[Opinions] My Top 10 Favorite Names
Like everyone else on here I have fondness for learning about names, enough so I’ve actually created a huge list of the ones I’ve found here, usually to use in my own writing but also just to read lol. I wanted to share with you guy some of my top favorites!!
Channary (f): “moon faced girl” in Thai
Ethelyn (f): a diminutive of Ethel, meaning “noble” in old English
Serik (m): “support” in Kazakh
Malai (f): “garland of flowers” in Thai
Leander (m): “lion man” in Greek
Aart (m): Dutch short form of Arnold, meaning “eagle power”.
Daris (m): Bosnian name possibly from the Arabic word for “learning”.
Zessel (f): Yiddish for “sweet”.
Romuald (m): From the Germanic elements hruom meaning "fame, glory" and walt meaning "power, authority"
Alya (f): “lofty” in Arabic
Thank you for reading!!
Channary (f): “moon faced girl” in Thai
Ethelyn (f): a diminutive of Ethel, meaning “noble” in old English
Serik (m): “support” in Kazakh
Malai (f): “garland of flowers” in Thai
Leander (m): “lion man” in Greek
Aart (m): Dutch short form of Arnold, meaning “eagle power”.
Daris (m): Bosnian name possibly from the Arabic word for “learning”.
Zessel (f): Yiddish for “sweet”.
Romuald (m): From the Germanic elements hruom meaning "fame, glory" and walt meaning "power, authority"
Alya (f): “lofty” in Arabic
Thank you for reading!!
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You've got some great names on your list.
My favorites are Aart and Zessel.
My favorites are Aart and Zessel.
If you wanted to take part in the monthly Top 10 post, April's is here: https://www.behindthename.com/bb/baby/5433591
Regarding your names in the post, Leander is actually in my family tree! Almost disappointingly, he went by Leon, and the name Leon wound up being the one passed down. Channary is very cool, as is Serik.
I'm watching The Last Kingdom, and the character Princess Aethelflaed is really coming into her own (and historically she was a bada$$). But I'm sorry, I just can't get on the Ethel bandwagon. :-( (And Ethel is another name in my family tree: Ethel Clara, my great grandmother.)
Regarding your names in the post, Leander is actually in my family tree! Almost disappointingly, he went by Leon, and the name Leon wound up being the one passed down. Channary is very cool, as is Serik.
I'm watching The Last Kingdom, and the character Princess Aethelflaed is really coming into her own (and historically she was a bada$$). But I'm sorry, I just can't get on the Ethel bandwagon. :-( (And Ethel is another name in my family tree: Ethel Clara, my great grandmother.)