barons Clifford; Digby, from the family of Baron Digby/Earl of Bristol; Shirley (originally a man's forename), from the Shirley family, Earls Ferrer; Percy, from the Percy Earls and Dukes of Northumberland; Lindsay, from that noble Scottish family, Earls of Crawford; Graham, from that noble Scottish family, Dukes of Montrose; Eliot, from the Eliot family, Earls of St Germans; Herbert, from the Herbert family, Earls of Pembroke; Russell, from the Russell family, Earls and Dukes of Bedford; Stanley, from the Stanley family, Earls of Derby; Vernon, Earl of Shipbrook Dillon, the Irish family of Dillon, Viscount Dillon Places, for example Brittany and Lorraine. Time of birth, for example day of the week, as in Kofi Annan, whose given name means "born on Friday", or the holiday on which one was born, for example, the name Natalie meaning "born on Christmas day" in Latin (Noel (French "Christmas"), a name given to males born at Christmas); also April, May, or June. Combination of the above, for example the Armenian name Sirvart means "love rose". In many cultures, given names are reused, especially to commemorate ancestors or those who are particularly admired, resulting in a limited repertoire of names that sometimes vary by orthography. The most familiar example of this, to Western readers, is the use of Biblical and saints' names in most of the Christian countries (with Ethiopia, in which names were often ideals or abstractions—Haile Selassie, "power of the Trinity"; Haile Miriam, "power of Mary"—as the most conspicuous exception). However, the name Jesus is considered taboo or sacrilegious in some parts of the Christian world, though this taboo does not extend to the cognate Joshua or related forms which are common in many languages even among Christians. In