D thru J, Names for Today, Hip hip hooray!

can you see the bees in this lace curtain?

GIRLS


Sak K'uk - ancient Mayan empress of Palenque

Devery - nickname for the Hebrew girl name Devorah (from which we get the name Deborah), which means 'bee'.

Emperatriz - Spanish, meaning "empress".

Franchester 

Galatea - Greek, meaning "she who is milk-white".




BOYS 

Hypoliti - from the Greek name Hippolytus, meaning 'he who lets horses loose', hippus means horses in Greek.

Idelfonso - Spanish form of the Visigothic name Hildefons, which comes from the Germanic 'hilde' meaning 'battle' and 'funs' meaning 'ready'.



Jeptha - Hebrew, meaning "he opens". This is the name of a Biblical figure who offers his daughter as a burnt sacrifice to God. Which is unfortunate in many ways, including, it rather spoils a nice name.

Jeptha returns triumphant from battle and is greeted by his daughter

O to V, Seven Names We'll See, And Leave More Wise Than if There'd Been Only 3.

 Until I come across some more q names of interest, that letter is done for this year. Which is how you get seven names from o to v


GIRLS


Otivia

Pravallika

Raona


Shoshanna - Hebrew, meaning "lily". Shosh and Shoshi are nicknames.
 

BOYS




Irish castle of the O'Neills

Thurl - Irish, meaning "from the strong fortress" according to babynamespedia.


 

The Archangel Uriel

Uriel - Hebrew, derived either from roots meaning "fire of God" or else "light of God". This is the name of 'an angel of fire' in Jewish tradition, one of the archangels.

Verica  - Celtic, name of a leader of the Atrebates, a Celtic tribe.