Showing posts with label Kurdish. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Kurdish. Show all posts

Saturday, October 27, 2012

Usual Nickname, Unexpected Name--Bree

Bree-names are big right now. From the fairly-established Aubrey, Brianna, & Gabriella, to the modern Cambria, Brielle, & Bria, and even new inventions, like Aubrianna, Abriella, & Mabree, Bree is a nickname we're likely to keep seeing more and more of. But if you're not willing to use a top 100 name, or a recent innovation, what's left?

  • Briallen (bree-AHL-len, Welsh)--"primrose"
  • Bricia (BREE-see-ah, Spanish)--origin uncertain; prob. a  form of Bridget or of Bricius/Bryce
  • Brighde (BREE-jeh, Scottish)--form of Bridget
  • Brigida (BREE-zhee-dah, Portuguese; BREE-hee-dah, Spanish)--yet another form of Bridget
  • Briseida (bree-SAY-dah, Spanish)-form of Briseis
  • Brisen (BREE-sen, Welsh)
  • Brîska (BREE-skah, Kurdish)--"glitter"
  • Brizo (BREE-zoh, Greek)
  • Bryndis (BRIN-dees, Norwegian)
  • Fabrizia (fah-BREE-tzee-ah, Italian)
  • Sabriye (SAH-bree-eh, Turkish)--"patient"

Saturday, December 24, 2011

<*insert semi-cheesy holiday title here*>

I swore I wasn't going to do a holiday-themed post, because they are everywhere, but I just couldn't resist.
So, for the season of giving, here's a compilation of names that mean "gift".
Whatever your holiday is, I hope it's a happy one!

Boys:
  • Abishai (ah-bi-SHY, Hebrew)--"my Father's gift"
  • Ata (ah-tah, Arabic)
  • Csaba (CHAH-bah, Hungarian)
  • Devdan (dev-dahn, Indian [Hindi])--"gift of the gods". Variants include Debdan & Deodan.
  • Doron (doh-ROHN, Hebrew")
  • Ekrem (ek-REM, Turkish)--"most generous"
  • Gebbert (GEB-bert, German)--"brave gift"
  • Gennady (gen-AH-dee, Russian)--from Greek, "generous"
  • Isidore (IZ-a-dor or ees-ah-DOHR, Greek)--"gift from Isis"
  • Jesse (JES-see, Hebrew)
  • Mattan (mah-tahn, Hebrew)
  • Matthew (MATH-yoo, English)--from Hebrew, "gift of Yahweh". Variants include Matthias (Greek), Matteo (Italian), & Makaio (Hawaiian).
  • Shai (SHY, Hebrew)
  • Theodore (THEE-oh-dohr, Greek)--"gift of god"

Girls:
  • Atiya (AH-tee-yah, Arabic)
  • Dara (DAH-rah, Slavic)
  • Dîyar (DEE-yar, Kurdish)
  • Dorothea (doh-roh-THEH-ah, Greek)--"gift of god"
  • Eudora (yoo-DOHR-ah, Greek)--"good gift"
  • Gennadiya (gen-AH-dee-yah, Russian)--from Greek, "generous"
  • Godiva (god-EYE-vah or goh-DEE-van, Anglo-Saxon)--"gift of god"
  • Heba (HEB-ah, Arabic)
  • Isidora (is-ih-DOHR-ah, ee-see-DOHR-ah, Greek)--"gift from Isis"
  • Karima (kah-ree-mah, Arabic)--"generous"
  • Lahja (LAH-hya, Finnish)
  • Pandora (pan-DOH-rah, Greek)--"all gifts"
  • Sunniva (soon-NEE-vah, Norwegian)--from Old English, "gift of the sun". Another form is Synnove (sin-NOH-veh).
  • Theodora (theh-oh-DOHR-ah, Greek)--"gift of God"