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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