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I am wondering about the origin and meaning of my middle name. I have never seen anyone else with the same name and have no clue where my came up with it. It's a female name. It's DAWNELLE. I imagine it's just some sort of Dawn, but I want to be sure, so if anyone has any info, that would be great.
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I'd wager it was a combination of Dawn and Elle (which, in addition to the meanings given in its BtN entry, may be a variant of Ella in some cases).
If using the above source, your name can be taken to mean "dawn torch"/"dawn corposant", and could thus be further interpreted as "dawn of the sun ray", "dawn of brightness", or "dawn of light". Or it could be taken as "dawn of she" (though that doesn't make much sense, admittedly) or "dawn of the others"—where "others" would've probably originally signified "strangers".
Alternatively, Dawnelle could be an elaboration of Dawn using the common name suffix -elle. In this case, the name Elle has really nothing to do with Dawnelle; "elle" just sounds pretty, nothing more.
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If using the above source, your name can be taken to mean "dawn torch"/"dawn corposant", and could thus be further interpreted as "dawn of the sun ray", "dawn of brightness", or "dawn of light". Or it could be taken as "dawn of she" (though that doesn't make much sense, admittedly) or "dawn of the others"—where "others" would've probably originally signified "strangers".
Alternatively, Dawnelle could be an elaboration of Dawn using the common name suffix -elle. In this case, the name Elle has really nothing to do with Dawnelle; "elle" just sounds pretty, nothing more.
"Six hours later I still haven't done my homework, but I did come up with 245 name combos, seven of which I might name my child." — Modified LJ icon quote
Proud adopter of 15 punctuation marks.
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