In 2014 I featured a series of blog posts introducing you to 2,014 names. For the most part they were names that were brand new to me as well. Some names may be more familiar but I found the meaning or origin or some other aspect of the name made it worthy of inclusion here. You may love some of the names, you may hate some, but hopefully you enjoy learning about all of them.

Sunday, October 21, 2018

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.

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