[identity profile] hotchpot.livejournal.com posting in [community profile] babynames
Pick your top 5 names (first and middle) or each gender, and then go to www.behindthename.com and find names that have the same meaning. Pick a new top 5 based on these names!

Example:

Catherine [pure] Mary [sea of bitterness] becomes... Rosamund Miriam.

Mine are in the comments!

Date: 2008-02-27 10:28 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] bobinwales.livejournal.com
1. Theodore [gift of god] James [supplanter]: Artemidoros Jacob
2. Gethin [dark-skinned, swarthy] Rhys [enthusiasm]: Gethin Into
3. Alexander [defending men] Caspian [None]: Vercingetorix :D
4. Jack [Yahweh is gracious] Benjamin [son of the south]: Tobiah Bartholomew
5. Julian [downy-bearded] Edward [rich guard]: Julius Stewart

1. Imogen [maiden] Elizabeth [God is an oath]: Galadriel Eliana
2. Rhiannon [great queen] Jane [Yahweh is gracious]: Meredith Pocahontas
3. Eleanor [Shining light] Sophie [Wisdom]: Lucina Wisdom
4. Alice [Noble] Harriet [Home Ruler]: Arwen Leah
5. Rosalyn [soft horse] Emma [whole]: Eowyn Sostrate

Ok, so some of these aren't exactly serious chocices, but heigh-ho! And there seems to be a definate LOtR trend in the girls names...
I do actually quite like Galadriel Eliana and... I don't like any of the boys names, so Vercingetorix
:D

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