The Oscars is Hollywood's biggest night of the year. The 86th Academy Awards ceremony took place March 2, 2014, at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood, Los Angeles.
During the ceremony, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences presented Academy Awards in 24 categories honoring films released in 2013. Gravity won the most awards with seven including Best Director for Alfonso Cuarón. 12 Years a Slave won three awards including Best Picture. Other winners included Dallas Buyers Club also with three awards, Frozen and The Great Gatsby with two, and Blue Jasmine, The Great Beauty, Helium, Her, The Lady in Number 6, Mr Hublot, and 20 Feet from Stardom with one.
If you like these shining directors and actors, actresses, you may consider naming your newborn puppy after one of these great stars. We picked five names from those best winners, we hope you will satisfied with them.
Alfonso
Alfonso Cuarón Orozco is a Mexican film director, he won a series of prize in Oscars 2014: Best Picture for Gravity, Best Director and Best Film Editing for Gravity. For the same film, he also won the Golden Globe Award for Best Director and the BAFTA Awards for Best British Film and Best Direction.
The name Alfonso is of Spanish and Italian origin, and the meaning of the name is "nobel or ready". Alfonso has been favoured by Spanish royalty, but is seldom used in America.
Cate
Cate Blanchett has received critical acclaim and many accolades, including two Academy Awards, three Screen Actors Guild Awards, three Golden Globe Awards and three BAFTA Awards. In Oscars 2014 she won the Academy Award for Best Actress for the movie Blue Jasmin.
Cate is a girl's name has the meaning "pure", and it is the short form of Katherine. In Latin the meaning of the name Cate is "Wise".
Jonah
Jonah Hill won the prize of Best Actor in a Supporting Role in Oscars 2014 for his performances in the film The Wolf of Wall Street. He is also known for his roles in Accepted (2006), Superbad (2007), Knocked Up (2007), Funny People (2009), Get Him to the Greek (2010), 21 Jump Street (2012), This Is the End (2013), and 22 Jump Street (2014).
Jonah is a boy's name of Hebrew origin, and it means "Dove". It also means "peace" as the dove is a symbol of peace.
Lupita
Lupita Nyong'o is an Academy Award winning actress, film and music video director of dual Mexican and Kenyan citizenship. Her role as the slave Patsey in the film 12 Years a Slave earned her the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress. She was also named "The Most Beautiful Woman" in 2014 by People.
Lupita is a girl's name of Spanish origin, it is the short form of Guadalupe which means "wolf valley".
Matthew
Matthew David McConaughey is an American actor. He won the Academy Award for Best Actor and Golden Globe Award for Best Actor for the biographical film Dallas Buyers Club. In April 2014, Time magazine included McConaughey in its annual TIME 100 as one of the "Most Influential People in the World."
Matthew is a boy's name of Hebrew origin, and the meaning of Matthew is "gift of God".
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