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Names with certain meanings
I am looking for a name with a certain meaning. It is for a female and can be whatever originFear
death
anguish
pain
disrepair
loneliness
depressionSomething along those lines as its for a game I play and I adore names with solemn meanings ^.^ thankyou
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Other names!All these names are related to the goddess Kali, so negative: Durga (very bad), Kamakhya (even worse), Chamunda, Shyam, Kakaradi, Kadi, Sara-Kali, Kauri, Kali-Maa, Kali-Chinnamasta, Shamshana Kali,
Tlazolteotl: "goddess of filth" in Aztec language
Cailleach: "witch" in Celtic language
Malinali / Malinche / Malintzin / Marina / Ixkakuk / Malina: the most hated woman in South American history
Judas: of course lol
Pontius, Pilate, Ponce....
Cain
Delilah
Jezabel and Athaliah / Athalia: bad queens of the Bible
Sheetla: "goddess of smallpox" in Hindu
And of course... Adolf, Benito, Saddam, Ossama, Attila, Gengis...
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I'm sorry if some of these names are already mentioned by Atarah or Kandake (hi, Kandake! :)Ajuji - refuse heap child (Hausa, West Africa) Refers to a Hausa tradition, when the maternal grandparents pretend to throw away the newborn child to blight the evil spirits. The mother then "rescues" the child.)
Alkas - she is afraid (Native American, language unknown. Many Native American names where recorded without any information about tribes.)
Apara - she comes and goes (ie she will die). A Yoruba name given to a weak newborn to prevent her from dying.
Aud - void, empty (Old Norse)
Ayondela - comes from an Umbundu proverb, which means "a little tree bends more and more, just as we all bend towards death".
Dezba - go out to war (Navajo)
Hedwig - battle, war (Old German)
Joby - hated, derided, haunted (Hebrew)
Kali - black goddess
Kaluwa - forgotten one (Usenga, Africa. Given to blight the spirits)
Kesi - born when her father had problems (Swahili)
Klesa - pain (Hindi. Given to blight the spirits)
Liliha - detest (Hawaiian)
Makadisa - she was always selfish (Baduma, Africa)
Manaba - war returned with her birth (Navajo)
Marcia - war-like (Latin)
Meriwa - thorn (Inuit. Given to blight the spirits)
Pollyam - plague goddess (Hindi. Given to prevent the children from catching the plague. Also a boys' name.)
Vatusia - they leave us behind (Umbundu name. Means that the dead are gone and we can but lament.)
Yanaba - she meets enemies (Navaho)
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Mara, "bitter" in HebrewIsola, "lonely", "isolated" in LatinTristan, "sad" in Old FrenchAmos, "troubled" in HebrewCaleb, "dog" in HebrewDinah, "judgment" in HebrewGershom, "stranger", "exiled" in HebrewLilia, "night" in HebrewJob, "persecuted" in HebrewLia, "weary" in HebrewLilith, "woman of the dark" in HebrewLot, "veiled" in HebrewSeth, "he who replaces someone else" in HebrewTalman, "to injure, to oppress" in HebrewZia, "trembling" in HebrewDolores, "sufferings" in SpanishSoledad, "loneliness" in SpanishCruz, "cross" in Spanish
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A few such names:Mallory - unfortunate, ill-fated
Acanit (ah-chah-neet): Ungandan: Hard times
Alile: Nigerian: She weeps; for a child born into unfortunate circumstances.
Desdemona - ill-fated one
Magara: Rhodesian: Child who constantly cries
Solita: Latin: Alone
Trista: Latin: Sorrowful (or riot, tumult...depending on origin)
Letha/Lethe: Greek: Oblivion
Nepenthe: Egyptian: That which makes one forget.
Karayan: Armenian: The dark one
Anaba: Navaho: She returns from war
Soledad: Spanish: solitude
Misericordia: Latin: pity (Also: "A thin-bladed dagger; so called, in the Middle Ages, because it was used to give the death wound or "mercy'' stroke to a fallen adversary.")
Severina: Latin: stern
Melpomene - the Muse of tragedy
Tacita - silent
Morana: Slavic: death
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Thankyou all ^.^
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Go to the main page (www.behindthename.com) and do a search for "words in meaning" for each meaning you're interested in - some of those words are unlikely to have names with those meanings, but you can try!
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off the top of my head: dolores. it means sorrows
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