spic and span

Neat and clean. A “spick” was a nail (as in “spike”), “span” was a wood shaving, and a new wooden object had shiny spicks in it and fresh spans around it. Over the years the meaning of newness was replaced by that of something fresh and clean (as a new object usually was).

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Parastoo	-	Persian
Eldar	-	Azerbaijani
Alisher	-	Uzbek, Kazakh, Tajik
Laurine	-	French
Steele	[sti:l]
Geraldine	['dʒerəldi:n]