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Re: Coralline
in reply to a message by Ellie
It's new to me as a name, but obviously as a word it's an adjective meaning With a structure like coral.As a French name, I'm familiar with Coralie - also means, basically, coral - and I like it very much. Not so sure about Coralline, though - seems a bit overelaborate for my simple tastes. Interesting how names develop, isn't it? I knew a woman whose granddaughter should have been Carol for dynastic reasons, but they sensibly named her Coral instead giving her individuality along with the family links.
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"Korallion" is the Greek word for Red Coral, an arborescent species, found in the Red Sea and Mediterranean, prized from times of antiquity for ornamental purposes, and often classed among precious stones (OED).
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I wasn't too sure about Coralline either--I thought it might be a cross of Coralie and Caroline. I've never looked up the meaning of Coralie on this site, but in a book of names I have, it said it means "daughter" in French, which is weird...I think "coral" sounds like the real meaning...those name books can be pretty unreliable!
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