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Theamed Names Part II
A continued collection. Hope you guys enjoy, and let me know if I have missed anything.

Colourful Names
Azure, Auburn, Aurelia, Blue, Bruno, Cerise, Chestnut, Copper, Coral, Crimson, Cyan, Donnan, Ebony, Hazel, Indigo, Ivory, Giada, Goldie, Gray, Melina, Nila, Olive, Peach, Red, Roan, Rose, Rory, Rufus, Russell, Sapphire, Scarlett, Sienna, Silver, Sterling, Teal, Tawny, Violet, Xanthe

Edible names
Angus, Anise, Apple, Arista, Bailey, Barley, Basil, Berry, Brie, Brandy, Candy, Cherry, Chip, Cinnamon, Clover, Coco, Cookie, Curry, Ceaser, Dulce (Dulcie), Ginger, Herb, Honey, Julienne, Maple, Olive, Pepper, Peach, Plum, Saffron, Sage, Sara Lee

Musical Names
Aida, Allegra, Alto, Aria, Ave, Banjo, Bell, Cadence, Calliope, Calypso, Carol, Cannon, Carmen, Celeste, Harmony, Harper, Jazz, Lark, Legato, Lyric, Lullaby, Mandolin, Medley, Melody, Odette, Piper, Reed, Rhythm Serenade, Sonata, Sonnet, Tango, Viola

Ancient and Roman Names
Amadeus, Andreas, Apollos, Atticus, Attila, Augustus, Aurelius, Caesar, Caius, Cassius, Cornelius, Cyrus, Demetrius, Felix, Gaius, Horatio, Lucius, Magnus, Nero, Octavos, Remus, Romulus, Septimus, Severus, Theon, Titus,

Flapper Names (1920’s)
Betty, Billie, Bebe, Clara, Daisy, Dixie, Dodie, Dolly, Doris, Effie, Edie, Franny, Florrie, Flossie, Ginny, Hilda, Hattie, Hettie, Isadora, Jeanie, Josephine, Kitty, Lulu, Mabel, Maize, Mamie, Marilyn, Margie, Maxie, Melba, Millie, Minnie, Norma, Patsy, Pinkie, Polly, Queenie, Roxie, Sadie, Shirley, Tillie, Trixie, Zelda
Shakespearean Names
Alexander, Angus, Benedict, Charles, Chiron, Conrad, Corin, Dion, Hamlet, Henry, Iago, Laurence, Lear, Macbeth, Malcolm, Marcus, Nathaniel, Oberon, Oliver, Orlando, Othello, Owen, Paris, Pierce, Ralph, Robin, Romeo, Sebastien, Silvius, Simon, Timon, Titus, Toby, Valentine, Vernon

Adriana, Ariel, Audrey, Beatrice, Bianca, Cassandra, Celia, Cordelia, Cressida, Diana, Cleanor, Emilia, Francisca, Gertrude, Helena, Hermia, Hermione, Imogen, Isabella, Jessica, Juilet, Lavinia*, Lucretia, Marina, Miranda, Nerissa, Ophelia, Perdita, Portia, Regan, Rosalind, Silvia, Titania, Tamora, Ursula, Valeria, Viola

*I have a particular love for this name, for the sole reason of Shakespeare’s play “Titus Andronicus” in which the character Lavinia is raped, and has her tongue and hands cut off so that she cannot tell anyone what happened to her, or who did it. Despite this, she manages to find a way to express herself and writes her tragedy in the dirt with a stick held in her mouth and stumps. Although I love the message of survival behind the name, I’m not sure I could ever bring myself to name my child this. It also surprises me that Ophelia has become so popular recently, as she was quite made and committed suicide of sorts by drowning herself in a brook. It does have a beautiful sound to it though

* Condolcezza added by Condolcezza
* Rhythm added by snoglobel
thank you!

Comments

[snoglobel.livejournal.com]

I'm a little confused on these as color names: Bruno, Nila, Giada, Melina, Rory, Rufus, Russell, Xanthe. What colors are they?

Also on edible names: what edible food is Arista? And Sara Lee... haha that just amused me.

For musical names you forgot: Rhythm, (can't have Melody and Harmony without Rhythm). What is Xylia?

[pinkysmith.livejournal.com]

i know Bruno is related to brown

[pinkysmith.livejournal.com]

for musical names you could add Condolcezza (should be Con Dolcezza) meaning "with sweetness". Condoleeza Rice's name was supposed to be that or at the very least is derived from it (the story differs depending on who tells it).

who is condoleeza rice?: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Condoleezza_Rice

[designingdreams.livejournal.com]

When I was pregnant, I had a dream that we decided to name our daughter Ophelia (with the nn 'Phelix'. lol). I think the name (not the nickname) is pretty, but as a theatre nerd, I could never actually name a child after that character.

[skittles22088.livejournal.com]

I like:
Aurelia
Indigo
Melina
Scarlett
Sienna
Sterling
Aria
Harmony
Melody
Atticus
Caius
Hattie
Charles
Owen
Toby
Bianca
Celia
Cordelia
Jessica
Lavinia
Lucretia
Marina

[skittles22088.livejournal.com]

Giada is green.
Melina is yellow or black.
Rufus is red.
Xanthe is gold or yellow.

[lilacmermaid.livejournal.com]

I like:

Hazel
Giada
Olive
Rose
Rory
Violet
Basil
Allegra
Aria
Carmen
Horatio
Remus
Severus
Daisy
Millie
Sadie
Alexander
Henry
Nathaniel
Owen
Sebastien
Simon
Toby
Ariel
Audrey
Cassandra
Cordelia
Cressida
Diana
Hermia
Juliet
Marina
Miranda
Nerissa

[snoglobel.livejournal.com]

Melina is yellow or black.

Yellow and black are two very different colors!

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

Bruno is Brown
Nila is blue
Rory, Rufus & Russel are Red
Giada is Green
Xanthe & Melina are yellow

Arista is the ear of a corn (just what one wants to be named after!)

And lol, welll..... I made Xylia up a little bit! I thought it was a bit like Xylaphone. Haha.

I'll add rhythm in, thanks =]

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

thank you, I'll add it on!
How do you prn that? I can say Condoleeza (saw her on Oprah once lol) but not entirely sure about Condolcezza.

[pinkysmith.livejournal.com]

Condolcezza - con-dol-CHE-zah is the best i can do for a pronunciation.

Condleeza = con-do-LEE-zah

[pinkysmith.livejournal.com]

Xylia seems to mean "of the woodlands" or something like that.

[qtshorty1625.livejournal.com]

And Sara Lee... haha that just amused me.
That was my thought too :).

[qtshorty1625.livejournal.com]

I like:
Colourful Names
Aurelia, Hazel, Rose, Rory, Scarlett, Sienna

Edible names
Bailey, Chip

Musical Names
Aida

Ancient and Roman Names
Andreas

Flapper Names (1920’s)
Ginny, Josephine, Kitty

Shakespearean Names
Alexander, Conrad, Henry

Adriana, Audrey, Cassandra, Emilia, Isabella, Jessica

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I have a friend named Viola. . .although I feel stupid that I still can't remember how to pronounce it >_<.
I have a friend nicknamed Blue.
The name Peach reminds me of Peach & Pear from What a Girl Wants. Then it reminds me of Project Runway.
I went to school with a kid named Sterling.
As soon as I read Basil as bay-zil, I thought of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler (sp!) and Basil McRae.
Honey always reminds me of Wind at My Back.
Flossie reminds me of The Bobbsey Twins.
Hettie reminds me of Road to Avonlea.
Hilda & Zelda remind me of Sabrina, The Teenage Witch

[fletwock.livejournal.com]

Ophelia is one of my favorite names ever. I hope it doesn't become so popular as to be rendered unusable.

[flufflenecharka.livejournal.com]

Not on the list but notable: due to how Japanese works as a language, Aki and Aoi (red and blue) have gained popularity as twin names because there's multiple gender specific variants. Aoimi, Aoiko, Akiko, Akiyo and Aoi are feminine. Aki and Akimi go either way. Akiro, Aoiro and Akitaro are male.

The More You Know.

[becomingun.livejournal.com]

I'm a Shakespeare actress and to be frank, Ophelia is one of my favourite names and the connotation doesn't faze me. It's a beautiful name and frankly, if I had the skip over all the beautiful Shakespeare names with terrible connotations... I wouldn't be left with much. I love Lavinia as well and I really, seriously don't get why that connotation would deter you. Yes, she goes through hell, but she is so AMAZINGLY courageous and strong and manages to overcome! It's such a wonderful name and so full of strength. Ophelia, yeah she's kind of crazy and pathetic and a little wacky, but the name is beautiful enough that it wouldn't bug me.

I mean, by the same token Regan would be out because Regan is an evil, scheming bitch. And most could count KATE out because Kate's kind of a douchebag. Hell, I would write off Portia because I find her kind of cold and awful. You DEFINITELY could never use Juliet or any variation thereof. Desdemona would be off of most people's lists(which is a shame, it's one of my favourites). Even though there's no real gender there, I wouldn't use Ariel if connotation was a big deal because I find the character unpleasant. And even though her motives are pure, a lot of people would never consider Mariana if they read Shakespeare.

Not to mention other names, male or female, that have major negative association in popular theatre or literature(ESPECIALLY the stuff we read in school where kids with that name are likely to at least be razzed a little at the time). I just don't get how people can get uppity about Ophelia(which happens EVERY TIME I express that I like the name!) and then love Stella or Stanley(I hope this one is obvious), Holden(Catcher in the Rye, which makes me want to shove bamboo under my fingernails), Willie(Death of a Salesman), Abigail(The Crucible, and BOY did the one Abigail in my grade 10 class get it...)or any other number of shitty, shitty characters with whom those names are pretty easily associated.

Sorry for the novel, but that is seriously one thing that just drives me crazy. Names are names. If you gave up on all the ones associated with people who were less than awesome, you'd have nothing left.

[satunian.livejournal.com]

Bruno: Brown
Giada I'm guessing is Italian for Jade?
Melina - probably something with brown; melanin, etc
Rory - guessing when it's derived from Aurora, so that's sort of a color. It's colorFUL anyway,
Rufus and Russell mean redhead
Xanthe means yellow or blonde
As for Nila, my first instinct is to say black, but hold on.
Checking...
Nope, actually it's a variant of Nelia, which means Yellow

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

Woah! Lol, that really was a novel. Settle petal.

It's okay for you to have that opinion, just as it's okay for me to have my opinion too.

I didn't say YOU shouldn't name your baby after a shakespearean name, or any of those other characters for that matter, just that if I have a negative connotation with something, or even any kind of connotation that is slightly unpleasent, of course I don't want to name my child that. The name Lavinia, I solely associate with Titus Andronicus, same as I associate Ophelia with Hamlet. Whereas Imogen, Isabella Kate & even Juliet I have other associations with.

I don't care what you name your kid. Hell, I don't even really care what people think of what I name my kid. I just don't want to think of rape and torture, or even a person surviving something so devestating, everytime I call my kids name because that it what I think of when I hear it.

Shakespearean names may not mean much to everyone else, but they mean something to me. And in the same way I wouldn't want to name my child Adolf or Jezebel, I PERSONALLY wouldn't want to name my child Lavinia, despite the fact that I think it is a beautiful sounding name and has a important story behind it.

Sorry for the novel.

[jesuslovesbono.livejournal.com]

i doubt it will

but you never know, i guess

[jesuslovesbono.livejournal.com]

Lavinia's story in Titus Andronicus reminds me of Philomel (in Greek mythology or something.)

I love the name Atticus.

I know a little girl named Lyric.

[duckduckcaboose.livejournal.com]

Yeah but it depends on how you interpret the root of the word.

[duckduckcaboose.livejournal.com]

As far as themes go, I like a LOT of floral/nature names: Iris, Ivy, Willow, Meadow, Haven, Briar, Lily, Rain[e], Sky[e]... I probably will only ever use Iris though because it's my favorite I don't want my children's names to be obviously themed. My children WILL all be named after songs, but I don't think that's quite as obvious as "Oh this is Iris Smith, and her sisters Ivy and Lily!"

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

Do you already know what songs? I think thats a really cute idea =]

[spaceandclouds.livejournal.com]

First of all: I agree with you!

Having said that, I think it's simply because names like Juliet, Stella and especially Willie are more common than Ophelia. When I hear Juliet, I don't think "Oh, like Romeo&Juliet" but when I hear Ophelia, I do think of Hamlet.

It's still a pretty name, though!

[spaceandclouds.livejournal.com]

Can I just randomly say that 'settle petal' is about the cutest English expression I've ever heard?

[skittles22088.livejournal.com]

It depends on the definition you use. One is "honey" and the other is "black/dark." =]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melina

[my-little-voice.livejournal.com]

Aurelia, Coral, Hazel, Gray, Olive, Scarlett, Violet, Honey, Saffron, Sage, Allegra, Ave, Cadence, Celeste, Harper, Reed, Sonnet, Alexander, Henry, Nathaniel, Audrey, Beatrice, Helena, Imogen, Juliet, & Ophelia

[duckduckcaboose.livejournal.com]

Some that I am considering are Sadie and Kate, because I like the names as well as the songs. "Iris" by the Goo Goo Dolls is what my first daughter WILL be named after. Any successive daughters are up for debate lol.