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Help[Opinions] Latin words as names
Here are some Latin words that I think would make good names. WDYT of them? Also, if you have more knowledge of Latin that I do, feel free to correct me on any of this. I got it from an online Latin dictionary.
Ones I would consider using as first names are asterisked.
Adeo : to approach, visit, come to, undertake.
*Alui: nourish, cherish, support, sustain, maintain, keep.
Animi : at heart.
Appareo : to become visible, appear, manifest
Aranea : spider's web.
Astrum : star, constellation.
Audeo : to dare.
Beatus : blessed, fortunate, sometimes "saint". .
Candidus : bright, shining, white.
Claro : to make bright or clear, make clear in the mind.
Constans : steady, firm, unchanging, constant, unwavering.
Contineo : hold together, keep together, connect, join.
*Creo : to create, make.
Desidero : to long for, wish for greatly, to miss.
Emiror : to wonder at exceedingly.
Equidem : indeed, truly, for my part.
Fabula : fable, story, tale, play.
*Fortuna : fortune, luck, fate, chance.
Imber: rain shower, rain storm, pelting rain.
Lenio : to mitigate, relieve, make better.
Luna : moon.
Melior : better.
Memoria : memory, remembrance, recall, recollection.
Mire : wonderfully, marvellously, uncommonly.
*Miro : to wonder.
Passer : sparrow.
Pipio : to chirp, tweet, pipe.
Pluma : feather / featherbed / pen.
*Prosper : favorable, fortunate, lucky, prosperous.
Prosperitas : prosperity, good fortune.
*Scio : to know, understand.
Semper : always, ever.
Sententia : opinion, thought, way of thinking, meaning, purpose.
*Spero : to hope for, hope.
Superna : northeast by north wind.
Teneo : to keep on, persist, persevere, endure.
Veritas : truth
Vero : in truth, indeed
Vita : life, way of life
Voluntas : wish, will, inclination / good will
If Scio is pronounced "sye-oh" (which is my guess due to the words it's in but I don't know Latin so what do I know) then I really, really like it. Similar feelings for Spero if it is pronounced like Sparrow.
PS If anybody knows for certain how to pronounce things in Latin and wouldn't mind me PMing you to ask you how to pronounce a few words, that would be fabulous.
Thanks guys!
Ones I would consider using as first names are asterisked.
Adeo : to approach, visit, come to, undertake.
*Alui: nourish, cherish, support, sustain, maintain, keep.
Animi : at heart.
Appareo : to become visible, appear, manifest
Aranea : spider's web.
Astrum : star, constellation.
Audeo : to dare.
Beatus : blessed, fortunate, sometimes "saint". .
Candidus : bright, shining, white.
Claro : to make bright or clear, make clear in the mind.
Constans : steady, firm, unchanging, constant, unwavering.
Contineo : hold together, keep together, connect, join.
*Creo : to create, make.
Desidero : to long for, wish for greatly, to miss.
Emiror : to wonder at exceedingly.
Equidem : indeed, truly, for my part.
Fabula : fable, story, tale, play.
*Fortuna : fortune, luck, fate, chance.
Imber: rain shower, rain storm, pelting rain.
Lenio : to mitigate, relieve, make better.
Luna : moon.
Melior : better.
Memoria : memory, remembrance, recall, recollection.
Mire : wonderfully, marvellously, uncommonly.
*Miro : to wonder.
Passer : sparrow.
Pipio : to chirp, tweet, pipe.
Pluma : feather / featherbed / pen.
*Prosper : favorable, fortunate, lucky, prosperous.
Prosperitas : prosperity, good fortune.
*Scio : to know, understand.
Semper : always, ever.
Sententia : opinion, thought, way of thinking, meaning, purpose.
*Spero : to hope for, hope.
Superna : northeast by north wind.
Teneo : to keep on, persist, persevere, endure.
Veritas : truth
Vero : in truth, indeed
Vita : life, way of life
Voluntas : wish, will, inclination / good will
If Scio is pronounced "sye-oh" (which is my guess due to the words it's in but I don't know Latin so what do I know) then I really, really like it. Similar feelings for Spero if it is pronounced like Sparrow.
PS If anybody knows for certain how to pronounce things in Latin and wouldn't mind me PMing you to ask you how to pronounce a few words, that would be fabulous.
Thanks guys!
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Fortuna
I actually have a classmate named Fortuna.
Man, these are awesome...
Candidus
Luna
Memoria
Pluma
Prosperitas
Veritas
I actually have a classmate named Fortuna.
Man, these are awesome...
Candidus
Luna
Memoria
Pluma
Prosperitas
Veritas
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Scio is pronounce SKEE-oh, I believe. In Latin C's are always hard. Spero would indeed be pronounced similarly to Sparrow.
I've always thought Fabula would be kind of cool. Imber is also cool as well. Animi is interesting too, though I prefer Anima, which means "soul/spirit" I believe.
I remember doing a post like this a couple of years ago, so if you want some more ideas, I can direct you there: http://www.behindthename.com/bb/arcview.php?id=2859714&board=baby. I've also been taking Latin for three years so I can help with that if necessary.
I've always thought Fabula would be kind of cool. Imber is also cool as well. Animi is interesting too, though I prefer Anima, which means "soul/spirit" I believe.
I remember doing a post like this a couple of years ago, so if you want some more ideas, I can direct you there: http://www.behindthename.com/bb/arcview.php?id=2859714&board=baby. I've also been taking Latin for three years so I can help with that if necessary.
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I can't stop liking Aranea.
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Damn it. I love some of them. Too bad they're not real names. Oh well, they can be GPs. :)
Adeo
Appareo
Aranea
Audeo
Contineo
Fortuna
Lenio
Luna
Sententia
Spero
Teneo
Vero
Adeo
Appareo
Aranea
Audeo
Contineo
Fortuna
Lenio
Luna
Sententia
Spero
Teneo
Vero
This message was edited 7/9/2009, 8:56 AM
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Hey, I'm a Latin major... feel free to PM me with any questions about pronunciation/usage/etc. (scio is pronounced like ski-oh, by the way)
I'd be careful using verb forms... things like "teneo" literally mean "I hold"--they're not the infinitive form.
I like Constans. One you might like for your list is Laetitia.
I'd be careful using verb forms... things like "teneo" literally mean "I hold"--they're not the infinitive form.
I like Constans. One you might like for your list is Laetitia.
This message was edited 7/9/2009, 8:18 AM
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Scio can also be be pronounced "Stseeoh", not hard K =) It depends on whether you prefer classic or medieval Latin and what you are learned at school. I was learned not to pronounce it hard.
This message was edited 7/9/2009, 11:53 AM
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Yeah, I was just going by how I'd automatically pronounce it... Either way, if the name was used, probably nobody would pronounce it either way (which is probably something to consider)
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I'm a classics major!
Feel free to PM me. :)
Feel free to PM me. :)
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thanks :) and thanks Avis, too
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Here is a little correction - all the words that end with -o are verbs but not in infinitive, they are in the first person singular. So for example spero doesn't mean "to hope" but "I hope" etc.
About the pronunciation of Scio it depends on where you live. No one in the present can know what Latin sounded like in the ancient times but most of historians and philologists say that Ancient Romans pronounced C hard so it would sound something like Skeeoh. This Latin pronunciation is learned and used mainly in the anglophone countries today.
Then in the middle ages the pronunciation of C changed, they pronounced it like tʃ if before E and I, otherwise hard. So Scio would be pronounced something like "Stseeoh". This pronunciation is learned and used in Germany and Slavic countries today. (And this is what I'm being learned at uni =)
There is also an "Italian" Latin pronunciation of C which you can often hear if you listen to the classical music - for example Mozart's masses - C is often pronounced as CH in child. It is because these singers usually often sing Italian operas too and they bring Italian elements into Latin. But this is not correct. Also the French use their own Latin pronunciation, the Spanish too....it is very complicated. =)
Feel free to message me if you have any questions =)
About the pronunciation of Scio it depends on where you live. No one in the present can know what Latin sounded like in the ancient times but most of historians and philologists say that Ancient Romans pronounced C hard so it would sound something like Skeeoh. This Latin pronunciation is learned and used mainly in the anglophone countries today.
Then in the middle ages the pronunciation of C changed, they pronounced it like tʃ if before E and I, otherwise hard. So Scio would be pronounced something like "Stseeoh". This pronunciation is learned and used in Germany and Slavic countries today. (And this is what I'm being learned at uni =)
There is also an "Italian" Latin pronunciation of C which you can often hear if you listen to the classical music - for example Mozart's masses - C is often pronounced as CH in child. It is because these singers usually often sing Italian operas too and they bring Italian elements into Latin. But this is not correct. Also the French use their own Latin pronunciation, the Spanish too....it is very complicated. =)
Feel free to message me if you have any questions =)
This message was edited 7/9/2009, 4:41 AM
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I am totally guilty of this.
Unfortunately I'm not on my home computer so don't have my enormous namelist to hand, but here's a few favourites off the top of my head:
Adiuva - to help
Adoranda - she who is adored
Aenea - bronze
Aurifer - bearer of gold (I always imagine a kid with golden hair)
Carissima - most beloved
Clarissima - most clear, most bright
Felicissima - most fortunate
Fortunata - lucky
Illuminata - illuminated, enlightened (a name of Mary)
Imbris - of the rain (genitive case of imber)
Luceo - to shine
Heh. Like I said, there are others on the list, but those are the ones I can bring to mind now.
Now, pronunciation - I did two units of Latin last year at uni, so most of the rules are still fresh in my head. You're welcome to PM me for more, but I might take a few days to reply as my Internet access is very patchy at the moment - sorry.
Scio = SKEE-oh. C in Latin is always hard and I is usually short.
Spero is trickier. In my (English) accent the vowel is somewhere between EH and AIR, not the A of 'sparrow'. As a guide, EH is the vowel I hear/say in 'merry', AIR in 'Mary' and A in 'marry'. You may well pronounce some or all of those the same way :)
Hope that helps!
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Unfortunately I'm not on my home computer so don't have my enormous namelist to hand, but here's a few favourites off the top of my head:
Adiuva - to help
Adoranda - she who is adored
Aenea - bronze
Aurifer - bearer of gold (I always imagine a kid with golden hair)
Carissima - most beloved
Clarissima - most clear, most bright
Felicissima - most fortunate
Fortunata - lucky
Illuminata - illuminated, enlightened (a name of Mary)
Imbris - of the rain (genitive case of imber)
Luceo - to shine
Heh. Like I said, there are others on the list, but those are the ones I can bring to mind now.
Now, pronunciation - I did two units of Latin last year at uni, so most of the rules are still fresh in my head. You're welcome to PM me for more, but I might take a few days to reply as my Internet access is very patchy at the moment - sorry.
Scio = SKEE-oh. C in Latin is always hard and I is usually short.
Spero is trickier. In my (English) accent the vowel is somewhere between EH and AIR, not the A of 'sparrow'. As a guide, EH is the vowel I hear/say in 'merry', AIR in 'Mary' and A in 'marry'. You may well pronounce some or all of those the same way :)
Hope that helps!
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This message was edited 7/9/2009, 3:22 AM
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I like Miro as a nickname. Veritas is a bit of a GP, but I don't really see it as a name. It somehow sounds like a Lithuanian surname to me because of its construction. I've always liked the meaning and sound of the word though. Luna and Prosper are ok. I can't really see the others as names, especially when some of them are still words used in the Romance languages.
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My grandmother, who was Lithuanian and also knew Latin, said that Lithuanian and Latin have a lot of similar endings. -as endings do remind me of Lithuanian names too.
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I have a friend named Vita
I like:
Aranea
Astrum
Desidero (I think this is actually a name, or Desiderio is I think)
Imber
Luna
Claro
Miro
Pluma (I speak spanish though, so it's hard for me to think of this as a name rather than simply feather/pen)
Spero
Vero (I really like this! Vera's male counterpart)
Vita
I like:
Aranea
Astrum
Desidero (I think this is actually a name, or Desiderio is I think)
Imber
Luna
Claro
Miro
Pluma (I speak spanish though, so it's hard for me to think of this as a name rather than simply feather/pen)
Spero
Vero (I really like this! Vera's male counterpart)
Vita
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