A Challenge
Apr. 23rd, 2008 10:17 pmBelow I have collected names from various sources (history, literature, mythology, astronomy, etc). Taking them out of their context of origin (or most frequent association, assumed origin, etc), what do you think of the names?
Athenais
Arcadia
Adrasteia
Andromeda
Artemis
Andraste
Alora
Azra
Antigone
Althaia
Almathea
Arachne
Archimedes
Abraxas
Ashley
Acheron
Aeneas
Apollo
Ares
Aramis
Bast
Bellatrix
Briony
Bronte
Bain
Balendin
Beowulf
Boone
Circe
Coraline
Chloe
Cassiopeia
Charis
Cosette
Curran
Caius
Charon
Caspian
Dagny
Danae
Dido
Desdemona
Dresden
Darwin
Draco
Elysia
Elysian
Eyre
Echo
Eowyn
No E boys names
No F girl names
Fitzwilliam
No G names
Hannelore
Haydn
Harlow
Hera
Hero
Hadrian
Hannibal
Hrothgar
Horatio
Ianthe
Isolde
Inara
Ismene
Illyria
Ianto
Juno
Juliet
Jericho
Kallisto
Kleio
Kisten
Kallias
Layla
Lyra
Lenore
Leonora
Lorelei
Loredana
Leander
Lysander
Lear
Lennox
Laertes
Magdalena
Mneme
Mercy
Madelief
Malachi
Nimue
Nyx
Nicholai
Nico
Ophelia
Ofelia
Oriana
Orion
Othello
Orpheus
Olivier
Oberon
Odysseus
Posy
Petra
Psyche
Phaedra (also spelled Phedre)
Persephone
Poe
Paladin
Payne
No Q names
No R girl names
Rhett
Romeo
Scout
Scarlett
Seeley
Thessaly
Tyche (Tie-kee)
Trilby
Thane
Thorne
Urien
Ulysses
Uther
No girl V names
Valentine
Vlad
Vladimir
Valmont
No girl W names
Wilde
Wilder
Willem
Wolf
Westley
Xanthe
Xenos
Xenocrates
No girl Y names
Yeates
York
Yorick
No Z names
Arcadia
Adrasteia
Andromeda
Artemis
Andraste
Alora
Azra
Antigone
Althaia
Almathea
Arachne
Archimedes
Abraxas
Ashley
Acheron
Aeneas
Apollo
Ares
Aramis
Bast
Bellatrix
Briony
Bronte
Bain
Balendin
Beowulf
Boone
Circe
Coraline
Chloe
Cassiopeia
Charis
Cosette
Curran
Caius
Charon
Caspian
Dagny
Danae
Dido
Desdemona
Dresden
Darwin
Draco
Elysia
Elysian
Eyre
Echo
Eowyn
No E boys names
No F girl names
Fitzwilliam
No G names
Hannelore
Haydn
Harlow
Hera
Hero
Hadrian
Hannibal
Hrothgar
Horatio
Ianthe
Isolde
Inara
Ismene
Illyria
Ianto
Juno
Juliet
Jericho
Kallisto
Kleio
Kisten
Kallias
Layla
Lyra
Lenore
Leonora
Lorelei
Loredana
Leander
Lysander
Lear
Lennox
Laertes
Magdalena
Mneme
Mercy
Madelief
Malachi
Nimue
Nyx
Nicholai
Nico
Ophelia
Ofelia
Oriana
Orion
Othello
Orpheus
Olivier
Oberon
Odysseus
Posy
Petra
Psyche
Phaedra (also spelled Phedre)
Persephone
Poe
Paladin
Payne
No Q names
No R girl names
Rhett
Romeo
Scout
Scarlett
Seeley
Thessaly
Tyche (Tie-kee)
Trilby
Thane
Thorne
Urien
Ulysses
Uther
No girl V names
Valentine
Vlad
Vladimir
Valmont
No girl W names
Wilde
Wilder
Willem
Wolf
Westley
Xanthe
Xenos
Xenocrates
No girl Y names
Yeates
York
Yorick
No Z names