(excluding those that appeared on previous lists: 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010)
Boys:
- Bertrand (BUR-trand, English; behr-TRAWN, French)--from Germanic, "bright shield"
- Brennus (BREN-nus, [Latinized] Proto-Celtic)--poss. "prince"
- Dermot (DUR-mut, English, Irish)--anglicized from Diarmuid
- Elior (el-ee-OR, Hebrew)--"God is my light"
- Emyr (EH-meer, Welsh)--"king"
- Quince (QUINS, English)
- Stian (STEE-ahn, Scandinavian)--from Old Norse, "wanderer"
Girls:
- Ameline (ah-mel-EEN, French)--form of Emmeline
- Berta (BUR-tah, English; BEHR-tah, German, Italian, Spanish, Scandinavian)--from Germanic, "bright"
- Ceres (SEER-eez, KEHR-es, Latin)--"to grow". Roman goddess of agriculture.
- Clodagh (KLOH-dah, Irish)--from the name of an Irish river, poss. "small stones" or "muddy"
- Eliška (eh-LEESH-kah, Czech)--form of Elizabeth
- Federica (feh-deh-REE-kah, Italian)--feminine of Frederick
- Fiamma (fee-AHM-mah, Italian)--"flame"
- Jedidah (jed-EYE-dah, [Biblical] Hebrew)--"beloved"
- Lovisa (loo-VEE-sah, Swedish)--form of Louise
- Merav (mehr-AHV, Hebrew)--"abundant"
- Olivine (AHL-iv-een, English)
- Raziela (rah-zee-EL-ah, Hebrew)--"my secret is God"
- Romaisa (roh-MAY-sah, Arabic)--also transliterated as Rumaisa (roo-MAY-sah)
- Trillium (TRIL-lee-um, English)
No comments:
Post a Comment