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Synai
My sister recently had a baby girl and named her Synai Rose. I can not find this name anywhere, (other than a music group and a mountain). Anyone know the meaning/origin?
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Some quick Googling seems to show that the name of the mountain may be from the name of the Babylonian mood god, Sin, or it may simply refer to "desert". I suspect that, like many ancient place names, it would be hard to be 100% certain what the origin is.http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14011a.htm
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I love your typo! Sin is, as every Babylonian schoolboy knows, the moon god ... but as a woman I can assure you that 'mood god' would do just as well ...
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That's one article I must have missed in all my searches. Thank you. Here's some further info I have about the name.
Synai is pronounced "sin-eye" different from Mt. Sinai. Although I guess there is a Synai desert. One of my sister's friends heard there was an australian model with that name. I have found nothing.
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