[Opinions] Two little-used Celtic beauties & two Hebrew ones.
Arianwen - the name of a (legendary?)5th century Welsh chieftain's daughter. From arian (silver) plus [g]wen (feminine of [g]wyn: "white").
Vannora (actually, the book says Vanora - sorry!) - a Scottish Gaelic form of Guinevere and therefore a version of that much overused Cornish version Jennifer.
Levana - Hebrew: "moon".
Livna - Hebrew: "white".
WDYT?
Vannora (actually, the book says Vanora - sorry!) - a Scottish Gaelic form of Guinevere and therefore a version of that much overused Cornish version Jennifer.
Levana - Hebrew: "moon".
Livna - Hebrew: "white".
WDYT?
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I like:
Gwen and Levana
Gwen and Levana
I love Arianwen, but none of the others,
Levana not only means "moon", it's also the female form of "white". As for the second name, the correct form is Livnat--I'm not sure what it means, but it might be derived from "white".
Do you know how Vanora is pronounced? "VAN-or-a" or "van-OR-a"?
I only discovered the name this week in a book. I see, however, that it's already on the database on this site as a "reader-submitted name" - the pronunciation given disappoints me a little, and I can't fathom the "noir" bit unless it's another way of saying "nor":
Pronounced: Vay-noir-ah
Contributed by Kirstie on 11/8/2006
Vanora- white wave
Pronounced: Vay-noir-ah
Contributed by Kirstie on 11/8/2006
Vanora- white wave
Arianwen - -not a fan
Vannora -don't like it
Levana - nice
Livna - can't see it as a name because there is a town called Livno near here and there are many not very nice jokes about the name.
Vannora -don't like it
Levana - nice
Livna - can't see it as a name because there is a town called Livno near here and there are many not very nice jokes about the name.
I like Arianwen alright and I think Livna is absolutely gorgeous!
I like Vannora.
Livna is sweet, I like it.
Have you got sources for the others?
Have you got sources for the others?
Arianwen (and Arianrhod) are both in "A Dictionary of First Names" by Patrick Hanks and Flavia Hodges (OUP, 1988).
I came across levana on the Net, but it appears to be genuine, and used in Israel. (I googled; in fact, when in doubt I google images!).
I first came across Vanora (sorry, I misspelled it earlier) this week - in "A Dictionary of First Names" (1990; ISBN 1 85605 3407)under Jennifer (page 133) as a Scottish variant. There's no author's name on the title page, but the verso says Copywright 1990 J. Cresswell. It looks like a well-researched book, not given to flights of fancy.
I came across levana on the Net, but it appears to be genuine, and used in Israel. (I googled; in fact, when in doubt I google images!).
I first came across Vanora (sorry, I misspelled it earlier) this week - in "A Dictionary of First Names" (1990; ISBN 1 85605 3407)under Jennifer (page 133) as a Scottish variant. There's no author's name on the title page, but the verso says Copywright 1990 J. Cresswell. It looks like a well-researched book, not given to flights of fancy.
Levana is indeed legit. It has been used for centuries, sometimes with the secular Luna.
Cool, thanks :-)
I google for images to verify usage too - glad it's not just me!
I google for images to verify usage too - glad it's not just me!