GIRLS
Adelvina - Spanish, from the Germanic name Athalwin, meaning "noble victory". It is also a variant of Adelvisa.
Adrenilda - Spanish feminine form of the Germanic name Adrohild, meaning "father of the warrior".
BOYS
Adelelmo- Spanish, from the Germanic name Athalhelm, meaning "noble helmet" or "noble protector".
Agilulfo - Spanish, from the Germanic name Aghildwulf, meaning "sword of the warrior".
Anasvindo- Spanish, from the Germanic name Answind, meaning "God's strength".
Andolf- Spanish, from the Germanic name Andwulf, meaning "spirit of the warrior".
Ansaldo - Spanish from the Germanic name Ansbald
Robert Frost's poem "A Cliff Dwelling" reminds me of the people who must have lived here "Oh years ago--ten thousand years" and enjoyed the beauty and safety of a cliff. A place "to rest from his besetting fears". Welcome to mine.
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.
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Abenaki African-Twi Akkadian Albanian Algonquian American Amorite Anglo-Saxon Arabic Aragonese Aramaic Araucan Armenian Assyrian Asturian Avestan Azeri Babylonian Basque Belarusian Benin Bosnian Brazilian Portuguese Breton Bulgarian Catalan Celtic Chechen Chinese Coptic Cornish Croatian Czech Dacian Dakota Sioux Danish Dutch Egyptian English Eskimo Estonian Faroese Finnish Flemish Frankish French Frisian Gaelic Galician Gaulish German Gothic Greek Hawaiian Hebrew Hittite Hungarian Hurrian Igbo Indonesian Iranian Irish Gaelic Italian Japanese Javanese Ladino Latin Latvian Limburgish Malayalam Mandinka Manx Maori Mongolian Mormon Nahuatl Nigerian Norman Norse Norwegian Occitan Ojibwe Persian Phoenician Pictish Polish Portuguese Proto-Indo-European Quahadi Roman Russian Sabine Saimogaitian Sanskrit Saxon Scottish Semitic Shakespearean Silurian Sindarin Slavic Slavonic Slovak Sogdian Spanish Sumerian Swahili Swedish Tongan Turkic Vietnamese Visigothic Welsh Xitsonga Yiddish Yoruba
Tuesday, October 30, 2018
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.
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.
Saturday, October 20, 2018
Mid-October Names
GIRLS
Abrahamina - feminine form of the Hebrew name Abraham.
Aeneasina - listed in the book Praenomina by Richard Stephen Charnock as a name used in the Scottish Highlands, a feminine form of the Latin name Aeneas.
Amen - another name in Charnock's book, listed as a female name.
Ardine -
Benigna - Latin, meaning "courteous" or "good-natured".
Davidina -
Donsilla - Charnock thought this name might come from the Italian word donzella, meaning "virgin" or "maid".
Eberhilda - feminine form of the Germanic name Eberhild, meaning "noble boar", which according to Charnock, represents noble man.
Starlene - I saw this on a directory at the Physician's Plaza I went to today.
BOYS
Addement - listed in the book Praenomina by Richard Stephen Charnock as a possible form of Edmund used in Nottingham, England.
Astyanax - Greek, meaning "lord of the city".
Cuddy- Scottish nickname for Cuthbert
Custofre -listed in the book Praenomina by Richard Stephen Charnock as an Anglo-Norman form of Christopher.
Elec - Cornish form of Alexander.
Abrahamina - feminine form of the Hebrew name Abraham.
Aeneasina - listed in the book Praenomina by Richard Stephen Charnock as a name used in the Scottish Highlands, a feminine form of the Latin name Aeneas.
Amen - another name in Charnock's book, listed as a female name.
Ardine -
Benigna - Latin, meaning "courteous" or "good-natured".
Davidina -
Donsilla - Charnock thought this name might come from the Italian word donzella, meaning "virgin" or "maid".
Eberhilda - feminine form of the Germanic name Eberhild, meaning "noble boar", which according to Charnock, represents noble man.
Starlene - I saw this on a directory at the Physician's Plaza I went to today.
BOYS
Addement - listed in the book Praenomina by Richard Stephen Charnock as a possible form of Edmund used in Nottingham, England.
Astyanax - Greek, meaning "lord of the city".
Cuddy- Scottish nickname for Cuthbert
Custofre -listed in the book Praenomina by Richard Stephen Charnock as an Anglo-Norman form of Christopher.
Elec - Cornish form of Alexander.
Friday, October 19, 2018
A Mish-mash of Names from 2012
Data was collected by the U.S. Social Security Administration
GIRLS
Arianny - 147 girls were named this in 2012
Nariah - 138 girls were named this in 2012
Sahana - 133 girls were named this in 2012
Vida - 137 girls were named this in 2012
Zayla - 142 girls were named this in 2012
BOYS
Daylen - 173 boys were named this in 2012
Dhruv - 161 boys were named this in 2012
Musa - 168 boys were named this in 2012
Yahya - 158 boys were named this in 2012
Yandel - 205 boys were named this in 2012
GIRLS
Arianny - 147 girls were named this in 2012
Nariah - 138 girls were named this in 2012
Sahana - 133 girls were named this in 2012
Vida - 137 girls were named this in 2012
Zayla - 142 girls were named this in 2012
BOYS
Daylen - 173 boys were named this in 2012
Dhruv - 161 boys were named this in 2012
Musa - 168 boys were named this in 2012
Yahya - 158 boys were named this in 2012
Yandel - 205 boys were named this in 2012
Thursday, October 18, 2018
A Mish-mash of Names From 2017
This information comes from data collected by the Social Security Administration.
GIRLS
Empress - 106 girls were named this in 2017
Hafsa - 111 girls were named this in 2017
Hawa - 103 girls were named this in 2017
Manha - 95 girls were named this in 2017
Taelynn - 94 girls were named this in 2017
BOYS
Ansh- 124 boys were named this in 2017
Macklin - 123 boys were named this in 2017
Rishi - 121 boys were named this in 2017
Ved - 113 boys were named this in 2017
Zaylen - 126 boys were named this in 2017
GIRLS
Empress - 106 girls were named this in 2017
Hafsa - 111 girls were named this in 2017
Hawa - 103 girls were named this in 2017
Manha - 95 girls were named this in 2017
Taelynn - 94 girls were named this in 2017
BOYS
Ansh- 124 boys were named this in 2017
Macklin - 123 boys were named this in 2017
Rishi - 121 boys were named this in 2017
Ved - 113 boys were named this in 2017
Zaylen - 126 boys were named this in 2017
Monday, October 15, 2018
Fewer than 100 Children Were Named This in 2017
According to data collected by the U.S. Social Security Administration
GIRLS
Advika - 80 girls were named this in 2017
Aminata - 79 girls were named this in 2017
Haya - 81 girls were named this in 2017
Kaniyah - 76 girls were named this in 2017
Nechama - 78 girls were named this in 2017
BOYS
Ayub - 89 boys were named this in 2017
Kipton - 88 boys were named this in 2017
Mahdi - 87 boys were named this in 2017
Taha - 85 boys were named this in 2017
Zeppelin - 92 boys were named this in 2017
GIRLS
Advika - 80 girls were named this in 2017
Aminata - 79 girls were named this in 2017
Haya - 81 girls were named this in 2017
Kaniyah - 76 girls were named this in 2017
Nechama - 78 girls were named this in 2017
BOYS
Ayub - 89 boys were named this in 2017
Kipton - 88 boys were named this in 2017
Mahdi - 87 boys were named this in 2017
Taha - 85 boys were named this in 2017
Zeppelin - 92 boys were named this in 2017
Saturday, October 13, 2018
Several Names from Social Security Administration Data for 2017
GIRLS
Amairany - 65 girls were named this in 2017
Daleysa - 60 girls were named this in 2017
Iqra - 61 girls were named this in 2017
Weslyn - 62 girls were named this in 2017
Zeynep - 59 girls were named this in 2017
BOYS
Ahaan - 69 boys were named this in 2017
Bane - 70 boys were named this in 2017
Kaizer - 66 boys were named this in 2017
Tamim - 67 boys were named this in 2017
Treyson - 74 boys were named this in 2017
Tylen - 74 boys were named this in 2017
Amairany - 65 girls were named this in 2017
Daleysa - 60 girls were named this in 2017
Iqra - 61 girls were named this in 2017
Weslyn - 62 girls were named this in 2017
Zeynep - 59 girls were named this in 2017
BOYS
Ahaan - 69 boys were named this in 2017
Bane - 70 boys were named this in 2017
Kaizer - 66 boys were named this in 2017
Tamim - 67 boys were named this in 2017
Treyson - 74 boys were named this in 2017
Tylen - 74 boys were named this in 2017
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