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in reply to a message by Joel S.
This appears to be a modern invented name using the common feminine name suffix -andra, as found in Alexandra and Cassandra. The suffix derives from Ancient Greek element #aner# meaning "man". So it doesn't have a meaning, except maybe "man". I found no records of any notable figures, real or otherwise, bearing this name. The name does not seem to be Irish Gaelic in origin or usage either.
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Good try, but I invented the name. It came to me in a dream. It is in fact mimicking the style of ancient Gaelic in format (representing my Irish ancestors) but in of itself is new.
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Update, from WerandRa herself, two years later after some spiritual digging. While the name did indeed come to me in a dream with deep symbolic meaning, I was incorrect regarding the etymology of it. Due to connection with my Irish tynker heritage and limited linguistic knowledge, I incorrectly attributed it to mock Gaelic; an Irish friend of mine was one of the few people who pronounced it correctly upon seeing it written without hearing it, and conversation with her and our confirmation bias there on seemed solid enough to not question.
I am no etymology expert. Doing actual research after more spiritual experiences, I was led to the conclusion that it's meaning is "man and god", literally spelled out as "wer and ra". Wer (or "were"), the conjunction "and", followed by the name of the ancient Egyptian sun god, "Ra".
How these languages and cultures mesh is very arbitrary. It is indeed a "made up" name, but one with deep spiritual meaning.
I now capitalize the second R for several reasons of emphasis, but technically either capitalization is "correct" as far as I'm concerned.
I am no etymology expert. Doing actual research after more spiritual experiences, I was led to the conclusion that it's meaning is "man and god", literally spelled out as "wer and ra". Wer (or "were"), the conjunction "and", followed by the name of the ancient Egyptian sun god, "Ra".
How these languages and cultures mesh is very arbitrary. It is indeed a "made up" name, but one with deep spiritual meaning.
I now capitalize the second R for several reasons of emphasis, but technically either capitalization is "correct" as far as I'm concerned.
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