Wednesday's Names

GIRLS


Aethelburh- Anglo-Saxon. This was a medieval princess who married King Edwin for whom Edinburgh, Scotland is named. She was also called Tate or Tata. Aethelburga is another form of her name (plus alternate spellings like Ethelburh or Ethelburga.) Her father's  name was Aethelberht so it seems she was named for her father.

Jabrielle - There were 5 little girls named this in 2012 according to the U.S. Social Security Administration.

Ricole - Anglo-Saxon. This was the aunt of Aethelburh and sister to Aethelberht. She was mother of Saeberht, king of the East Saxons.


BOYS


Aethelberht - Anglo-Saxon

Sepp - There were 5 boys named this in 2012 according to the U.S. Social Security Administration. I don't really know where it comes from, except that when I typed it into the label box for this post, the editor wanted to insert Giuseppe, so maybe it is a nickname for Giuseppe? That is the Italian form of Joseph, which comes from Hebrew and means "he will add".

Saeberht- Anglo-Saxon

1 Name for Thursday and Friday's 7

 I got behind! And I'll still be behind after this post, but not more than I am right now!


GIRLS

Afrodille - French for daffodil, meaning "showy and vivid".

Charrea - I had a roommate with this name. The story behind it is that her parents smooshed their names together. I forget their names, maybe Charles and Rhea, I'm not sure. It's pronounced 'sha ree uh'. I think it's pretty.

Ellafair - So far I can only speculate as to origin.

Giosetta -nickname for Giuseppa, a feminine form of the Italian name Giuseppe, which comes from the Hebrew Yosef, meaning "he will add". It is akin to the name Josette, which is a nickname for the name Josephine, the French feminine form of Joseph.

Hasseltine-

BOYS

bucardo mountain goat

Bucardo - Spanish, from the Aragonese word 'buco' meaning 'goat'. The bucardo is an extinct specie of goat. Bucardum is also the name of an old town in Spain, as the Romans called it.

Dacian - meaning 'someone from Dacia', which was an ancient people that lived in Romania before it was conquered by Rome. Dacia could have originated in various ways, which Wikipedia nicely puts together here. Given the wolf symbol above and that Dacians referred to themselves as wolves, I like the idea that their name derives from the wolf god they worshipped.

Ferriston - A place name from England, Ferriston means, basically 'rock town'. Ton or town, from English and ferris, from a Gaelic word meaning 'rock'.

Sunday's Names #232-238

Roza Shanina, who died at age 21 in WWII, a Soviet hero
who is known to have killed at least 59 of the enemies, at
 least 12 during the Battle of Vilnius. She was an expert
 marksman and volunteered for service in 1941 at age 17. 

Since our goal is to learn 2,014 new names this year, todays' names leave us with just 1,776 names left to learn!!




GIRLS


Bronislava - Russian, a feminine form of Bronislaw, from the Slavic roots "bron" meaning "protection" and "slav" meaning "glory". Pronounced "brah nee SLAH vah".


Corliss - English, from 'caru' meaning 'grief' or 'care' and 'leas' meaning 'without' or 'free from', so that the name means 'cheerful' or 'carefree' (according to a user on behindthename.com). Pronounced 'kar liss'. I'm a little disappointed, as I had imagined it was said 'core liss'.

by Renoir, this mother and her 2 children seem perfectly
 carefree! The daughter, Georgette-Berthe is to the left and
the son,  Paul-Emile-Charles, sits next to his mother. The
mother's name is Marguerite-Louise.

Dorta - Spanish, a shortened form of Dorota, which comes from the Greek name Dorotheos (it gives us the English version Dorothy, as well). Dorotheos is derived from 'doron' meaning 'gift' and 'theos' meaning 'god', so that it means, as a name, 'gift of God'.

Altar angel made in Artois, France
between 1275 and 1300 AD

BOYS

The Temple of Bel at Palmyra, where religious offerings were
 made in ancient times.

Elkanah -Hebrew, meaning "God has purchased".


Faramond - Variant of the Germanic name Faramund, from "fara" meaning "journey" and "mund" meaning "protection".

Jonah was thrown overboard while traveling by boat to Nineveh, as the sailors
 believed doing so would please the sea god and their journey would be
protected. Jonah, of course, was swallowed by a big fish. (see Geppetto, below,
  and the story of his time inside a whale in the tale of Pinocchio).

Geppetto - Italian, nickname for Giuseppe, which comes from the Hebrew Joseph (well, Joseph is English, the Hebrew is more like Yossef). Joseph (Yossef) means 'Jehovah will add' or "Jehovah will increase".

Heulyn - Welsh, meaning 'ray of sun'. It is pronounced 'HEE lin'.