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melayneseahawk) wrote2005-02-26 06:22 pm
melayneseahawk) wrote2005-02-26 06:22 pm
Name Game
*insert rant about finding character names here*
beatrice (italian) - Italian form of Beatrix; Beatrice is Dante's guide through paradise in his poem 'The Divine Comedy'; this is also the name of a character in Shakespeare's play 'Much Ado About Nothing'.
beatrix (german) - from Viatrix, a feminine form of the Late Latin name Viator which meant "voyager, traveller"; the spelling of the name was altered by association with Latin beatus "blessed".
emi (japanese) - means "blessed with beauty" from Japanese e "blessed" or "rich" and mi "beauty".
gwen (welsh) - From Welsh gwen, the feminine form of gwyn meaning "white, fair, blessed".
angelica (italian) - derived from Latin angelicus meaning "angelic", ultimately related to Greek angelos "messenger"; this is the name of Juliet's nurse in Shakespeare's play 'Romeo and Juliet', though she is only briefly mentioned.
dabria (latin) - name of an angel
tamar (jewish) - means "palm tree" in Hebrew.
phyllis (greek, german) - means "foliage" in Greek; in Greek myth this was the name of a girl who killed herself out of love for Demophon and was subsequently transformed into an almond tree.
why are names meaning 'blind' all so similar?!
cyrus (english) - from Kyros, the Greek form of the Persian name Kûrush, which may mean "far sighted" or may be related to the Persian word khur "sun".
lochan (indian) - means "the eye" in Sanskrit.
sullivan (english) - from the Irish surname Ó Súileabháin, which means "descendent of Súileabhán"; the name Súileabhán means "little dark eye" in Irish.
vedie (latin) - sight
and all group-type names come in twos and fours, not threes.
marg
beatrice (italian) - Italian form of Beatrix; Beatrice is Dante's guide through paradise in his poem 'The Divine Comedy'; this is also the name of a character in Shakespeare's play 'Much Ado About Nothing'.
beatrix (german) - from Viatrix, a feminine form of the Late Latin name Viator which meant "voyager, traveller"; the spelling of the name was altered by association with Latin beatus "blessed".
emi (japanese) - means "blessed with beauty" from Japanese e "blessed" or "rich" and mi "beauty".
gwen (welsh) - From Welsh gwen, the feminine form of gwyn meaning "white, fair, blessed".
angelica (italian) - derived from Latin angelicus meaning "angelic", ultimately related to Greek angelos "messenger"; this is the name of Juliet's nurse in Shakespeare's play 'Romeo and Juliet', though she is only briefly mentioned.
dabria (latin) - name of an angel
tamar (jewish) - means "palm tree" in Hebrew.
phyllis (greek, german) - means "foliage" in Greek; in Greek myth this was the name of a girl who killed herself out of love for Demophon and was subsequently transformed into an almond tree.
why are names meaning 'blind' all so similar?!
cyrus (english) - from Kyros, the Greek form of the Persian name Kûrush, which may mean "far sighted" or may be related to the Persian word khur "sun".
lochan (indian) - means "the eye" in Sanskrit.
sullivan (english) - from the Irish surname Ó Súileabháin, which means "descendent of Súileabhán"; the name Súileabhán means "little dark eye" in Irish.
vedie (latin) - sight
and all group-type names come in twos and fours, not threes.
marg