Baby Names

[shyspy.livejournal.com]

Hello all! I've been lurking around here for a few weeks now, and thought I'd throw a question out there, based on another post I just read. Seeing how mixed the reaction is to baby name meanings, I was wondering what your favorite baby names MEANT?

For us, Valen and Virgyl are our favorite boy names, and they both mean Strong, based on the same Latin root.

Zoe means Life, Kaida means "little dragon", and Vega means Meadow. (Meadow is kinda lame as far as meanings go, but I have become completely obsessed with it for the last few days now.)

Whaddaya think?

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[sandtree.livejournal.com]

William - will/desire, helmet/protection
Nathaniel - God has given
Edward - rich guard
Arthur - unknown
Colin - from 'Nicholas', 'victory of the people'

Jane - God is gracious
Margaret - pearl
Norah - from 'Honora' or 'Eleanor', so either 'honour' or 'the other Aenor'
May - the month, which comes from the Roman goddess 'Maia'
Theodora - gift of God
Susanna - lily
Camilla - unknown

[tunknut.livejournal.com]

I must say, I love your taste in names. William, Arthur, Jane, and Camilla in particular are some of my absolute favorites.

[nothingtolose19.livejournal.com]

Meanings according to babynamesworld.com:

Benjamin: Son of my right hand
Nathaniel: Gift of God
(Many other boy's names I like, but these are the top two I absolutely adore)

Layla: Dark beauty
Amarantha: Unfading
Luciana/Lucy: Light

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[nothingtolose19.livejournal.com]

I was going to say, before I pressed the comment button too early:

I like other names than these, of course. These are some of my favorites at this time. I'm fickle, especially with my girl's names.

[jordle.livejournal.com]

My best friend is called Zoe because of its meaning. Her parents had trouble having children so it was very significant for them to call their daughter 'life' :)

[glitterberrys.livejournal.com]

First names for girls:

Bridget means "strong"

Isabel means "oath of God"

Lily means, er, "lily"

Violet means "violet"

Rowan means...a lot of my favorite names are nouns, I'm realizing! :)

Brenna means "raven"

The rest of my favorite girls' names are chosen for personal reasons, but what the hell, their meanings are as follows:

Victoria means "winner"

Catherine means "pure"

Leah means "weary"

Jessica means "God beholds"

Annabelle means "loveable"


Middle names for girls:

Sage means "wise"

Rose means "rose"

Jade means "jade"

Jaye means "jay bird"

Wren means "wren"

Claire means "clear" or "bright"

Harper means "player of the harp"

and the ones with personal meaning:

Kate means "pure"

Alexandria means "defender of mankind"

Charlotte means "free"

Lee means "from the wood"

Rhiannon means "great queen"

Josephine means "God will increase" (increase WHAT I dunno)

Gabrielle means "woman of God"

Theresa means "harvester"

First names for boys that I just happen to like:

Brennan means "raven"

Jude means "praise"

Boy's first names with personal meaning

Graden doesn't mean anything; it's my grandmother's maiden name.

Liam means "warrior"

Luke means "of Luciana"

Lennon means "dear one"

Stephen means "crown"

Boys' middle names

Wolf means "wolf"

Fox means "fox"

Atticus means "fatherlike"

Boys' middle names with personal meaning
Patrick means "noble"

Spencer means "butler," apparently

Michael means "who is like Jehovah"

Nicholas means "victory of the people"

[glitterberrys.livejournal.com]

Oh, and if anyone cares, the possible combos would be as follows:

Victoria Lee
Bridget Theresa
Catherine Alexandria
Isabel Jaye
Jessica Morning
Lily Gabrielle/Lily Josephine/Lily Kate/Lily Sage /Lily Charlotte/Lily Jade/Lily Wren
Annabelle Rose/Annabelle Kate/Annabelle Sage
Rowan Harper
Violet Claire
Leah Rhiannon
Brenna Rose/Brenna Claire

Graden Patrick
Liam Spencer
Brennan Wolf
Stephen Fox
Jude Atticus
Lennon Michael
Luke Nicholas

[http://users.livejournal.com/-----citylight/]

Boys

Oliver - An olive tree or branch, a symbol of peace.
Jude - Praise
Bennett - Little Blessed One

Charlotte - Free
Annabelle - Grace and Beauty

[0o-faerie.livejournal.com]

To me, the most important thing is the way a name looks and sounds. If it has a great meaning, that just adds to my liking of the name.
My favorites and their meanings:

Maeve: Intoxicating
April: Open
Astrid: Beautiful
Róisín: Little rose
Ariel: Lion of God

Adam: Man, earth
Nathaniel: Gift of God
Simon: Listening
Ira: Watchful
Elias: My God is the Lord

[shyspy.livejournal.com]

I really like Graden. That's a cool switch, using surnames as given names.

[fleckerbug.livejournal.com]

NMS, but they're okay. That spelling of Virgil is just wrong. don't like Vega because it makes em think of Streetfighter and doesn't seem very feminine.

[clutterbang.livejournal.com]

my fetus's name is Limos. we thought it meant lime in Spanish, but then we re-watched that episode of the Simpsons, and it wasn't, so we don't tell people that anymore..
it's sort of after the dog though, that's what we named him.

[ladymela99.livejournal.com]

OOps I'm going nuts ignor my post I can't read today.

[amspeck-myworld.livejournal.com]

I'll do my top combos to see how they work together:

Boys:
Owen - desired birth
Amidor - My generation of people
Lovel - little wolf
Franklin - free man
Reuel - Friend of GD/Behold, GD
David - Beloved
Jeremy - GD has uplifted
Admiel - Man of GD/GD's earth
Nelson - Son of Neil (my husband's stepfather's name is Neil)
Gregory - alert, watchful
Ittai - Friendly, compassionate or GD is with me
Zachary - GD remembers

Girls:
Alexandra - Defender of Man
Salome - Peace
Louisa - famous warrior
Irena - Peace
Serach - Abundance
Asaela - GD has healed
Mirabelle - Wonderful or Peace beauty
Oryah - Light of GD
Adora - adored
Olivine - olive or a gemstone
Winifred - friend of peace

[tryyingtoevolve.livejournal.com]

The meanings don't really matter to me. If I like the meaning, it's a bonus, but I don't care enough to cross the name off my list.

Levi - Joined
Elijah - The Lord is my God
Jonah - A dove
Noah - Rest, peace
Caleb - Rage like a dog (wtf?)
Miles - Solider
Hugh - Bright in mind and spirit
Samuel - His name is God
Silas - Man of the forest
Jack - from John/God is gracious

Hazel - The hazel tree
Norah - Honor
Anne - Gracious, merciful
Margaret - Pearl
Eliza - God is my oath
Lena - Woman of Magdala
Harriet - Home ruler
Juliet - Downy
Lily - Lily flower
Ruby - Red gemstone

A few of these I actually like the meaning for -- Norah, Anne, Hugh, Noah -- but the rest not so much. A lot of the boy names are Hebrew in origin and have really strong Biblical meanings, and since I'm an agnostic lesbian . . . yeah, not so much, hahahaha. But I still love the names and the history behind them. I mean, it's unlikely that a name like Caleb or Noah is going to be going anywhere anytime soon -- talk about staying power;)

[morphinae.livejournal.com]

I looooooooooooooove Kaida.

Anyway, apparently I'm obsessed with colors (and old C-list actors) and didn't realize it at the time. I've got two boys, Corbin & Rowan.

Corbin: Raven
Rowan: Rowan Tree/Little red-head

Strangely enough when they were born, Corbin had black hair and Rowan's got red hair. Freaky, dude.

[duckduckcaboose.livejournal.com]

Anastasia- Resurrection
Aspen- Aspen tree
Cadence- Rhythm
Charlotte- Free
Chloe- Blooming; Blossoming; Thriving (depending on your source)
Daria- Upholder of good
Evaline [Evelyn]- Little bird; Life; Hazelnut (depending on the root you chose)
Iris- Colorful; Rainbow
Isabelle- God is my oath (not my fave meaning, but it's not NEGATIVE)
Ivy- Ivy
Jocelyn- Little Goth; Also possibly Latin for "cheerful"... what a contrast! :)
Lily- Lily
Raine- Rain; Queen (again depends on root word)
Sadie- Princess
Sage- Wise; Sage (the herb)
Scarlett- Red
Sophie- Wisdom
Victoria- Winner; Conqueror

Aiden- Little fire
Andrew- Manly
Asher- Blessed; Happy
Atticus- Father-like
Beck- Brook (as in the body of water)
Bradley- Broad meadow
Brandon- Broom hill
Brendan- Prince
Conor- Wolf lover
Elliott- The Lord is my God (eh, whatev)
Frederick- Peaceful ruler
Graham- From the village
Ian- God is gracious
James- Supplanter
Jude- From Judaea
Kyle- Narrow
Landon- Long hill
Milo- Soldier
Nicholas- Victory of the people
Rhys- Running
River- River
Ryan- King
William- Desire; Protector; Warrior; like a million others

[miss-tee.livejournal.com]

Asher Everett is our favourite boy's name.
Asher means blessed/happy in Hebrew. Asher was one of Jacob's 12 sons in the Torah.
Everett means wild boar, lol.

Eleanor Mirah is our agreed upon girl's name.
Eleanor doesn't really have a meaning it means "the other Aenor". However her Hebrew name will be Elinor which means My Light is God,
Mirah apparently means Glad in Arabic but my Husband loves the singer Mirah, which is why he chose this name.

[sandtree.livejournal.com]

Actually, Oliver means 'elf army', and Charlotte is just a feminine form of Charles, which means 'man' or 'army'. :-\

[bobinwales.livejournal.com]

I actually have no idea what most of my favourite names mean...

Theodore - Gift of God
James - Supplanter
Gethin - Dark-skinned, Swarthy
Rhys - Enthusiasm

Imogen - Maiden
Elizabeth - God is my oath
Guinevere - Fair, white, smooth

Quite honestly thought, I don't really care about the meaning. If I like the name I'd use no matter what the name meant!