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HelpAisling, Skye & Cambria
I've been doing a bit of in-depth research into my favourite names, hoping to create a webpage about their history. There are several names whose origins are very interesting, and it makes me love the names all the more. Some of these are Cambria (KAM-bree-uh), Skye and Aisling (ASH-ling). WDYT? - Skye is for both genders, the other two are for girls.
Any ideas for combinations?
What I've found out about the names ...
Aisling
The Gaelic vocabulary word aisling "dream", first adopted as a given name during the Irish Revival of the late 1800s. The name may also be given with reference to the poetic genre, known as the aisling or aislinn, dating from the late 17th century. Described as a "vision poem", an aisling portrays the isle of Ireland herself as the poet, in the form of a young and beautiful woman. This female figure is generally referred to in the poems as An Spéirbhean (the sky-woman). She laments the current state of the Irish people and predicts an immanent revival of their fortunes. The first and greatest of the aisling poets was Aogán Ó Rathaille (1675?-1729). In his hands, the aisling is a powerful mode of political writing.
Skye
From the name of the Hebridean island. Picturesque and mountainous, Skye is home to many historical sites of interest. In 1746 Charles Edward Stuart "Bonnie Prince Charlie" escaped to Skye from the mainland after the disastrous Forty-Five rebellion, an event immortalised in the traditional song "The Skye Boat Song". The name of the island is pre-Celtic and its meaning unknown. However, it was later interpreted as "winged (island)" from Gaelic sgiath: the island's great peninsulas thrust out north and south like wings. Another meaningful, if flawed, interpretation derives the name from sgian "knife", with reference to the deep cuts in Skye's coastline.
Some legends associate the isle with the mythic figure of Scáthach, a fierce warrior goddess.
Cambria
A Latinised form of Cymru, the Welsh name for the country of Wales, which is in turn derived from cymry "compatriots". Legend has it that a Roman, Brutus, had three sons among whom he divided his lands. The youngest, named Camber, was bequeathed everything beyond the Severn, and the land became known as Cambria after him. This tale was hugely prevalent in the twelfth through sixteenth centuries; however, there now seems little evidence to support it.
^^^ Much of this is courtesy of Wikipedia, a very good for finding out about some names, if they are drawn from placenames or vocabulary especially.
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"You are never given a wish without also being given the power to make it true."
♥Elinor♥
Any ideas for combinations?
What I've found out about the names ...
Aisling
The Gaelic vocabulary word aisling "dream", first adopted as a given name during the Irish Revival of the late 1800s. The name may also be given with reference to the poetic genre, known as the aisling or aislinn, dating from the late 17th century. Described as a "vision poem", an aisling portrays the isle of Ireland herself as the poet, in the form of a young and beautiful woman. This female figure is generally referred to in the poems as An Spéirbhean (the sky-woman). She laments the current state of the Irish people and predicts an immanent revival of their fortunes. The first and greatest of the aisling poets was Aogán Ó Rathaille (1675?-1729). In his hands, the aisling is a powerful mode of political writing.
Skye
From the name of the Hebridean island. Picturesque and mountainous, Skye is home to many historical sites of interest. In 1746 Charles Edward Stuart "Bonnie Prince Charlie" escaped to Skye from the mainland after the disastrous Forty-Five rebellion, an event immortalised in the traditional song "The Skye Boat Song". The name of the island is pre-Celtic and its meaning unknown. However, it was later interpreted as "winged (island)" from Gaelic sgiath: the island's great peninsulas thrust out north and south like wings. Another meaningful, if flawed, interpretation derives the name from sgian "knife", with reference to the deep cuts in Skye's coastline.
Some legends associate the isle with the mythic figure of Scáthach, a fierce warrior goddess.
Cambria
A Latinised form of Cymru, the Welsh name for the country of Wales, which is in turn derived from cymry "compatriots". Legend has it that a Roman, Brutus, had three sons among whom he divided his lands. The youngest, named Camber, was bequeathed everything beyond the Severn, and the land became known as Cambria after him. This tale was hugely prevalent in the twelfth through sixteenth centuries; however, there now seems little evidence to support it.
^^^ Much of this is courtesy of Wikipedia, a very good for finding out about some names, if they are drawn from placenames or vocabulary especially.
_____________________________________________________________________
"You are never given a wish without also being given the power to make it true."
♥Elinor♥
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