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What are your favorite names that are not in the database (ie not even among submitted names)?
Mine are mostly very...um, odd.
Amarantine (am-a-ran-TEEN) - actually the name of an Enya album.
Amorina - from an old Swedish play.
Apollinaria
Caparina - I read it in a name book where it said it is Spanish for a type of butterfly.
Celestite - it's from a manga. The name of a crystal.
Citlalmina - from Aztec, means "meteorites."
Ellemina - el-e-MEE-na. I read about someone who had named her daughter this and I thought it was so cute.
Ellentine (el-len-TEEN) - I've seen it a few times here in Sweden, but I don't know anything about it, really.
Frayda - Yiddish name, from the word for "joy". I pronounce it FREY-da, but ti might be FRYE-da (I don't speak Yiddish).
Japonica - it's a flower and I know it's not a "real" name, but it sounds so beautiful!
Meadowlark - actually it's from a Sarah Brightman song I've always loved.
Minnaloushe - see this post: http://www.behindthename.com/bb/fact/4255008
Minonna-Nell - a minor character in Mio, my Mio by Astrid Lindgren.
Naïade - French for naiad, mermaid.
Nanako - Japanese, not sure what it means. A book I read said "apple child", but the Japanese word for apple is ringo. It might mean "seventh child", though.
Nanouschka - I once studied with a girl called Nanouschka. I never got to know her very well, but I think she was from India.
Nápla - Irish form of Annabel.
November Snow - OK, it's cheesy, but I found it on Norah's Name Nerd page and thought it was so beautiful!
Nymphaea - "water lily."
Orianthi - Greek, but I don't know the meaning, something with flowers.
Quintessence - yes, cheesy again, but I really like this word.
Rosabeth
Rosenny - made up by me as a misreading of Rosenby. Pr. ro-SEN-ny.
Rosewen - someone here mentioned it and I thought it was pretty.
Sentyabrina - Russian; means something like "September child."
Snowfall - yes, silly...but beautiful.
Sophannagh - there was a member here called Sophannagh...I really like it, but I don't know anything about it.
Toltse - the book where I found it said it's Yiddish for "Dolce.", ie, sweet.
Vildana - don't know the meaning; found in article about girl in Bosnia.
Windflower - a favorite flower.
Xué Xiâo - means "snow morning" in Chinese.
If you know anything about any of these names, please tell me (or please tell us all)!
Does the sea exist
Because of our longing?
My PNL
http://www.behindthename.com/pnl/3258/61573
Mine are mostly very...um, odd.
Amarantine (am-a-ran-TEEN) - actually the name of an Enya album.
Amorina - from an old Swedish play.
Apollinaria
Caparina - I read it in a name book where it said it is Spanish for a type of butterfly.
Celestite - it's from a manga. The name of a crystal.
Citlalmina - from Aztec, means "meteorites."
Ellemina - el-e-MEE-na. I read about someone who had named her daughter this and I thought it was so cute.
Ellentine (el-len-TEEN) - I've seen it a few times here in Sweden, but I don't know anything about it, really.
Frayda - Yiddish name, from the word for "joy". I pronounce it FREY-da, but ti might be FRYE-da (I don't speak Yiddish).
Japonica - it's a flower and I know it's not a "real" name, but it sounds so beautiful!
Meadowlark - actually it's from a Sarah Brightman song I've always loved.
Minnaloushe - see this post: http://www.behindthename.com/bb/fact/4255008
Minonna-Nell - a minor character in Mio, my Mio by Astrid Lindgren.
Naïade - French for naiad, mermaid.
Nanako - Japanese, not sure what it means. A book I read said "apple child", but the Japanese word for apple is ringo. It might mean "seventh child", though.
Nanouschka - I once studied with a girl called Nanouschka. I never got to know her very well, but I think she was from India.
Nápla - Irish form of Annabel.
November Snow - OK, it's cheesy, but I found it on Norah's Name Nerd page and thought it was so beautiful!
Nymphaea - "water lily."
Orianthi - Greek, but I don't know the meaning, something with flowers.
Quintessence - yes, cheesy again, but I really like this word.
Rosabeth
Rosenny - made up by me as a misreading of Rosenby. Pr. ro-SEN-ny.
Rosewen - someone here mentioned it and I thought it was pretty.
Sentyabrina - Russian; means something like "September child."
Snowfall - yes, silly...but beautiful.
Sophannagh - there was a member here called Sophannagh...I really like it, but I don't know anything about it.
Toltse - the book where I found it said it's Yiddish for "Dolce.", ie, sweet.
Vildana - don't know the meaning; found in article about girl in Bosnia.
Windflower - a favorite flower.
Xué Xiâo - means "snow morning" in Chinese.
If you know anything about any of these names, please tell me (or please tell us all)!
Does the sea exist
Because of our longing?
My PNL
http://www.behindthename.com/pnl/3258/61573
This message was edited 4/16/2015, 4:05 AM
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I love user-sub names, and always go a bit insane adding them to my lists. At the moment I like:
Amoret
Arthémise
Bethsabee
Elara
Fiammette
Mélissaire
Merida, don't like the film, just the sound
Montag (m), honouring a book character
Thomasine
Also:
Fenrir - totally badass
Adalind (f) / Alasind (f) - so Middle-earth
Alzira
Amaranthine
Amraphel (m)
Amunet (f)
Anahí (f)
Apollodora
Arsinoë (f)
Artemida
Asteria
Athenion (m)
Aziza
Bartimaeus
Bartolomea (f)
Cassandrine
Célimène
Clarimond (f)
Coraline
Eilonwy
Elestren (f)
Eliander
Elsinore (f)
Émérentienne
Erzulie
Esmerée (I wish it didn't make me think of Renesmee)
Galatea
Galilea (like the fem. form of Galileo, not like the sea)
Isabelline
Isambard
Izara
Jacova (f)
Merewen
Meriadoc
Nahla
Neri (f)
Nwyvre - so ugly and weird and odd. I kind of love-hate it.
Oktyabrina
Sibylline
Sosha
Templeton (m)
Zabeth
...My taste in names is so weird sometimes.
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Thoughts on yours:
Amarantine - so OTT but so cool.
Apollinaria - eh, I don't think this has anything that Apollonia doesn't. Still really pretty.
Citlalmina - the meaning is cool, but... well... I can't remember how 'c' is said in Nahuatl, but even if it's 'ts' or 'z' rather than 'sh' or 'k' or 'ch', it either sounds kind of ugly or kind of unfortunate.
Naïade - pretty, ruined by rude words in Finnish.
Nanako - hmmm... I have a friend called Nanami (七美), and the first part of her name is 'nana' meaning 'seven'. So it might not be nine, rather seven. I looked up Nanako, and it can be written with the kanji '奈' which means 'apple tree', but it also seems that meaning is archaic. Anyway, Nanami is kind of cool, not sure about Nanako, and either way I can't get past the 'nana' sound.
Nanouschka - it doesn't sound Indian, it sounds more Russian (although I've never come across it) or Central Asian (ditto).
Orianthi - makes me think of Orinthia?
Amoret
Arthémise
Bethsabee
Elara
Fiammette
Mélissaire
Merida, don't like the film, just the sound
Montag (m), honouring a book character
Thomasine
Also:
Fenrir - totally badass
Adalind (f) / Alasind (f) - so Middle-earth
Alzira
Amaranthine
Amraphel (m)
Amunet (f)
Anahí (f)
Apollodora
Arsinoë (f)
Artemida
Asteria
Athenion (m)
Aziza
Bartimaeus
Bartolomea (f)
Cassandrine
Célimène
Clarimond (f)
Coraline
Eilonwy
Elestren (f)
Eliander
Elsinore (f)
Émérentienne
Erzulie
Esmerée (I wish it didn't make me think of Renesmee)
Galatea
Galilea (like the fem. form of Galileo, not like the sea)
Isabelline
Isambard
Izara
Jacova (f)
Merewen
Meriadoc
Nahla
Neri (f)
Nwyvre - so ugly and weird and odd. I kind of love-hate it.
Oktyabrina
Sibylline
Sosha
Templeton (m)
Zabeth
...My taste in names is so weird sometimes.
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Thoughts on yours:
Amarantine - so OTT but so cool.
Apollinaria - eh, I don't think this has anything that Apollonia doesn't. Still really pretty.
Citlalmina - the meaning is cool, but... well... I can't remember how 'c' is said in Nahuatl, but even if it's 'ts' or 'z' rather than 'sh' or 'k' or 'ch', it either sounds kind of ugly or kind of unfortunate.
Naïade - pretty, ruined by rude words in Finnish.
Nanako - hmmm... I have a friend called Nanami (七美), and the first part of her name is 'nana' meaning 'seven'. So it might not be nine, rather seven. I looked up Nanako, and it can be written with the kanji '奈' which means 'apple tree', but it also seems that meaning is archaic. Anyway, Nanami is kind of cool, not sure about Nanako, and either way I can't get past the 'nana' sound.
Nanouschka - it doesn't sound Indian, it sounds more Russian (although I've never come across it) or Central Asian (ditto).
Orianthi - makes me think of Orinthia?
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Sorry, I did mean seven, not nine! I've forgotten how to count in Japanese...
I'll change my OP!
I'll change my OP!
This message was edited 4/16/2015, 4:05 AM
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I remember you mentioning Vildana before, so I looked it up a bit. Not much info, but it is used by Bosnian Muslims. Bosnian male and Turkish female form is Vildan. A Bosnian name site says it’s from Arabic meaning ‘children, newborn’ and a website linked below seems to agree.
https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?search=vildan&title=Special%3ASearch&fulltext=1
http://www.turkishculture.org/lifestyles/turkish-culture-portal/names-meaning-321.htm
My favorites, but some might be user-submitted:
MALE:
Vilgot
Besim
Corvin
Dacian
Dorinel
Bolto
Arnel
Lav
Mak
Nepomuk
Tarka
Torarin
Hawk
Kingfisher
FEMALE:
Atena
Beren
Elfride
Julika
Loreida
Antigona
Belma
Korana
Lada
Loveday
Nausikaja
Nera
Ozana
Petal
Raissa
Wyanet
Breza
Honeysuckle
https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?search=vildan&title=Special%3ASearch&fulltext=1
http://www.turkishculture.org/lifestyles/turkish-culture-portal/names-meaning-321.htm
My favorites, but some might be user-submitted:
MALE:
Vilgot
Besim
Corvin
Dacian
Dorinel
Bolto
Arnel
Lav
Mak
Nepomuk
Tarka
Torarin
Hawk
Kingfisher
FEMALE:
Atena
Beren
Elfride
Julika
Loreida
Antigona
Belma
Korana
Lada
Loveday
Nausikaja
Nera
Ozana
Petal
Raissa
Wyanet
Breza
Honeysuckle
This message was edited 4/15/2015, 3:37 PM
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Obscure names, especially not in the database or having any real usage as a name, are my FAVORITE! :) I shall be scouring this thread for new ones. From your list I like:
Amorina
Caparina
Ellemina
Nápla - OOOHHHH
Rosewen
Sophannagh
My list (and sorry, didn't cross check if any are user-submitted):
Achsah - Hebrew/Puritan for anklet, bangle; clicking sound of bangles
Amapola - Spanish for poppy
Amana - an Amish town in Iowa near where my family is from
Cantara - Spanish for sing
Coloma - town by me, named for a flower, Catalan form of Paloma
Fennore - Anglicized Fionuir, Irish, "white ghost"
Fínmhidh - (FIN-vee) Irish, "wine-mead"
Flordeperla - Spanish "flower of pearl"
Gala - the word, not what's linked
Garden - the word, not what's linked
Havendance - the name of a song by composer/director David Holsinger, named for his daughter, Haven
Hyssmaye - an English name probably from the continental Germanic name Ismagi
Leviva - from Léofgifu, Old English léof "love" + gifu "gift"
Merewen - from the Old English name, Mærwynn, meaning "great, splendid" and -wynn is feminine of wine/"friend"
Quitterie - French form of Quiteria, a Spanish saint. Assume it's related to Quitar, meaning "to remove"
Tallis - a surname, got the idea from the book/movie Atonement, though it also makes me think of Thomas Tallis
Wentliana - medieval English variant of Gwenllian
Adalfieri - Italian, from German "noble oath"
Affaith - AF-ee, lost my info on it, I think it's Scottish
Airril - same... either that or this one is Scottish D:
Beriah - Hebrew, unsure of meaning. Something about with a friend or with fellowship. Found it in my family tree.
Campion - a flower, got the name idea from Edward Campion, a Catholic martyr
Delos - Appears twice in two unrelated branches of my family tree, it's an island in Greece but no idea why it was used by my ancestors
Amorina
Caparina
Ellemina
Nápla - OOOHHHH
Rosewen
Sophannagh
My list (and sorry, didn't cross check if any are user-submitted):
Achsah - Hebrew/Puritan for anklet, bangle; clicking sound of bangles
Amapola - Spanish for poppy
Amana - an Amish town in Iowa near where my family is from
Cantara - Spanish for sing
Coloma - town by me, named for a flower, Catalan form of Paloma
Fennore - Anglicized Fionuir, Irish, "white ghost"
Fínmhidh - (FIN-vee) Irish, "wine-mead"
Flordeperla - Spanish "flower of pearl"
Gala - the word, not what's linked
Garden - the word, not what's linked
Havendance - the name of a song by composer/director David Holsinger, named for his daughter, Haven
Hyssmaye - an English name probably from the continental Germanic name Ismagi
Leviva - from Léofgifu, Old English léof "love" + gifu "gift"
Merewen - from the Old English name, Mærwynn, meaning "great, splendid" and -wynn is feminine of wine/"friend"
Quitterie - French form of Quiteria, a Spanish saint. Assume it's related to Quitar, meaning "to remove"
Tallis - a surname, got the idea from the book/movie Atonement, though it also makes me think of Thomas Tallis
Wentliana - medieval English variant of Gwenllian
Adalfieri - Italian, from German "noble oath"
Affaith - AF-ee, lost my info on it, I think it's Scottish
Airril - same... either that or this one is Scottish D:
Beriah - Hebrew, unsure of meaning. Something about with a friend or with fellowship. Found it in my family tree.
Campion - a flower, got the name idea from Edward Campion, a Catholic martyr
Delos - Appears twice in two unrelated branches of my family tree, it's an island in Greece but no idea why it was used by my ancestors
This message was edited 4/15/2015, 3:18 PM
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Ohh, your ancestors were Amanites? That's so cool! I love reading about all kinds of religious "societies", like Amish, Hutterites, Doukhobors, etc.
Great list, BTW! I wish I could like Amapola, but it makes me think of anabolic steroids...
Great list, BTW! I wish I could like Amapola, but it makes me think of anabolic steroids...
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Not that family branch, but on my dad's side there are two branches from Lancaster Co., Pennsylvania, who were Mennonites.
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Ah, I see.
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I'm not into favourites. The "favourite" names that aren't in both databases are those that I only like and there aren't that many.
They are:
Deutzia (from a genus of 60 flowering plants)
Blackthorn (for a girl, makes me think more of the tree rather than the main character from Shogun, albeit spelled Blackthorne)
Antiocha (from Antioch, made up this name)
Redring (mashed up 'red' and 'ring' together)
Izaemon (it's an old Japanese name and written as 伊左衛門, started liking it when I saw an episode of a program about kabuki and there was a play [called Yūgiri Nagori no Shōgatsu] being shown in the episode that has the main character [a wagoto character] who's named Fujiya Izaemon, pronounced ee-dza-e-mon or ee-za-e-mon)
They are:
Deutzia (from a genus of 60 flowering plants)
Blackthorn (for a girl, makes me think more of the tree rather than the main character from Shogun, albeit spelled Blackthorne)
Antiocha (from Antioch, made up this name)
Redring (mashed up 'red' and 'ring' together)
Izaemon (it's an old Japanese name and written as 伊左衛門, started liking it when I saw an episode of a program about kabuki and there was a play [called Yūgiri Nagori no Shōgatsu] being shown in the episode that has the main character [a wagoto character] who's named Fujiya Izaemon, pronounced ee-dza-e-mon or ee-za-e-mon)
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Antiocha is the legit form of the name Antiochus in some languages. So certainly not made up just now.
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One of the names on my shortlist is Exodia. I've had trouble finding a real origin for it (I've heard its from some sort of mythology?), but it's a name my SO suggested and it fits our quirky style well. That's the only one I can think of right now, but I do have a few user-submitted on my list (such as November, Vaida, Thorin, etc.)
I quite like Rosabeth and Ellemina from your list, btw.
I quite like Rosabeth and Ellemina from your list, btw.
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