For some crazy reason, I felt like setting myself another alphabet challenge--for both genders.
The rules are simple: one name for each letter, and it can't be a name I've mentioned before on this blog.
Boys:
- Aro (AH-roh, Swedish, Finnish [trilled R in Finnish])--form of Aaron
- Breno (BREH-noo [short 'oo', like "foot"], Portuguese)--from Latinized Gaelic, prob. "prince" or "raven" [making it a form of either Brendan or Bran]
- Cisco (SIS-koh, Spanish)--short form of Francisco
- Darrow (DEHR-oh, DA-row, Scottish [surname])--prob. from darach "oak"
- Ensio (EN-see-oh, Finnish)--"first"
- Franco (FRAHN-koh, Italian)--form of Frank or short form of Francesco, both from the Germanic tribe name 'Franks'.
- Gaio (GYE-oh, Italian)--from Latin Gaius/Caius, origin uncertain
- Hanno (HAHN-no, German)--short form of Johannes
- Ícaro (EE-kah-roo [short 'oo', like "foot"], Portuguese; EE-kah-oh, Spanish)--form of Icarus
- Jesco / Jesko (YES-koh, German; JES-koh, English)--nickname for Slavic jar/yar- names, "spring [the season]" or "power"
- Kenno (KEN-noh, Danish, Finnish)--nickname for Germanic kun/cun-names, "kin"
- Laszlo (LAZ-loh, English)--from Hungarian László, itself from Slavic Vladislav, "rule-glory"
- Miro (MEE-roh, Croatian, Italian, Finnish, Slovene, Swedish)--short form of Slavic mir- names, "peace"
- Nilo (NEE-loh, Italian, Spanish; NEE-loo [short 'oo', like "foot"], Portuguese)--form of 'Nile' [the river], or short form of Danilo
- Odino (oh-DEE-noh, Italian)--form of Odin
- Pelayo (pel-EYE-oh, Spanish)--from Ancient Greek Pelagius, "sea"
- Quincio (KEEN-see-oh, Spanish) / Quíncio (KEEN-see-oo [short 'oo', like "foot"], Portuguese)--form of Quintius/Quincy
- Renzo (REN-tsoh, Italian; REN-soh, Spanish; REN-zoo [short 'oo', like "foot"], Portuguese)--short form of Lorenzo
- Sidlow (SID-loh, English [surname])--origin uncertain, poss. "south hill" or "wide hill"
- Távio (TAHV-yoo [short 'oo', like "foot"], Portuguese)--short form of Otávio/Octávio
- Usebio (oo-SEH-bee-oh, Aragonese, Spanish)--from Ancient Greek, "good worship" or "well-respected"
- Vico (VEE-koh, Italian)--nickname for Ludovico/Louis
- Wilko / Wilco (VIL-koh, Dutch, German)--diminutive of William and other Wil-names.
- Xanto (KSAHN-toh, Italian)--from Ancient Greek, "yellow" [a masculine form of name-nerd favorite Xanthe]
- Y--gah, I've got nothing I haven't mentioned before (although I really thought it'd be Q or X that got me, so yay!)
- Zaccheo (zak-KEH-oh, Italian)--from Biblical Hebrew Zacchaeus, "pure"
Girls:
- Argyro (ahr-gee-ROH, Greek)--"silver"
- Bio (bee-OH, [ancient] Greek; BEE-oh, Anglicized)--prob. "life" or "force"
- Caro (KEHR-oh, KA-roh, KAH-roh, English; KAH-roh, Dutch, German, Spanish)--nickname for Caroline/Carolina and other Car-names
- Damaro (dah-mah-ROH, [ancient] Greek; dah-MAH-roh, Anglicized)--prob. "taming" or "wife"
- Emmelot (em-meh-LOH, [medieval] French)--diminutive of Emma-names
- Fairlow / Fairlowe (FEHR-loh, FAYR-loh, English [surname])--poss. "pleasant hill" or "fern hill".
- Gwenno (GWEN-noh, Welsh)--diminutive of Gwen-names
- Haido (HYE-doh, Greek)--prob. "caress" [likely source of the literary name Haidee/Haydée]
- Ivalo (EE-vah-loh, Danish, Greenlandic)--from Greenlandic, "sinew, thread"
- Jurietto (joo-ree-et-toh, Japanese [pop culture])--gairaigo ["Japanization"] of Juliet
- Kallo (kah-LOH, [ancient] Greek; KAL-loh, Anglicized)--prob. "beautiful"
- Laino (lahn-yoh, Basque)--"cloud, mist"
- Margalo (MAR-gah-loh, English)--contraction of Margaret Lorraine
- Nikeso (nik-ay-SOH, [ancient] Greek; nik-EE-soh, Anglicized)--prob. "victory" or "victor"
- Orvo (OR-voh, Finnish)--short form of Orvokki "violet flower" [unisex]
- Phaio (fye-OH, Greek [mythology]) / Phaeo (FEE-oh, Anglicized)--"shining"
- Q--nada. Lost twice over. :/
- Runo (ROO-noh, Finnish)--"poem" [unisex]
- Siro (SEE-roh, Finnish)--"graceful"
- Tayloe / Taylo (TAY-loh, English [surname])--poss. form of Taylor, or from 'teal' [a type of duck]
- Ushio (oo-shee-oh, Japanese)--"tide" [unisex]
- Vireo (VEER-ee-oh, English [word, quite rare as a name])--a type of bird, from Latin "green"
- Wealthow / Wealtheow (WEL-thoh / WEL-theh-oh, [literary] English)--origin uncertain, poss. "foreign servant"
- Xenno (ksen-NOH, [ancient] Greek; ZEN-noh, Anglicized)--prob. "guest, hospitality"
- Ysabeau (ee-zah-BOH, [medieval] French)--form of Isabel/Elizabeth
- Zafiro (sah-FEE-roh, Spanish)--"sapphire"
