7 New Names to Begin the Month of March

Bithiah lifting Moses from his basket.

GIRLS

Aelinde -

Bithiah - Hebrew, meaning "daughter of Jah", it is the name of the Egyptian princess that adopted Moses and gave him his name (thanks to Wikipedia for this information!)

Cymbeline - Shakespearean, based on the name of an ancient Celtic king named Cunobelinus, from 'khoun' meaning 'hound' and the name of the sun god Belenus, so that the name means "hound of the Sun God."  According to the source I consulted, Cymbelline is said 'sim bah leen'. I included it under the heading for girls' names because, though it is intended to be a man's name, it just does not fit my notion of anything remotely 'manly' and sounds much more like a nymph or fairy. So I thought it fit better here.



Dido- The name of the Phoenician queen who founded the city of Carthage.  

Dido, Queen of Carthage

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BOYS

Elshender- Scottish form of Alexander, which means "defender of mankind".

Finnian - Irish, from the name Finn, which means "white".

William Butler Yeats, white-haired poet laureate of Ireland, who sought to protect the literary heritage of his people

Gwylim - Welsh form of the name William, brought to the English by William the Conquerer, from the German name Wilhelm, from 'will' and 'helm' meaning 'protection'. One who has the will to give protection.

2, 014 Names 21 + 7 = 28

7 more names for you to meet. That will make 28 names so far, of our 2,014.

Roman woman
 

Valeria - the feminine form of Valerius, which was a Roman surname. It came from the Latin word 'valere' "to be strong". Pronounced 'vuh lair ee uh' in English.

Wilhelmine - The feminine form of the German name Wilhelm, which came from the name Willahelm. Wil meaning "will, desire" and helm meaning "helmet, protection". Pronounced "wil hel meen".

Ximena -Spanish or Basque, feminine form of Ximeno, which is possibly a form of Simon or may come from the Basque word 'seme' which means "son". Simon is the Greek form of the Hebrew name Shim'on which means "he has heard". In Spanish this is pronounced 'hee may nuh'. It can also be spelled Jimena.

Yaroslav -the Russian form of Jaroslaw. It is pronounced 'yah roe slahf'. Jaroslaw  is Polish and comes from the Slavic roots 'jary' which means 'fierce' or 'strong' and 'slawa' which means 'glory'.

Zephaniah- this comes from the Hebrew name Tzefanyah, which means "Yahweh has hidden". In English Zephaniah is pronounced 'zef uh nye uh' where 'nye' sounds like the word 'nigh' in English (long i sound).

Abdiel - a Hebrew name which means "servant of God", coming from the roots 'ebed' 'servant' and 'el' 'god'.

Bartolo - Spanish form of the Greek name Bartholomeos, which came from an Aramaic name that meant 'son of Talmai'.