A few names for the weekend

GIRLS


Asira - Arabic, feminine form of Asir, meaning "honored" or "chosen".

Ibrisam - Arabic, meaning "silk".



BOYS


Tylan

Basket of Names

GIRLS

Lardiana - from a book on Virginia genealogy




BOYS

Brewster

Celedon Greek

Hallem

Turkand

November Names

GIRLS

Marilda



BOYS

Moseley

Nirum

Stoddard

New Yorker Names

I came across these in a book on New York genealogy. Technically some of the names are Connecticut, England, or Holland, but since they are in the ancestry of New Yorkers, I felt the title for this post applied.



GIRLS

Aeltje

Jacomyntje




BOYS

Banyer

Beant -

Catoonah- name of an Indian chief in Long Island in the early 1700s

Clermont

Cuyler- I've seen Kyler in recent years, but this spelling was the first name of the author of a book on genealogy published in 1914.

Eckford

Goozen

Levinus

Medad - name of a New England colonial inhabitant

Roelif

Wolrave

Some Names in Spanish

GIRLS

Adelvina - Spanish, from the Germanic name Athalwin, meaning "noble victory". It is also a variant of Adelvisa.

Adrenilda - Spanish feminine form of the Germanic name Adrohild, meaning "father of the warrior".


BOYS

Adelelmo- Spanish, from the Germanic name Athalhelm, meaning "noble helmet" or "noble protector".

Agilulfo - Spanish, from the Germanic name Aghildwulf, meaning "sword of the warrior".

Anasvindo- Spanish, from the Germanic name Answind, meaning "God's strength".

Andolf- Spanish, from the Germanic name Andwulf, meaning "spirit of the warrior".

Ansaldo - Spanish from the Germanic name Ansbald

A Number of Names

GIRLS

Flanna - Irish, meaning "a rosy-complexioned woman".

Franzilla - feminine form of Francis

Gatty - a nickname for Gertrude

Gesana - Richard Stephen Charnock in his book Praenomina suggests the name is Spanish and used in Friesland but that some people thought it was Scriptural. He offers the variant Gesina as well.

Giorsal - Gaelic form of Grace



BOYS

Drout

Hain - according to Charnock's book Praenomina, this name is Germanic and probably comes from the name Henry (he suggests as an abbreviation for Hainricus, which comes from Heinreich) or from the word "hain" meaning "a grove".

Jorwerth -a Cornish form of Edward

Leofstan - Anglo-Saxon meaning "beloved stone" or, as Richard Stephen Charnock says in his book Praenomina, figuratively it means "beloved protector".

Leofwin- Anglo-Saxon meaning "loved friend". Lewin is a variant of this.

Mid-October Names

GIRLS

Abrahamina - feminine form of the Hebrew name Abraham.

Aeneasina - listed in the book Praenomina by Richard Stephen Charnock as a name used in the Scottish Highlands, a feminine form of the Latin name Aeneas.

Amen - another name in Charnock's book, listed as a female name.

Ardine -

Benigna - Latin, meaning "courteous" or "good-natured".

Davidina -

Donsilla - Charnock thought this name might come from the Italian word donzella, meaning "virgin" or "maid".

Eberhilda - feminine form of the Germanic name Eberhild, meaning "noble boar", which according to Charnock, represents noble man.

Starlene - I saw this on a directory at the Physician's Plaza I went to today.



BOYS

Addement - listed in the book Praenomina by Richard Stephen Charnock as a possible form of Edmund used in Nottingham, England.

Astyanax - Greek, meaning "lord of the city".

Cuddy- Scottish nickname for Cuthbert

Custofre -listed in the book Praenomina by Richard Stephen Charnock as an Anglo-Norman form of Christopher.

Elec - Cornish form of Alexander.

A Mish-mash of Names from 2012

Data was collected by the U.S. Social Security Administration


GIRLS

Arianny - 147 girls were named this in 2012

Nariah - 138 girls were named this in 2012

Sahana - 133 girls were named this in 2012

Vida - 137 girls were named this in 2012

Zayla - 142 girls were named this in 2012




BOYS

Daylen - 173 boys were named this in 2012

Dhruv - 161 boys were named this in 2012

Musa - 168 boys were named this in 2012

Yahya - 158 boys were named this in 2012

Yandel - 205 boys were named this in 2012

A Mish-mash of Names From 2017

This information comes from data collected by the Social Security Administration.



GIRLS

Empress - 106 girls were named this in 2017

Hafsa - 111 girls were named this in 2017

Hawa - 103 girls were named this in 2017

Manha - 95 girls were named this in 2017

Taelynn - 94 girls were named this in 2017





BOYS

Ansh- 124 boys were named this in 2017

Macklin - 123 boys were named this in 2017

Rishi - 121 boys were named this in 2017

Ved - 113 boys were named this in 2017

Zaylen - 126 boys were named this in 2017

Fewer than 100 Children Were Named This in 2017

According to data collected by the U.S. Social Security Administration



GIRLS


Advika - 80 girls were named this in 2017

Aminata - 79 girls were named this in 2017

Haya - 81 girls were named this in 2017

Kaniyah - 76 girls were named this in 2017

Nechama - 78 girls were named this in 2017




BOYS


Ayub - 89 boys were named this in 2017

Kipton - 88 boys were named this in 2017

Mahdi - 87 boys were named this in 2017

Taha - 85  boys were named this in 2017

Zeppelin - 92 boys were named this in 2017

Several Names from Social Security Administration Data for 2017

GIRLS

Amairany - 65 girls were named this in 2017

Daleysa - 60 girls were named this in 2017

Iqra - 61 girls were named this in 2017

Weslyn - 62 girls were named this in 2017

Zeynep - 59 girls were named this in 2017



BOYS

Ahaan - 69 boys were named this in 2017

Bane - 70 boys were named this in 2017

Kaizer - 66 boys were named this in 2017

Tamim - 67 boys were named this in 2017

Treyson - 74 boys were named this in 2017

Tylen - 74 boys were named this in 2017

Names of Interest in the SSA Data from 2012

These names were in the data collected by the Social Security Administration for 2012.


GIRLS

Chrisette - 48 girls were named this in 2012

Shylee - 45 girls were named this in 2012

Skylie - 46 girls were named this in 2012

Tylee - 45 girls were named this in 2012

Yatziry - 47 girls were named this in 2012


BOYS

Akshay - 50 boys were named this in 2012

Ashwin - 57 boys were named this in 2012

Sire - 58 boys were named this in 2012

Sultan - 55 boys were named this in 2012

Tejas - 49 boys were named this in 2012. This is the Spanish version of Texas.

10 Names Used in 2017

I found these names in data collected by the U.S. Social Security Administration in 2017.

GIRLS


Bushra - this name was given to 38 girls in 2017

Jadore - this name was given to 41 girls in 2017

Markayla - this name was given to 40 girls in 2017

Oumou - this name was given to 39 girls in 2017

Shahd - this name was given to 42 girls in 2017

* the fact that Unknown was given to 42 girls also makes me wonder how many names on the SSA list are later changed for something else.


BOYS


Elder - 44 boys were named this in 2017

Judge - 44 boys were named this in 2017

Majesty - 43 boys were named this in 2017

Negan - 44 boys were named this in 2017. This could be attributed to the popularity of the tv show The Walking Dead as this is a character on that show that has surfaced only in the past 2 or 3 years (though perhaps he is in the comics which have been around longer).

Royalty - 43 boys were named this in 2017

A Collection of Names from 2017

I found these names in data collected by the Social Security Administration for the year 2017.


GIRLS

Anevay - 28 girls were named this in 2017. I wonder if this is a version of the double name Anna Fay?

Bruchy - 29 girls were named this in 2017

Jaelani - 30 girls were named this in 2017

Lielle - 31 girls were named this in 2017

Mariely - 32 girls were named this in 2017


BOYS

Delvin - 36 boys were named this in 2017

Eligh - 35 boys were named this in 2017. Not sure, but I think this might be a creative spelling of Eli.

Jafet - 37 boys were named this in 2017

Lipa - 33 boys were named this in 2017

Md - 34 boys were named this in 2017. I'm not sure if this like naming your child "doctor" or "Maryland" or just the initials MD with no further meaning behind them.

10 Names Given in 2012

According to data collected by the U.S. Social Security Administration

GIRLS

Heba - this name was given to 30 girls in 2012

Jaeliana - this name was given to 31 girls in 2012

Klynn - there were 33 girls named this in 2012

Miamor - Spanish phrase "mi amor" means "my love". There were 32 girls named this in 2012.

Shaindel - 34 girls were named this in 2012


BOYS

Jamario - this name was given to 39 boys in 2012

Javontae - this name was given to 37 boys in 2012

Luqman - this name was given to 36 boys in 2012

Rishik - this name was given to 38 boys in 2012

Rudra - this name was given to 35 boys in 2012

More Names from Social Security Administration data - 2012

GIRLS

Abcde - You might think this name to be something of a fable, but it was given to 18 girls in 2012. Just the first 5 letters of the English alphabet, it has no meaning.

Betzabeth - 19 girls were named this in 2012

Chenoa - 20 girls were named this in 2012

Giabella - 21 girls were named this in 2012

Jamiracle - 22 girls were named this in 2012



BOYS

 Kushal - 23 boys were named this in 2012

Marshaun - 24 boys were named this in 2012

Saharsh - 25 boys were named this in 2012

Treyden - 26 boys were named this in 2012

Witten - 27 boys were named this in 2012

More Interesting Names from the 2017 SSA List of Names

GIRLS

Batoul- 12 girls were named this in 2017

Delmy - 13 girls were named this in 2017

Erisha - 14 girls were named this in 2017

Gabbanelli - 15 girls were named this in 2017

Jaydee - 16 girls were named this in 2017




BOYS

Braxley - 21 boys were named this in 2017

Owais - 17 boys were named this in 2017

Shneur - 18 boys were named this in 2017

Vir - 19 boys were named this in 2017

Zadkiel - 20 boys were named this in 2017

A Name in Another Language?

Some names I encounter I think must be a name in another language, but I just don't know til I research them. These names showed up in data from the Social Security Administration for 2017.

GIRLS

Madiha - there were 11 girls named this in 2017

Rehmat - 11 girls named this in 2017

Tashvi - 11 girls named this in 2017

Vanshika - 11 girls named this in 2017

Xinyue - 11 girls named this in 2017




BOYS

Afaz - there were 11 boys named this in 2017

Chinmay - 11 boys named this in 2017

Gabrian - I'm really not sure if this is a name in another language or an invention
11 boys named this in 2017

Iyad - 11 boys named this in 2017

Krishay - 11 boys named this in 2017

Some Creative names from 2017

Some people create the name they want to give their child. Here are some I found in the data collected by the Social Security Administration in 2017. They do not publish data on names used on fewer than 5 children in a given year.

GIRLS

Adesire - 8 girls were given this name

Adream - a little more popular for girls, there were 10 given this name

Ahmiracle - 6 girls were given this name

Ajourney - 6 girls were given this name

Aroyal - 9 girls were given this name

Jetaime - which is the phrase that means "I love you" in French. 7 girls were given this name

Milove - 8 girls were given this name



BOYS

Adream - 5 boys were given this name

Akyng - 5 boys were given this name

Myson - 5 boys were given this name

5 Children Named This in 2012

GIRLS

Puneet There were 5 girls named this in 2012 according to the Social Security Administration.


Ragad  There were 5 girls named this in 2012 according to the Social Security Administration.


Sadeel  There were 5 girls named this in 2012 according to the Social Security Administration.


Takaria  There were 5 girls named this in 2012 according to the Social Security Administration.


Uswa  There were 5 girls named this in 2012 according to the Social Security Administration.



BOYS

Vsevelod  There were 5 boys named this in 2012 according to the Social Security Administration

Wisam There were 5 boys named this in 2012 according to the Social Security Administration

Xabriel There were 5 boys named this in 2012 according to the Social Security Administration

Yuga There were 5 boys named this in 2012 according to the Social Security Administration

Zamare  There were 5 boys named this in 2012 according to the Social Security Administration

A Dash of Cornish Names

GIRLS

Adnis - a Cornish version of Agnes, according to Rev. John Bannister in his book A Glossary of Cornish Names.

Moudlin - a Cornish version of Magdalene, according to Bannister.


BOYS

Ackey - a Cornish nickname for Hercules or Archelaus, according to Bannister.

Atty - a Cornish nickname for Arthur, according to Bannister.

Mehal - a Cornish version of Michael, according to Bannister.

Zaggy - a Cornish nickname for Zachariah, according to Bannister.

Where is the good of attempting to recover the meaning of a host of names of which very few persons ever heard, and still fewer care?

Some people just say very well what I think or feel or believe. Here is an example.





from A Glossary of Cornish Names by Rev. John Bannister

A Few Names From Africa

GIRLS


Bayenkhu - Tumbuka (a tribe of Africa), meaning "where will they go?" According to the book  Zambian Traditional Names by Mwizenge Tembo a name with this meaning is given to a child whose parents have no place to call home. 

Chatyalani - Nsenga (a tribe of Africa), meaning "waste of time". According to Tembo's book this name is given when a family "has had too many children die. [It is] mocking or taunting death to "take this baby to the bush too". 

Kasiwa - Tumbuka, meaning "to be alone" or "orphaned", According to Tembo's book a name with this meaning is given to a child who is orphaned.




BOYS


Alilenji - Chewa (a tribe of Africa), meaning "why should you cry?" According to Tembo's book a name with this meaning is given to a child who will have everything, and therefore, no reason to cry.

Chawezi - Tumbuka, meaning "a gift"

Lelani - Chewa, meaning "raise your children". According to Tembo's book a name with this meaning is given as a message to parents and community to raise their children with pride and to show that the child is considered a blessing.

Some Hittite Names

GIRLS


Harapsili - Hittite

Hastayara - Hittite

Puduhepa - Hittite




BOYS


Hantili - Hittite

Hattusili - Hittite

Mursili - Hittite

Zidanta - Hittite

Why not these names?

GIRLS


Sinella - I will have to see if this is a relative on my Carleton line, she is supposed to have been a Plantagenet that married Adam de Carleton.


As for meaning, I wonder if this name is the same as Synolda, which I have featured elsewhere on my blog.




BOYS


Fearnot - name of a New England colonial inhabitant (last name was King).

Lucilius - one of the justices of the Supreme Court of the state of Maine in 1906




NOT SURE OF GENDER


Ozem - another New England colonial inhabitant (last name was Strong)

Provided - another New England colonial inhabitant (last name was Needham)

Name Harvest

GIRLS


Agiltrude - Germanic, meaning "formidable maid".

Ancelote - Latin, meaning "hand-maid".

Apka - Latvian form of the Greek name Agatha, meaning "good".

Arnhilda- Germanic

Bertwine - Germanic, "bright friend"

Britomart

Dionetta - a form of Dionysus

Dowsabel

Girlint

Jodoca

Liliola

Rosiphele

Myrtilla



BOYS


Dam-qi-ili-shu  - Babylonian, meaning "his god is friendly".

I-ba-lu-ut - Babylonian, meaning "he shall live".

Ib-shi-i-na-ili - Babylonian, meaning "he was in the god"

Just Enough Names for Now

GIRLS


Adosinda - a form of the name Adalsinda, which comes from the Gothic "ath" shortened from "athal" meaning "noble birth" and "sind" meaning "path".

Josea-

Waitstill-



BOYS


Adolbo - Basque, a form of the German name Adolph.

Hobard- 

Mansfield-

Willielmus-

A Variety of Names

GIRLS

Bethulia

Dulcibella - meaning "sweet and fair"

Duessa - meaning "double-minded"

Fredelinda - meaning "peaceful maid"

Himmeltruda - meaning "heavenly truth"

Miraflora - Latin, meaning "a thousand flowers" from "mille" meaning "thousand" and "flora" meaning "flowers"

Praxidice - Greek meaning "doing justice"

Tryphosa - meaning "pampered" or from "phos" meaning "light" and therefore meaning "thrice brilliant"


BOYS

Gotobed

Such an Assortment of Names!

GIRLS

Ardella

Bexey

Desdemonia

Luacine



BOYS

Anfride - name of a descendant of one of the Norman conquerors of England, but I don't know if it is Norman or not.

Drayton -came across this as the name of a post master in 1830, Drayton Jones, Barkhamstead, Connecticut.

The name means "oak hill" according to A Glossary of Cornish Names by Rev. John Bannister.

Hampton

Herrick

Misner 

Simpson


NOT SURE OF GENDER

Lisadore

Well-named Family

While researching a name for this blog, I came across a couple of families with very cool names I wanted to share, so here they are:

William Williams, a Welsh immigrant to Virginia in the 18th century settled finally in South Carolina and had a son named Frederick who fought in the Revolutionary War.

Frederick had a son named William Williams who married a woman named Martha Wells.

William and Martha were early pioneers in Kentucky and they had Elizabeth, Simpson, Frederick, Ann, Samuel, Richard, William, Mary, Abner, Daniel, and Hampton.

Frederick married Bexey Orton (whose father Johnza Orton had the name I was researching) in Illinois (Bexey had come from Indiana). They had Cordelia, Harriet, Christopher, Desdemonia, Clarinda, Franklin, Frederick, and an unnamed baby.

Samuel married and came with his wife and children to Utah: Luacine, Leonore, Lisadore, Parley, and Eliza. Since Parley is a name commonly given by Mormons in honor of an early Mormon of the time period when Samuel was living, and since he lived in Illinois about the time the Mormons were there and then fled to Utah, I'll assume that he had become a Mormon and came to Utah with the rest of the church members.

I found this family interesting because my father's Welsh ancestor also came to Illinois before moving West. On another line of his family, the Buchanans moved from Virginia to Kentucky and then Illinois, where they joined the Mormon church and moved to Utah about the same time period as Samuel Williams.

I am very curious about the name Lisadore, is it the name of a boy or a girl? Isadore is a boy's name but Lisadore feels like a girl name. But back in those days they often gave boys names that today feel like girl names. I am also curious about Bexey. Is this a form of Bessy or Betsy or a nickname for Rebecca or is it something else altogether? I've seen Desdemona but I don't think I'd seen Desdemonia before. Luacine is another name that interests me. Simpson and Hampton are two names you don't often see as first names, but they follow the trend in the 1800s of using a family surname as a first name. I think I have seen Clarinda before.

very well-named family!

UPDATE  4-9-2020

I came across one Parley Williams in the 1904 volume of Who's Who in America, born in Perry County, Illinois and living in Salt Lake City, Utah when the book was published. His name was Parley Lycurgus Williams born April 7, 1842 son of Samuel Williams and his wife Andromache (maiden name Moore). He was educated in private and public schools and at McKendree College, Illinois 1860-62. His address in Salt Lake was 177 13th East Street and his office at the Deseret News building. He was a lawyer, admitted to the bar in 1868. He was a Unitarian and a Democrat. He married Katherine Sharp in Salt Lake City, Utah in 1876. He was a member of the Utah legislature, 1894-95. He had been district attorney for Wyoming Territory in 1870-71. He was counsel for the Oregon Short Line Railroad from 1872, as well as for the Union Pacific Railroad Company and the Southern Pacific Railroad Company and director of the Malad Valley Railroad Company, St. Anthony Railroad Company, and Yellowstone Railroad Company. He was a member of the Bar Association and a delegate to the large Universal Congress Lawyers and Jurists in St. Louis in 1904. He was a Grand Master of Masons in Utah 1887-88 and belonged to the Alta Club, the University Club, and the Country Club.


My opinion, given that he was born in 1842 is that he may well have been named for Parley P. Pratt (early Mormon figure) so perhaps his parents were Mormon, but I don't know if they stayed Mormon or not. It's apparent that he did not.

Sunday's Set of Names

 GIRLS

Dwana
 
Rola

 
NOT SURE OF GENDER

Houseley

Food for Thought this Thursday

GIRLS

Cleola

Corilla

Laurana

Sanora




BOYS

Ahu-Choga -name of an Indian chief of the Ho-Chunk nation, called Blue Wing.

Mansel-

Ormond -

Friday's Names

BOYS

Duplessis

Thurlow

Saturday's Sampling of Names

GIRLS

Crenshanda - 

Thusnelda - Germanic, it is the name of an ancient princess of the Germanic Cherusci tribe.



BOYS

Serenus - Latin, meaning "peaceful" or "calm" or "clear".

Haggai 1:6

"Ye have sown much, and bring in little; ye eat, but ye have not enough; ye drink, but ye are not filled with drink; ye clothe you, but there is none warm; and he that earneth wages earneth wages to put it into a bag with holes."

The next verses give even more meaning to what has been described in verse 5. God says "consider your ways". I am used to that meaning in this context, that I'm not eating right, saving enough money, paying too much interest on debt, or unwilling to be satisfied with what I have. But in the book of Haggai, God explains to the people that he has put a curse upon them. In verse 9 he says

"Ye looked for much, and lo it came to little; and when ye brought it home, I did blow upon it. Why? saith the Lord of hosts. Because of mine house that is waste, and ye run every man unto his own house."

It does seem true, that men run to their own houses nowadays, or first. God's house lies waste. Sure there are exceptions or places where this is not true. Maybe in your home. But it is surely true for me. I don't go to church, not finding churches that quite match up with me. That is not what the book of Haggai is about. It states it in just two chapters, but very plainly. God says it as a question in verse 4:

Is it time for you, O ye, to dwell in your cieled houses, and this house lie waste?

In verse 2 he suggests that "the people" are just making an excuse, by saying

"The time is not come, the time that the Lord's house should be built."

By verse 14 all is resolved and the people are working in the house of the Lord. Chapter 2 makes promises to the people, for building the Lord's house, that peace will be given there and the glory of the house will be greater than the one which came before it.