Winding Down the Week With a Few Good Names

GIRLS


Saada

Teodora

Velda - This appears as a surname in Devonshire, England, first found in 1370, for the Bailiff of Kingsbridge, John Velda. The surname is related also to Veale, Vele, Veel, and Vela. Probably derived from the Saxon "feld".  See W. Davies "Some Notes on the Ancient Records Preserved in Kingsbridge Church", Devon Notes and Queries, 1909, Vol V, page 99, published by James G. Commin, Exeter, England.

There is also the Dutch surname Van de Velde.

Wilhelminia




BOYS

Arad - Hebrew, meaning "wild ox".

Bernat - Catalan form of the Germanic name Berinhard meaning "strong as a bear".

Cheyenne - English form of the Dakota Sioux name "sahiyena" for a Native American tribe. It means "little sahiya". This is not what the Cheyenne people called themselves however.

It is also the name of a town in Wyoming.