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Many long decades ago, I had a job reading children's books. And I remember noticing the name Ardeth for a little girl in one of them - a happy little American family-and-friends story about growing up in a small town.
Ardyth and Ardeth would sound the same; and it seems unlikely that they were invented twice,independently. Where did you find Ardyth? I look forward to more information!
Ardyth and Ardeth would sound the same; and it seems unlikely that they were invented twice,independently. Where did you find Ardyth? I look forward to more information!
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Ardath....
Is I think the usual spelling in name books. It's usually claimed to be Hebrew, and to mean something like 'field of flowers'....which seems unlikely :)
Try googling Ardath or Ardeth + meaning.
Is I think the usual spelling in name books. It's usually claimed to be Hebrew, and to mean something like 'field of flowers'....which seems unlikely :)
Try googling Ardath or Ardeth + meaning.
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Yeah, the "field of flowers" does sound improbable! However, all I get when Googling, and indeed when Asking Jeeves, is a whole bunch of stuff on what looks like vintage horror movies, with a character called Ardeth Bey, who must therefore be masculine, though what he's doing with a -th ending to his name is more than I can imagine.
Do you have any ideas about how and why the endings of names get changed? Janet, for instance is obvious - but why Janice? On the analogy of Clarice?
I was at school with a Maryth, whose name is always given as: a form of Mary. Cool - but why? How? Why not Marysh, or Maryx, or Marice? And in that case, could Ardeth be a form of Arden - perhaps an attempt to make it more feminine-sounding, back in the good old days when such things mattered?
All the best
Do you have any ideas about how and why the endings of names get changed? Janet, for instance is obvious - but why Janice? On the analogy of Clarice?
I was at school with a Maryth, whose name is always given as: a form of Mary. Cool - but why? How? Why not Marysh, or Maryx, or Marice? And in that case, could Ardeth be a form of Arden - perhaps an attempt to make it more feminine-sounding, back in the good old days when such things mattered?
All the best
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On Oxygen.com, the primary spelling is Ardith, and it's claimed to be a female name meaning "blooming meadow" in Hebrew. Alternate forms/spellings listed are:
Ardath
Ardelia
Ardell
Ardella
Ardelle
Ardis
http://tools.oxygen.com/babynamer/TypeASearch.cfm?Gender=G&Unique=1&TellMeAbout=Ardith
Miranda
Ardath
Ardelia
Ardell
Ardella
Ardelle
Ardis
http://tools.oxygen.com/babynamer/TypeASearch.cfm?Gender=G&Unique=1&TellMeAbout=Ardith
Miranda
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Ardeth Bay is the name of the Medjai warrior in The Mummy!
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Thanks, folks, and replying to y'all...
Ardyth is the name of some woman vaguely connected through either business, or refered by a friend of a friend, that my dad sometimes exchanges news stories by email with.
Anneza, I personally would suppose that each suffix comes from a different language, and Maryth etc. sounds like a modern khree8'v usage of the original feminine suffix. I know that the -th is Hebrew feminine, but could very well be male in another language, especially modern English, lol!
Y :)
Ardyth is the name of some woman vaguely connected through either business, or refered by a friend of a friend, that my dad sometimes exchanges news stories by email with.
Anneza, I personally would suppose that each suffix comes from a different language, and Maryth etc. sounds like a modern khree8'v usage of the original feminine suffix. I know that the -th is Hebrew feminine, but could very well be male in another language, especially modern English, lol!
Y :)
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