names that mean 'beautiful'

[shortbutfast.livejournal.com]

i'm reading a giant babyname book right now - dangerous. there may be several posts in my future. :] for now:

'names that mean beautiful'

Alana
Amara
Anahi
Arabella
Belinda
Bella
Belle
Bonita
Bonnie
Calla
Callista
Hermosa
Ilona
Jamilla/Jamilah
Jolie
Linda
Mei
Mirabella
Naava
Ramana
Rosalind
Shaina
Shakila
Vashti
Venus
Zaina 

WDYT?

Comments

[museofmyself.livejournal.com]

My daughter's middle name is Calla, so obviously I love it. :)

[sarahrose.livejournal.com]

Which name book?

I like:
Belle
Callista
Jolie
Naava (never heard this one before and it's going on my list!)
Shaina
Zaina (maybe spelled Zana)

[shortbutfast.livejournal.com]

this one. i really like it.
http://www.amazon.com/Baby-Name-Bible-Ultimate-Baby-Naming/dp/0312352204

[sarahrose.livejournal.com]

One of the few I don't own but covet! lol

[freezemyazaleas.livejournal.com]

Linda is one of my favorite names!
I also like Bonnie and Jolie (pronounced JO-lee, not jo-LEE)

[amspeck-myworld.livejournal.com]

Yay Naava - here are some other, more unusual, 'beauty' names:

Hadar
Yaphet
Kailil
Kelil
Naami
Naamiya
Naveh
Nehedara
Raanana
Breagh (anglicised: Breeah)
Faiga
Sheina
Shaindel
Shapira
Shifra
Shona
Tiphara

Hadura
Adina
Nehederet
Shafer

[sheshellabella.livejournal.com]

I love your names!

[shortbutfast.livejournal.com]

i have a thing for both arabic and hebrew names.

out of these i particularly like

Naami, Naamiya and Shifra.

[0o-faerie.livejournal.com]

I like Alana a lot. In Gaelic it means 'rock' though.

[shortbutfast.livejournal.com]

interesting.

[misohappi.livejournal.com]

Jolie is very pretty!

[a-minor-third.livejournal.com]

And it does mean "pretty" in French. :P

[my-little-voice.livejournal.com]

love Alana, Bella, Belle, Jolie, Mei, Mirabella, and Rosalind.

[sheshellabella.livejournal.com]

Ooohh... Which book!?

Alana - don't like
Amara - like
Anahi - like
Arabella - like
Belinda - don't like
Bella - love
Belle - love
Bonita - don't like
Bonnie - love
Calla - love
Callista - don't like
Hermosa - don't like
Ilona - don't like
Jamilla/Jamilah - like the first spelling
Jolie - don't like
Linda - don't like
Mei - like
Mirabella - don't like
Naava - love
Ramana - don't like
Rosalind - don't like
Shaina - don't like
Shakila - don't like
Vashti - Vashti is the name of a town in Texas, where I live, so... don't like
Venus - don't like
Zaina - okay

[shortbutfast.livejournal.com]

this one. :]

http://www.amazon.com/Baby-Name-Bible-Ultimate-Baby-Naming/dp/0312352204

it contains 50,000 names and i'm going crazy out of sheer interest even though i don't even have a child to name. whee!

[sheshellabella.livejournal.com]

Oh. My. God.

I'm thoroughly entertained!

[laminy.livejournal.com]

Since I'm actually a fan of the name Belinda, that's my number one off that list. Calla is nice, but I can't disassociate it from Lily.

[shortbutfast.livejournal.com]

yes, the lily. and there also is "the callas", opera singer. it's the first thing that comes to mind when i hear calla.

[sifukatara.livejournal.com]

I really like the name Shaina, but I would rather spell it Shayna.

[queen-mab.livejournal.com]

Alana - Pretty.
Amara - All right.
Anahi - Eh, not really my thing.
Arabella - Too much.
Belinda - I like Melinda better.
Bella - I'm tired of Isabellas and Bellas and all that.
Belle - Maybe as a middle name. A lot for a kid to live up to.
Bonita - Spanish for pretty.. kind of cheesy. See "Belle."
Bonnie - Meh.
Calla - Pretty.
Callista - Used to be my favorite name of all time. Now it's just ok.
Hermosa - Doesn't this mean mom or sister or something in Spanish?
Ilona - Kinda pretty.
Jamilla/Jamilah - Meh.
Jolie - Okay.
Linda - Too mom-ish.
Mei - Kinda pretty.
Mirabella - Too frou-frou.
Naava - Navel.
Ramana - Cheese.
Rosalind - LOVE.
Shaina - Is okay.
Shakila - Sounds made up even though it probably isn't.
Vashti - Meh.
Venus - A lot for a kid to live up to.
Zaina - Sounds like zaney, which is slang for loony, I guess.

[queen-mab.livejournal.com]

Just read AFTER I posted this that all the names meant "beautiful".. I think some of the more obvious ones like Bonita and Belle and Venus should be strayed away from, merely because it's a lot for a kid to live up to.

[bobinwales.livejournal.com]

I like:
Alana
Bella
Belle
Rosalind