ANUSH f ArmenianMeans "sweet" in Armenian. This was the name of an 1890 novel by the Armenia writer Hovhannes Tumanyan. It was adapted into an opera in 1912 by Armen Tigranian.
CONDOLEEZZA f VariousIn the case of American Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice it is derived from the Italian musical term
con dolcezza meaning "with sweetness".
DULCIBELLA f English (Archaic)From Latin
dulcis "sweet" and
bella "beautiful". The usual medieval spelling of this name was
Dowsabel, and the Latinized form
Dulcibella was revived in the 18th century.
DULCIE f EnglishFrom Latin
dulcis meaning "sweet". It was used in the Middle Ages in the spellings
Dowse and
Duce, and was recoined in the 19th century.
DULCINEA f LiteratureDerived from Spanish
dulce meaning "sweet". This name was (first?) used by Miguel de Cervantes in his novel 'Don Quixote' (1605), where it belongs to the love interest of the main character, though she never actually appears in the story.
EGLANTINE f English (Rare)From the English word for the flower also known as sweetbrier. It was first used as a given name (in the form
Eglentyne) in Geoffrey Chaucer's 14th-century story 'The Prioress's Tale'.
HONEY f English (Rare)Simply from the English word
honey, ultimately from Old English
hunig. This was originally a nickname for a sweet person.
IRACEMA f Native American, TupiMeans "honey lips" in Tupi. This is the name of an 1865 novel by José de Alencar, about the relationship between a Tupi woman and a Portuguese man during the early colonial period. Alencar may have constructed the name so that it would be an anagram of
America.
JARAH m BiblicalMeans "honeycomb" and "honeysuckle" in Hebrew. In the Old Testament this is the name of a descendant of
Saul.
KUNTHEA f KhmerMeans "sweet-smelling" or "good deed" in Khmer.
MAIRE f FinnishDerived from Finnish
mairea "gushing, sugary".
MELIA f Greek MythologyMeans "ash tree" in Greek, a derivative of
μελι (meli) "honey". This was the name of a nymph in Greek myth, the daughter of the Greek god Okeanos.
MYRON m English, Ancient GreekDerived from Greek
μυρον (myron) meaning "sweet oil, perfume". Myron was the name of a 5th-century BC Greek sculptor. Saints bearing this name include a 3rd-century bishop of Crete and a 4th-century martyr from Cyzicus who was killed by a mob. These saints are more widely revered in the Eastern Church, and the name has generally been more common among Eastern Christians. As an English name, it has been used since the 19th century.
PAMELA f EnglishThis name was invented in the late 16th century by the poet Sir Philip Sidney for use in his poem 'Arcadia'. He possibly intended it to mean "all sweetness" from Greek
παν (pan) "all" and
μελι (meli) "honey". It was later employed by author Samuel Richardson for the heroine in his novel 'Pamela, or Virtue Rewarded' (1740), after which time it became used as a given name. It did not become popular until the 20th century.
SHIRIN f PersianMeans "sweet" in Persian. This was the name of a character in Persian and Turkish legend.
YAARA f HebrewMeans "honeycomb" and "honeysuckle" in Hebrew.