Sunday's 14 Names

GIRLS

Janith

Jushoda - Sanskrit, from Jashas, meaning "fame" and da, meaning "to give". 

Lisarda

Lucilina

Urraca - Basque, "magpie" from "urra" meaning "nut". See An Etymological Dictionary of the Romance Languages by Friedrich Dietz and T.C. Donkin, 1864, pg 448

Zula


BOYS

Elimelech - Hebrew, meaning "God is judge" or "God has judged".

Jaquan

Jocky

Lindall - English, from "lin" meaning "brook" and "dale" meaning "valley".

Live

Othal

Rajan

Steen

1298

Counted up all the names I've introduced you through this year's 2014 New Names in 2014 post series. 1298 names learned so far. I still need to introduce you to 716 more names. 126 a week or 18 a day. Here's some to keep us on schedule.


GIRLS


Enza

Lonia

Lulabelle - I saw this name on a tombstone today in Mt. Hebron Cemetery here in Winchester.

Amarilla

Sosie



BOYS


Alanson

Alpheus

Azel

Dennon

Plimpton



NOT SURE OF GENDER


Givie

Tollie

Let's Begin Tuesday With 7 New Names!

GIRLS

Saint Genevieve, patron saint of Paris

Genevieva - a variant of Genevieve. britishbabynames.com suggests that Genevieve is Gaulish, from geno- meaning born or people, family, tribe and wifu meaning noble. Other sources suggest the name is Celtic or Germanic and means "woman of the people".

Heatherlyn

Idella

Jennaleigh



BOYS

Levanus - Latin, from the verb "levare" meaning "to lift". Levana was the Roman goddess of childbirth, part of the ritual of a father accepting that a child was his by picking it up or holding it after the midwife had delivered the child and placed it on the ground at the father's feet. Since women of that time period often squatted when giving birth, the ground was a natural place to put it.


Mosén - Spanish 



NOT SURE OF GENDER


Kyrone

D thru J, Names for Today, Hip hip hooray!

can you see the bees in this lace curtain?

GIRLS


Sak K'uk - ancient Mayan empress of Palenque

Devery - nickname for the Hebrew girl name Devorah (from which we get the name Deborah), which means 'bee'.

Emperatriz - Spanish, meaning "empress".

Franchester 

Galatea - Greek, meaning "she who is milk-white".




BOYS 

Hypoliti - from the Greek name Hippolytus, meaning 'he who lets horses loose', hippus means horses in Greek.

Idelfonso - Spanish form of the Visigothic name Hildefons, which comes from the Germanic 'hilde' meaning 'battle' and 'funs' meaning 'ready'.



Jeptha - Hebrew, meaning "he opens". This is the name of a Biblical figure who offers his daughter as a burnt sacrifice to God. Which is unfortunate in many ways, including, it rather spoils a nice name.

Jeptha returns triumphant from battle and is greeted by his daughter

1,597 Names left to Learn in 2014

GIRLS


Novalee

Ova


Precia




BOYS

The Way of St. James in Burgos, Spain

Rudecindo- Spanish variant of Rosendo, a form of the Visigothic name Rudecind, which comes from "hrod" meaning "fame" and "sinth" meaning "path".

Solon - ancient Greek meaning "wisdom".

Torrance - Celtic, meaning "from the knolls".

Zemariah - Hebrew, meaning "song of God".