Native Names/Names with Meaning

[missbailey.livejournal.com]

So I know I'm having a baby. I'm not going to name it until I see it. But I would like some ideas first. I like natural names like Rain, Fox, Lily. Names with meaning behind them too.
My boyfriend is Native Candian-Mi'kmaq and I'm of Spanish/French Decent. I really like Mi'kmaq names. Such as Wowkwis(Fox)pron. Wow-Gwis, Muin(bear)pron Moo-in, Pasmay(Peter) pron. Pas-a-meye.
His last name is Knockwood so keep that in mind. I really like the suggestion of tree names but Cedar Knockwood would sound like a cruel joke.
Also, Tradition is not too stong in the Mi'Kmaq culture for naming. Most Mi'Kmaq people nowadays have English names.
So help me get some ideas with meaning behind them!
Thank you in advance.
^.^


PS no B names we are both Bs and his son is a B. I really hate when familys do that.

Comments

[http://users.livejournal.com/____tonightt/]

Oh i like Pasmay, very nice name. It sounds like it could be a girl name too, but it stands for peter?

[http://users.livejournal.com/____tonightt/]

& i also like Ivy and Sylvia like the comment above me

[aquilinum.livejournal.com]

There's a stone/crystal/gem post not toooo far back, and that might have more ideas.


It might be worth looking into scientific names of animals that are meaningful to you, if you'd like something alternative and rooted in the natural world.

Names I just now Googled this way:
Capra (ibex)
Connocha (from Connochaetes, wildebeest)
Pandion (osprey)
Dasya (from Dasyatidae, stingray)
Atta (leafcutter ant)
Lontra (the species of otter that lives in Canada)

Or whatever floats your boat.

[missbailey.livejournal.com]

not so into scientific names. they come across to pompous.
but ill go check that gem entry back there, thanks man!

[planetkiller.livejournal.com]

I suppose I could throw out Amaranth. In myth, it's a flower that grants immortality to the finder, but is now used for several types of lily, such as the Amaranth Caudatus.

I have to warn you, though. Because it's odd, nobody ever pronounces it right and it's turning out to be a bit of a hassle since my boyfriend's last name is Lilley. (The lease reads Amaranth Lilley despite the fact that isn't my name.)

[missbailey.livejournal.com]

Wicked suggestion. i like the sound of it. But would have to shotren to to Amar which is nice boy or girl. Amanda is my aunt so that would be the first 3 letters of her name.
Thanks!

[missbailey.livejournal.com]

or Amara ummm AB, like it.

[0o-faerie.livejournal.com]

Evanthe is a Greek girl name & Fiora a Latin one, both mean 'flower'. Oh and Nyla means cloud...in some language =P