Looking for Old Fasioned & Unique Names

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Looking for Old Fasioned & Unique Names
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Sat, 09-09-2006 - 5:53am

My husband and I are looking for names for boy or girl - we dont know what we are having yet and plan on having more than one child anyway.

We love old fasioned names that have some history or meaning to them. We also like unique names - ones that are not heard often.

If anyone could help in this regard (especially if you know the meaning or history of the names) it would be very much appreciated.

Much thanks.

:)

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Registered: 04-05-2006
Sat, 09-09-2006 - 9:42am

Right up my alley!


You asked for old-fashioned & unique, so I put the two together-


Enid- (ee-nid) Welsh "soul,life" --- A heroine in Arthurian legends


Xanthe- (zan-thee)

Ginger

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Registered: 12-16-2004
Sat, 09-09-2006 - 2:40pm

Here you go:


Girls:


Idun = Goddess

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Sat, 09-09-2006 - 6:51pm

Zillah
Mariana/Christiana
Opal - love this name
Ethel
Zelda
Lorelei
June
Laurel
Zena
Tamzin
Tansy
Verity (and other virtue names)
Charita
Carista
Angharad (ang-HAH-rad)-the g is pronounced like in 'ing'
Guinevere
Viola
Dorothea/Theadora
Rosalynd
melisende (don't pronounce the e on the end)/ Millicent
Margaux (mar-go)
Honor
Xanthe

Dorien
Taliesin
Willowby
Lucien
Samson (shimshon sunshine)
Theodor
Crestian
Tobias (tow-bigh-us)
Caspar
Uriel
Zachariah
Zephaniah
Zayd
Quintin
Tor
Tiernan
Sheridan
Sinclair
Aeneas
Zeev

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Sat, 09-09-2006 - 11:03pm

Some of my favorite names:

Cedric- (Welsh) means either "chieftain" or "bounty" It was used in the novel "Ivanhoe" and there is debate if the author mispelled Cerdic which means "cheiftain" or if he used the Welsh name Cedrych which means "bounty". Either way it's a cute name.

Quinlan- (Irish) means "physically strong and fit" It was an Irish first name that became a last name. It's still sometimes used as a first name. My younger son is named this.

Julian- (Latin) means "downey bearded" which indicated youthfulness, so it gets translated as "youthful" It was originally a Clan name in ancient Rome.

The kids need me now, if I get back here I'll post some girl names.

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Sun, 09-10-2006 - 12:18am
Mavis- English origin, meaning "a small bird". Can be used for male or female.
There is a reference to this name in the book "Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret" by Judy Blume. The main character is in a club with her friends, and they all take on "glamorous" names- Mavis was one of the names....
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Sun, 09-10-2006 - 2:18am

Those names are fantastic. Just the kind we've been looking for! All Beautiful and meaningful. Please continue to send them through. Thank you so much for the meanings too. Will post our short list after we have gone through them all.

Thank you again.

tzygani

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Sat, 09-16-2006 - 10:32pm

ÁINE
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Irish
Means "radiance" in Gaelic. This was the name of the queen of the fairies in Celtic mythology. It is also taken as an Irish form of ANNE (1).

ADELA
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English, Spanish, Polish, Romanian
Pronounced: a-DEL-a
Originally a short form of names beginning with the Germanic element adal meaning "noble". Saint Adela was a 7th-century Frankish princess who founded a monastery at Pfazel in France. This name was also borne by a daughter of William the Conqueror.

ANASTASIA
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Greek, Ancient Greek
Other Scripts: Αναστασια (Ancient Greek)
Pronounced: a-na-STAY-zha (English), a-na-STAS-ee-a
Feminine form of ANASTASIUS. This was the name of a 4th-century Dalmatian saint who was martyred during the persecutions of the Roman emperor Diocletian.

ANGUS
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Scottish, Irish, English
Pronounced: ANG-gus
Anglicized form of AONGHUS = Possibly meaning "one strength" derived from Irish óen "one" and gus "force, strength, energy". Aonghus (sometimes surnamed Mac Og meaning "young son") was the Irish god of love and youth. The name was also borne by an 8th-century Pictish king and several Irish kings.

ANTHEA
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Greek Mythology (Latinized)
From the Greek Ανθεια (Antheia), derived from ανθος (anthos) meaning "flower, blossom". This was an epithet of the Greek goddess Hera.

AOIFE
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Irish, Irish Mythology
Pronounced: EE-fa
Means "beauty" from the Gaelic word aoibh. In Irish legend Aoife was a warrior princess. In war against her sister Scathach, she was defeated in single combat by the hero Cuchulainn. Eventually she was reconciled with her sister and became the lover of Cuchulainn.

ARIADNE
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Greek Mythology, English
Other Scripts: Αριαδνη (Ancient Greek)
Pronounced: ah-ree-AHD-nee (Ancient Greek), ar-ee-AD-nee (English)
Means "most holy", composed of the Cretan Greek elements αρι (ari) "most" and αδνος (adnos) "holy". In Greek mythology, Ariadne was the daughter of King Minos. She fell in love with Theseus and helped him to escape the Labyrinth and the Minotaur, but was later abandoned by him.

AUDREY
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English
Pronounced: AWD-ree
Modern form of ÆÐELÞRYÐ. This was the name of a 6th-century saint who was killed by a tumour on her neck. It is also the name of a character in Shakespeare's comedy 'As You Like It'.

AURELIEN
Gender: Masculine
Usage: French
French form of Aurelianus (see AURELIANO = Roman family name which was derived from Latin aureus "golden, gilded". Marcus Aurelius was a Roman emperor and philosophical writer. This was also the name of several early saints.

BRAN (1)
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Irish, Irish Mythology
Pronounced: BRAN
Means "raven" in Irish. In Irish legend Bran was a mariner who was involved in several adventures.

BRIDGET
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Irish, Scottish, English, Irish Mythology
Pronounced: BRIJ-it
Anglicized form of the Irish name Brighid which means "exalted one". In Irish mythology she was the goddess of fire, poetry and wisdom, the daughter of the god Dagda. This name was also borne by two important saints: a patron saint of Ireland (also known as Brigid) who established a convent at Kildare in the 5th century, and Saint Bridget of Sweden (also known as Birgitta) who founded an order of nuns in the 14th century.

CALANTHE
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English
Pronounced: ka-LAN-thee
Means "beautiful flower", derived from Greek καλος (kalos) "beautiful" and ανθος (anthos) "flower". This is the name of a type of orchid.

CALLUM
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Scottish
Pronounced: KAL-um
Variant of CALUM = Scottish form of Columba. Late Latin name meaning "dove". Saint Columba was a 6th-century Irish monk who established a monastery on the island of Iona off the coast of Scotland. He is credited with the conversion of Scotland to Christianity.

CECILIA
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English, Italian, Spanish, Scandinavian
Pronounced: se-SEE-lee-a, se-SEEL-ya, chay-CHEE-lyah (Italian), se-SEE-lyah (Spanish), the-THEE-lyah (Spanish)
Latinate feminine form of the Roman family name Caecilius, which was derived from Latin caecus "blind". According to legend, Saint Cecilia was a 3rd-century martyr who was sentenced to die because she refused to worship the Roman gods. After attempts to suffocate her failed, she had her head chopped off. She is the patron saint of music and musicians.

CEDRIC
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English
Pronounced: SED-rik
Invented by Sir Walter Scott for a character in his novel 'Ivanhoe'. Apparently he based it on the actual name Cerdic, of unknown meaning, the name of the legendary founder of the kingdom of Wessex. Cedric is also sometimes said to mean "bounty spectacle" from the Welsh name Cedrych, or "lord of wars" in Old English, but these theories are not likely true.

CLÍONA
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Irish
Contracted form of CLÍODHNA = Possibly means "shapely" in Irish Gaelic. In Irish legend this was the name of a beautiful goddess. She fell in love with a mortal named Ciabhan and left the Land of Promise with him, but when she arrived on the other shore she was swept to sea by a great wave.

CONALL
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Irish, Scottish, Irish Mythology
Means "strong wolf" in Gaelic. This is the name of several characters in Irish legend including the hero Conall Cernach ("Conall of the victories"), a member of the Red Branch of Ulster, who avenged Cuchulainn's death by killing Lugaid.

CORMAC
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Irish
Means "son of defilement" from Gaelic corb "defilement" and mac "son". This was the name of a 3rd-century king of Ireland.

CULLEN
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English
Pronounced: KUL-en
From a surname which was derived from an Old French form of Cologne, the name of a city in Germany.

DAHLIA
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English
Pronounced: DAL-ya
From the name of the flower, which was named for the Swedish botanist Anders Dahl.

DAPHNE
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Greek Mythology, English
Other Scripts: Δαφνη (Ancient Greek)
Pronounced: DAF-nee
Means "laurel" in Greek. In Greek mythology she was a nymph turned into a laurel tree by her father in order that she might escape the pursuit of Apollo.

DECLAN
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Irish
Anglicized form of Irish Deaglán, which is of unknown meaning. Saint Declan was a 5th-century missionary to Ireland.

DUNCAN
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Scottish, English
Pronounced: DUN-kan
Anglicized form of the Gaelic name Donnchadh which means "brown warrior", derived from Gaelic donn "brown" and cath "warrior". This was the name of two kings of Scotland, including the one who was featured in Shakespeare's play 'Macbeth'.

EIRENE
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Greek Mythology, Ancient Greek
Other Scripts: Ειρηνη (Ancient Greek)
Original Greek form of IRENE = From the Greek Ειρηνη (Eirene) which meant "peace". Irene was the Greek goddess of peace. Another famous bearer was an 8th-century Byzantine empress, the first woman to lead the Empire. She originally served as regent for her son, but later had him killed and ruled alone.

ELENORA
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English
Pronounced: EL-en-or-a
Form of ELEANOR = From the French form of the Provençal name Alienor. It was borne by Eleanor of Aquitaine (12th century), the wife of both Louis VII, the king of France, and Henry II, the king of England. She was named Aenor after her mother, and was called by the Provençal phrase alia Aenor "the other Aenor" in order to distinguish her from her mother. More recently, this name was also borne by the wife of American president Franklin Roosevelt.

ELODIA
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Spanish
Derived from the Gothic elements ali "other, foreign" and od "riches, wealth". Saint Elodia was a 9th-century martyr from Spain.

ELOISE
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English
Pronounced: EL-o-eez
From the Old French Héloïse, which is of unknown meaning. It is possibly related to Greek ‘ηλιος (Helios) "sun". Saint Eloise was the wife of the French theologian Peter Abelard. She became a nun after her husband was castrated by her uncle.

EVANGELINE
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English
Pronounced: e-VAN-je-leen
Means "good news" from Greek ευ "good" and αγγελμα (angelma) "news, message".

FINN (1)
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Irish
Anglicized form of FIONN= Means "fair" or "white" in Gaelic. Fionn mac Cumhail was a legendary Irish hero who became all-wise by eating an enchanted salmon. He fought against the giant Fomors with his son Oisin and grandson Oscar.

FINOLA
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Irish, Scottish
Anglicized form of FIONNGHUALA = Means "white shoulder" from Irish fionn "white, fair" and guala "shoulder". In Irish legend Fionnghuala was one of the four children of Lir who were transformed into swans for a period of 900 years.

FLANN
Gender: Masculine & Feminine
Usage: Irish
Pronounced: FLAN
Means "red" in Irish Gaelic. This was the name of a 9th-century king of Tara in Ireland.

FREYA
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Norse Mythology
Pronounced: FRAY-a
From Old Norse Freyja meaning "lady". This is the name of the goddess of love and beauty in Norse mythology. She claimed half of the heroes who were slain in battle, and brought them to her realm in Asgard.

GENEVIÈVE
Gender: Feminine
Usage: French
Pronounced: zhe-ne-VYEV, zhawn-VYEV
The meaning of this name is uncertain, though it possibly means "tribe woman" in Gaulish. Alternatively, it could be a form of GUINEVERE. Saint Genevieve, the patron saint of Paris, inspired the city to resist the Huns in the 5th century.

GIDEON
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Biblical, English, Jewish
Other Scripts: גִדְעוֹן (Hebrew)
Pronounced: GID-ee-un
Means "feller" or "hewer" in Hebrew. Gideon was a hero of the Old Testament who led the Israelites against the Midianites.

GRADY
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Irish, English
Pronounced: GRAY-dee
From an Irish surname which was derived from Ó Grádaigh meaning "descendent of Grádaigh". The name Grádaigh means "noble" in Gaelic.

HELENA
Gender: Feminine
Usage: German, Dutch, Scandinavian, Portuguese, Polish, Czech, Finnish, Estonian, Latvian, Slovene
Latinate form of HELEN = Possibly from either Greek ‘ελενη (Helene) "torch" or "corposant", or Greek σεληνη (selene) "moon". In Greek mythology Helen was the daughter of Zeus and Leda, whose kidnapping by Paris was the cause of the Trojan War. The
name was also borne by Saint Helena, mother of the Roman emperor Constantine, who supposedly found the True Cross during a trip to Jerusalem. Another famous bearer was Helen Keller, the American author and lecturer who was both blind and deaf.

IMOGEN
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English
Pronounced: IM-o-jen
The name of a princess in the play 'Cymbeline' by Shakespeare. He based her on a legendary character named Innogen, but the name was printed incorrectly and never corrected. The name Innogen is derived from Gaelic inghean meaning "maiden".

IONE
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English
Perhaps from the Greek place name Ionia. Ionia was a region on the west coast of Asia Minor.

JONAH
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English, Biblical
Pronounced: JO-na
From the Hebrew name יוֹנָה (Yonah) meaning "dove". This was the name of a prophet swallowed by a fish, as told in the Old Testament Book of Jonah. He emerged from the fish alive three days later.

JOSIAH
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Biblical, English
Other Scripts: יֹאשִׁיָהוּ (Hebrew)
Pronounced: jo-SIE-a
Means "YAHWEH supports" in Hebrew. In the Old Testament this is the name of a king of Judah famous for his religious reforms. He was killed fighting the Egyptians at Megiddo.

LINNÉA
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Swedish
From the name of a flower, also known as the twinflower. It was named by the Swedish botanist Carolus Linnaeus, who named it after himself, it being his favourite flower.

LORCÁN
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Irish
Pronounced: LOR-kan
Variant of LORCCÁN = Means "little fierce one", derived from Irish Gaelic lorcc "fierce" combined with a diminutive suffix. This was the name of a 12th-century archbishop of Dublin.

LUCIA
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Italian, German, English, Scandinavian, Romanian, Ancient Roman
Pronounced: loo-CHEE-ah (Italian), LOO-sha, loo-SEE-a
Feminine form of LUCIUS. Saint Lucia was a 4th-century martyr from Syracuse who had her eyes gouged out.

MAEVE
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Irish, Irish Mythology
Pronounced: MAYV
From the Gaelic name Méabh meaning "intoxicating". In Irish legend this was the name of a warrior queen of Connacht who organized the death of the hero Cuchulainn.

MAISIE
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Scottish
Pronounced: MAY-zee
Pet form of MAIREAD Scottish form of Margaret. = Derived from Greek μαργαριτης (margarites) meaning "pearl". Saint Margaret was martyred at Antioch in the 4th century. She is the patron saint of expectant mothers. Another famous bearer was Queen Margaret I of Denmark, who united Denmark, Sweden, and Norway in the 14th century.

MARY
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English, Biblical
Pronounced: MER-ee
Usual English form of Maria, which was the Latin form of the New Testament Greek names Μαριαμ (Mariam) or Μαρια (Maria) (the spellings are interchangeable), which were from the Hebrew name מִרְיָם (Miryam). The meaning is not known for certain, but there are several theories including "sea of bitterness", "rebelliousness", and "wished for child". However it was most likely originally an Egyptian name, perhaps derived in part from mry "beloved" or mr "love". This is the name of several New Testament characters, most importantly Mary the virgin mother of Jesus, and Mary Magdalene. Two queens of England have had this name, as well as a Queen of Scotland, Mary Queen of Scots.

MATILDA
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English
Pronounced: ma-TIL-da
Means "strength in battle" from Germanic maht "might, strength" and hild "battle". This was the name of the wife of William the Conqueror.

MATTHIAS
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Greek, English, German, Biblical
Other Scripts: Ματθιας (Greek)
Pronounced: ma-THIE-as
Variant of Ματθαιος (Matthaios) (see MATTHEW) which appears in the New Testament as the name of the apostle chosen to replace the traitor Judas Iscariot. This was also the name of kings of Hungary, including Matthias I who made important reforms to the kingdom in the 15th century.

MICAH
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Biblical, English
Other Scripts: מִיכָה (Hebrew)
Pronounced: MIE-ka
Contracted form of MICAIAH. Micah was a minor prophet of the Old Testament who predicted the destruction of Jerusalem.

MILLICENT
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English
Pronounced: MIL-i-sent
From the Norman French name Melisende, which was itself derived from the Germanic name Amalaswinth, composed of the Germanic elements amal "work, labour" and swinth "strength". Melisende was a 12th-century queen of Jerusalem, the daughter of Baldwin II.

NANAEA
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Near Eastern Mythology
Meaning unknown, but possibly means "undefiled" in Babylonian. Nanaea, known as Anahita to the Persians, was a Near Eastern goddess later identified with the Greek goddess Artemis.

NERISSA
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English
Derived from Greek Νηρεις (Nereis) meaning "nymph, sea sprite", ultimately derived from the name of the Greek sea god NEREUS, who supposedly fathered them. This is the name of a character in Shakespeare's 'The Merchant of Venice'.

NIALL
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Irish, Scottish
Pronounced: NEE-al, NIE-al
Original Gaelic spelling of NEIL= From the Gaelic name Niall, which is of disputed origin, possibly meaning "champion" or "cloud". This was the name of a semi-legendary 4th-century Irish king.

NOLAN
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Irish, English
Pronounced: NO-lan
From an Irish surname which was derived from Ó Nuallain meaning "descendent of Nuallan". The name Nuallan means "champion" or "chariot fighter". The baseball player Nolan Ryan is a famous bearer of this name.

ODIN
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Norse Mythology
Pronounced: O-din
Anglicized form of Old Norse Óðinn which was derived from óðr "inspiration, rage, frenzy". It ultimately developed from the early Germanic *Woðanaz. In Norse mythology Odin was the highest of the gods, presiding over art, war, wisdom and death. He
resided in Valhalla, where warriors went after they were slain.

OISÍN
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Irish, Irish Mythology
Means "little deer", derived from Irish os "deer" combined with a diminutive suffix. In Irish legend Oisin was a warrior hero
and a poet, the son of Fionn mac Cumhail.

ORAN
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Irish
Pronounced: O-ran
Anglicized form of ODHRÁN= Means "little pale green one", derived from Irish odhra "pale green, sallow" combined with a diminutive suffix. This was the name of a saint who travelled with Saint Columba through Scotland.

ORIANA
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Italian
Possibly derived from Spanish oro "gold". In medieval legend Oriana was the daughter of a king of England who married the knight Amadis.

ORLA
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Irish
Pronounced: OR-la
Anglicized form of ÓRFHLAITH =Means "golden princess" from Irish ór "gold" combined with flaith "princess". This was the name of a sister of the Irish king Brian Boru.

OWEN (1)
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Welsh
Pronounced: O-en
Modern form of OWAIN =There are several theories on the origins of this name: it could be a Welsh form of EUGENE; it could be derived from either of the Welsh elements oen "lamb" or eoghunn "youth"; or it could be related to Esos, the name of a Celtic god. In Arthurian legend Owain, also called Yvain, was one of the knights of the Round Table, the son of King Urien and the slayer of the knight of the fountain.

PHAEDRA
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Greek Mythology (Latinized)
From the Greek Φαιδρα (Phaidra), derived from φαιδρος (phaidros) meaning "bright". Phaedra was the daughter of Minos and the wife of Theseus in Greek mythology. Aphrodite caused her to fall in love with her stepson Hippolytos, and after she was rejected by him she killed herself.

PHINEAS
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Biblical (Variant), English
Pronounced: FIN-ee-as
Variant of PHINEHAS = Probably means "Nubian" from the Egyptian name Panhsj, though some believe it means "serpent's mouth" in Hebrew. In the Old Testament Phineas was a grandson of Aaron who killed an Israelite because he married a Midianite woman, thus stopping a plague sent by God. Also in the Bible this was the son of Eli, killed in battle with the Philistines.

RAPHAELA
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English, German
Feminine form of RAPHAEL = From the Hebrew name רְפָאֵל (Refa'el) which meant "God has healed". Raphael was one of the seven archangels in Hebrew tradition. In the Book of Tobit in the Old Testament it is told how he aided Tobias. This was also the name of a 16th-century Renaissance painter, the designer of several of the frescoes in the Vatican Palace in Rome.

RHYS
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Welsh
Pronounced: HREES (Welsh), REES (English)
Means "enthusiasm" in Welsh. Several Welsh rulers have borne this name.

SEBASTIAN
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English, German, Polish, Finnish
Pronounced: se-BAS-chen, se-BAS-tee-an
From the Roman name Sebastianus which meant "from Sebaste" in Latin. Sebaste was the name a town in Asia Minor, its name deriving from Greek σεβαστος (sebastos) "venerable" (a translation of Latin Augustus, the title of the Roman emperors). Saint Sebastian was a 3rd-century Roman soldier martyred by arrows after it was discovered he was a Christian. This was also the name of a king of Portugal who died in a crusade against Morocco.

SEONA
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Scottish
Anglicized form of SEONAG or SEÒNAID = Scottish form of Joan = English form of Johanne, an Old French feminine form of Johannes (see JOHN). Saint Joan of Arc was a 15th-century peasant girl from France who, after claiming she heard messages from God, was given leadership of the French army. She defeated the English in the battle of Orleans but was eventually captured and burned at the stake. She is a patron saint of France, where she is known as Jeanne d'Arc. Queens of Naples and
Castile have borne this name.

SERAPHINA
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English, German
Feminine form of the Late Latin name Seraphinus, derived from the biblical word seraphim which was Hebrew in origin and meant "fiery ones". The seraphim were an order of angels, described by Isaiah in the Bible as having six wings each. This name was borne by saint Seraphina, a 5th-century martyr.

SETH (1)
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Biblical, English
Other Scripts: שֵׁת (Hebrew)
Pronounced: SETH
Means "placed" or "appointed" in Hebrew. In the Old Testament he was the third son of Adam and Eve, and forefather of the entire human race.

SIOFRA
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Irish
Perhaps means "elf" in Irish Gaelic.

SØREN
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Scandinavian
Scandinavian form of SEVERINO. Søren Kierkegaard was a philosopher from Denmark who is regarded as a precursor of existentialism.

STELLA
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English
Pronounced: STEL-a
Medieval name meaning "star", derived from the Latin title of the Virgin Mary stella maris, meaning "star of the sea". This name was used by the 16th-century poet Sir Philip Sidney in his collection of sonnets 'Astrophel and Stella'.

TALIESIN
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Welsh
Pronounced: tal-ee-ES-in
Means "shining brow", derived from Welsh tal "brow" and iesin "shining". In Welsh mythology Taliesin was a wizard and bard who acquired the gift of prophecy.

TEAGUE
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Irish
Anglicized form of TADHG = Means "poet" in Irish. This was the name of an 11th-century king of Connacht.

THEODORA
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English, Greek, Ancient Greek
Other Scripts: Θεοδωρα (Ancient Greek)
Feminine form of THEODORE. Several Byzantine empresses had this name, including the influential wife of Justinian in the 6th century.

TIERNAN
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Irish
Anglicized form of TIGHEARNÁN = Means "little lord" from Irish Gaelic tigern "lord" combined with a diminutive suffix. This was the name of a 12th-century king of Breifne in Ireland.

TIERNEY
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Irish
Pronounced: TEER-nee
Anglicized form of TIGHEARNACH = Derived from Irish Gaelic tigern meaning "lord". This was the name of an Irish saint of the 6th century. In his youth he was kidnapped by Welsh pirates and brought to Wales, but he escaped to Scotland. Eventually he returned to Ireland where he was a bishop of Clogher.

TOVA (2)
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Swedish
Swedish form of TOVE = Modern form of the Old Norse name Tófa, a short form of ÞÓRFRÍÐR = Derived from the Old Norse elements Þórr (see THOR) and fríðr "beautiful".

XANTHE
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Greek Mythology, Ancient Greek
Other Scripts: Ξανθη (Ancient Greek)
Derived from Greek ξανθος (xanthos) meaning "yellow" or "fair hair".

XAVIER
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English, French, Portuguese, Catalan
Pronounced: ZAY-vee-ur (English), ZAY-vyur (English), ig-ZAY-vee-ur (English), za-VYAY (French)
Derived from the Basque place name Etxabier meaning "the new house". Saint Francis Xavier was the Jesuit priest who popularized the name. He was a missionary to India, Japan, China, and other areas in eastern Asia. He is the patron saint of the Orient and missionaries.

XERXES
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English
Pronounced: ZURK-seez
Greek form of the Persian name Khshayarsha which meant "ruler over heroes". This was a 5th-century BC king of Persia, the son of Darius the Great. He attempted an invasion of Greece, which ended unsuccessfully at the battle of Salamis.

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Registered: 05-27-2006
Sun, 09-17-2006 - 3:57pm

Hi,
you posted this for someone else, but I enjoyed reading through it. May I ask why a few of the names had (1)s after them? I'm thinking of the name Owen and it had one.

Thanks,
Karen

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Registered: 07-28-2006
Mon, 09-18-2006 - 5:31am

For a girl, we're likely going to use the name Leona Faye after my deceased grandmother. I think it's a beautiful, classic and elegant name and one you rarely hear anymore. Leona is French and means "like a lion" - nice strong name. Faye is also french and means "Fairy."

As long as your last name isn't Kramer or Gorden and you don't live in Indianapolis, you're welcome to "steal" my name :)

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Registered: 05-01-2006
Fri, 09-29-2006 - 1:35am

Hi Hanna.

Need to make couple corrections.

HELMI means pearl
KIELO lily of the valley

:)

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