I Spy, With My Little Eye, Some Extraordinary Names

Or at least, they were names I had not seen or noticed before. I saw these on my walk yesterday at the graveyard.

GIRLS

Christia - I'm wondering how it's pronounced. Is it just said like Christa? Or is it said like Christy? Is it 'chris tee ah' or is it 'christ yah'  or 'christ jah' or maybe even 'chris TEE ah'? Chris tee yah is my personal choice.

BOYS

Clagett - this is a surname around here but this was the first time I have seen it as a personal name.

Sunday's Names

GIRLS

Din

Eiluned - Welsh, meaning"idol".

Floridalma- Spanish, probably a combination of 'florida' meaning 'flowering' and 'alma' meaning 'soul'.


Code of Hammurabi, Oldest Known written laws

Gulielma - Italian feminine form of the German name William, which derives from the roots "wil" meaning "will" or "desire" and "helm" meaning "helmet" or "protection".


BOYS

Hammurabi - Akkadian, from the Amorite "Ammurapi" meaning "the kinsman is a healer", from "ammu" "paternal kinsman" and "rapi" "healer". I would think that would make the name mean something more like "my father's kinsman is a healer".



Iah - Egyptian, meaning "moon". The name of the Egyptian moon god.

           Egyptian hieroglyphs that represent the name of the moon god Iah

There was also a female bearer of the name Iah, daughter of a pharaoh, married to a pharaoh, and mother to another pharaoh and his wife (since they were brother and sister).

Jehiel - Hebrew, meaning "God lives", pronounced "jee HIE ul".