Some oddballs

Okay, I've collected some oddballs for you guys who might enjoy the quirkier names:

Sofiel
Audovere
Dulcinea
Jadzia
Tullia
Momoka
Evelia
Prisca
Niobe
Thearosa
Annalena
Sabela
Eliezra
Viatrice
Anahi
Zosia
Elswyth
Madelief
Cerinthe
Meiriona
Nereida

Sorry!

I've been VERY busy, I'm sorry!

A huge mix of randomness, lovely though and pretty inspiring. I'll be back with a new names in a couple days, if not sooner. I'm trying to find something interesting enough to post. Until then - enjoy.

Pania
Audra
Cosima
Elena
Sidonie
Aida
Giada
Petra
Imogen
Anneke
Galatea
Ketzia
Serafie
Elinoa

Time for some boys names

I noticed that my blog is sorely missing some boys names. Here is a random list to rummage through - it's basically just a whole mash-up of favorites of mine.


Maxwell
Tristan
Oliver
Auden
Henry
Asher
Jude
Sawyer
Micah
Felix
Miles
Micah
Oscar
Soren
Simon
Rory
Edison
Conor
Benjamin
Riley - I LOVE Riley on a boy - where it belongs
Isaac
Jasper
Elliot
Gavin
Fergus
Finnegan
Hugo
Leo
Enzo
Milo
Roman
Josiah
Gabriel
Ciaran
Levi
Caspar
Everett
Rhys
Elias
Nicolai
Owen
Gideon
Noam
Etienne
Seamus
Ezra
Jameson

Interesting finds

I had someone suggest a new site to me, it's all Nordic names. I'm assuming these are just one's used in Nordic countries? Here are some that stood out to me:

Female:

Adalena / Adelina
Adeleine - yum! I'm assuming this is said like Madeleine, so add-uh-lyn?
Adrielle
Aida
Aila
Aleksandra
Alina
Almira
Amira
Andriana
Aneka
Aneline
Anella
Annika
Annali
Annasofie - one of the best smushes I've ever seen!
Anneli
Axeline

Caia
Carina
Caris
Catarina
Catia
Cecilie - I almost like this spelling better than Cecily!

Dagny
Dania

Elena
Eliana
Elinor
Elisa
Elsabe
Elsbeth
Emiliana - mmm, luxurious
Eufemia
Eulalia
Evalina
Evita

Fina
Flavia
Freja / Freya

Gabriela
Gustava - yum! So frilly and amazing!

Halla
Hera

Ida
Idamarie
Ilia
Iliana
Ilsabe
Ilsabeth
Inia
Iselin
Ivara
Ivi

Jansine
Jetta
Joa
Josette
Juna
Junia

Karenlise
Karia
Karina
Karis

Leona
Leonia
Lia
Lida
Lidia
Lilia
Lillemor
Lillien
Lina
Linea
Lisbeth
Livia
Lora

Madalena
Madsine
Maia
Maike
Malina
Maren /Marin
Maylen - What? Didn't I rip on this for being pick-n-mix? If it's actually legit, then I apologize.
Methea
Mian
Miana
Mirian
Miria

Natalina
Natasia
Nathalia
Nicolaia
Nicolina
Ninon
Nomi

Oliva
Otilia
Ottoline
Ottomine

Rania
Rhea
Rosea
Roseline
Rosina
Runa

Selenia
Simonia
Simonie
Siria
Stephania / Stefania
Sunniva

Tua

Una
Ursa

Valeria
Verena
Via
Viva
Viveca

Xenia

Yasmina

Zandra
Zara

Names with pretty meanings

I know a lot of people look for names with specific meanings, particularly for girls. Here are some names with great meanings:

Carys: (Care-iss) Welsh, means "Love".

Kerensa - (ker-en-sa) Cornish, means "love"

Imani - (Im-ahn-ee) Swahili, means "Faith"

Aisling - (Ash-lin) Irish, "Dream"

Veda - (vay - da, though I could be wrong), Indian , "Knowledge"

Indira - (In-deer-ah) Indian, means "beauty"

Shira - (sheer-ah) Hebrew, means "song"

Luna - (loon-ah) Latin, means "moon"

Rhian - (rhee-ahn, though I'm not positive, it would be different with an English accent) Welsh, means "Maiden"

Linnea - (lin-aya) Swedish, it's the name of a small, pink flower.

Laelia - Lay-lee-ah), Roman, but is also the name of a flower in South America.

An old list of mine.....

I found an old list of mine from when I belonged to Baby Names World before the switch to parents connect. This is from 2007, I still like most of those, I'm pretty impressed with myself! (especially considering I was 17 at the time...)


Cecily
Adelaide
Isla
Anastasia
Elspeth
Pearl
Josephine
Jada
Persephone
Tabitha
Sadie
Maisie
Lucie
Lilevi
Euphemia
Violet
Beatrix
Lucia
Celia
Claire
Sofia
Catharine
Gwendoline
Ruth
June
Jane
Augusta
Freya
Helena
Kerensa
Penelope
Primrose
Tatiana
Calista
Lillie
Lillian
Camilla
Annevieve
Ginevra
Jessamine
Tullia
Junia
Priscilla
Demetria
Lucinda
Elodie
Lillibeth
Annabeth


Another one, this is from 2006, at the tender age of 16:

(Yes, those have 2 middle names...)


Fiona Laurel Octavia
Isadora Felicity Grace
Hollie Mariana Lillith
Hollie Mariana Elizabeth
Eliza Katriona Lillie

One last list, right after I turned 16:


Mattea Juliet

Bronwyn Felicity or Felicity Bronwyn

Calista Jane

Athena Grace or Athena Isadore

Valencia Nicholette

Elora Autumn

Aloria Grace

Mythological Beauties

I decided I would do a post about Mythology names today. It seems as though Goddess names (the the occasional God name) along with other names from mythology (from all over the world, not just Greek...) are getting to be rather popular. What better inspiration than Mythology? Literary, beautiful, artistic and meaningful.

Greek:
Female:

Athena
Evadne
Althea
Halen / Helena
Gaia
Alcyone - al-sigh-on-ee
Alethia
Chloe
Accalia - ah-kay-lee-ah
Calypso
Cassandra

Male:

Aeson - ay-son
Hector
Leander
Zephyr


Celtic Myth

Female:

Aina - ahn-ya
Branwen
Fionnuala - has been shorted to Finola, though.
Ceridwen - care-id-wen
Deirdre - deer-dra / dee-dra
Emer
Sabrina
Epona
Brigid - also Bridget
Eri
Damara
Morrigan -I love this spelling for a girl! Morgan is so masculine.
Niamh - neev
Rhiannon - ree-ann-en
Sirona

Male:

Aeron
Gwydion
Taliesen - kind of like tal-is-on and tali-esson, kind of in the middle, though English speakers will probably say Tal-is-on.
Cian - kee-an


Norse Myth:

Female:

Beyla
Freya
Nanna
Ran

Male:

Loki
Meili
Thor
Tyr
Odin