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in reply to a message by abbasdaughter
• MALE:
1. BETSALEL (בְּצַלְאֵל): Hebrew name meaning "in the shadow." In the bible, this is the name of a son of Uri who was one of the architects of the tabernacle, and the name of an Israelite.
2. BEZALEEL: Anglicized form of Hebrew Betsalel, meaning "in the shadow." In the bible, this is the name of a son of Uri who was one of the architects of the tabernacle, and the name of an Israelite.
3. ITZAL: Basque name meaning "shadow."
4. MOLIMO: Native American Miwok name meaning "bear walking into shade."
5. OHANZEE: Native American Sioux name meaning "shadow."
6. RAFA: Variant spelling of Hebrew Rapha, meaning "feeble, flaccid, weak," i.e. "a shade" living in Hades, void of blood and animal life; therefore weak and languid like a sick person, but still able to think.
7. RAPHA (רָפָא): Hebrew name meaning "feeble, flaccid, weak," i.e. "a shade" living in Hades, void of blood and animal life; therefore weak and languid like a sick person, but still able to think. In the bible, this is the name of a son of Benjamin and a descendent of Saul.
• FEMALE:
1. SENKA: Serbian name meaning "shadow."
2. TSILLAH (צִלָה): Hebrew name meaning "shade, shadow." In the bible, this is the name of Lamech's second wife.
3. TZILA (צִלָה): Variant spelling of Hebrew Tsillah, meaning "shade, shadow."
4. ZILLA: Variant spelling of English Zillah, meaning "shade, shadow."
5. ZILLAH: Anglicized form of Hebrew Tsillah, meaning "shade, shadow." In the bible, this is the name of Lamech's second wife.
Keaka ("the shadow, essence"), Hawaiian name
Another way to find names is other words that are associated with Shadows, like Darkness,
• UNISEX:
1. CAREY: Variant spelling of English unisex Cary, meaning "dark one."
2. CARI: Variant spelling of English unisex Cary, meaning "dark one."
3. CARY: Irish surname transferred to unisex forename use, from an Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Ciardha, "descendant of Ciardha ("black, dark"), hence "dark one."
4. DEE: English unisex short form of longer names beginning with the letter "D." In some cases, it may be of Scottish origin, associated with the River Dee, possibly meaning "dark water." Compare with strictly feminine Dee.
5. EFA ( עֵיפָה): Variant spelling of Hebrew unisex Efah, meaning "darkness" or "gloomy." Compare with another form of Efa.
6. EFAH (עֵיפָה): Variant spelling of Hebrew unisex Eyphah, meaning "darkness" or "gloomy."
7. EIFA: Variant spelling of Hebrew unisex Efah, meaning "darkness" or "gloomy."
8. EPHAH: Anglicized form of Hebrew unisex Eyphah, meaning "darkness" or "gloomy." In the bible, this is the name of several characters, including a son of Midian and one of Caleb's concubines.
9. EYPHAH (עֵיפָה): Hebrew unisex name meaning "darkness" or "gloomy." In the bible, this is the name of several characters, including a son of Midian and one of Caleb's concubines. Also spelled Efah. The Anglicized form is Ephah.
• MALE:
1. CETHIN: Old Celtic byname, meaning "dark, swarthy."
2. CIARDHA: Gaelic name derived from the word ciar, meaning "black, dark."
3. DONNDUBHÁN: Old Gaelic name composed of the elements donn "brown," and dubh "dark, black," and the diminutive suffix -án, hence "little dark brown one."
4. DUFF: Scottish name derived from the Gaelic byname dùbh, meaning "black, dark." Compare with another form of Duff.
5. DUNN: English surname transferred to forename use, originally a byname for someone with dark hair or a swarthy complexion, from the Middle English element dunn, meaning "dark-colored." Compare with another form of Dunn.
6. DUNSTAN: Anglo-Saxon name composed of the elements dun "black, dark" and stan "stone," hence "black stone" or "dark stone."
7. EREBOS (Ἔρεβος): Greek name, probably borrowed from Hebrew erebh or Akkadian erebu ("sunset, evening"), hence "darkness." In mythology, this is the name of the offspring of Chaos, brother of Nyx, and father of Æther. He is the personification of primordial darkness. In later legends Erebos became the name of a place in Hades, the underworld.
8. EREBUS: Latin form of Greek Erebos, meaning "darkness." In mythology, this is the name of the offspring of Chaos, brother of Nyx, and father of Æther. He is the personification of primordial darkness. In later legends Erebos became the name of a place in Hades, the underworld.
9. FEARDORCHA: Gaelic name composed of the elements fear "man" and dorcha "dark," hence "dark man."
10. FREDERICK: Irish Anglicized form of Gaelic Feardorcha, meaning "dark man." Compare with another form of Frederick.
11. GETHEN: Variant spelling of Welsh Gethin, meaning "dark, swarthy."
12. GETHIN: Welsh name derived from the Celtic byname Cethin, meaning "dark, swarthy."
13. IMOO: African Luo name meaning "darkness; dusk."
14. KAMENWATI: Egyptian name meaning "dark rebel."
15. KARAYAN: Armenian name meaning "dark."
16. KOLI: Old Norse byname for a dark-complexioned person, derived from the element kol, meaning "black, coal."
17. MAURI: Finnish form of Roman Latin Maurice, meaning "dark-skinned; Moor."
18. MAURICE: Contracted form of Roman Latin Mauricius, meaning "dark-skinned; Moor." Introduced to Britain by the Normans. Infrequently used by the French and English.
19. MAURICIO: Portuguese and Spanish form of Latin Mauricius, meaning "dark-skinned; Moor."
20. MAURICIUS: Extended form of Latin Maurus, meaning "dark-skinned; Moor."
21. MAURITS: Dutch form of Roman Latin Maurice, meaning "dark-skinned; Moor."
22. MAURIZIO: Italian form of Latin Mauricius, meaning "dark-skinned; Moor."
23. MAURO: Italian form of Latin Mauricius, meaning "dark-skinned; Moor."
24. MAURUS: Latin byname meaning "dark-skinned; Moor."
25. MAURYCY: Polish form of Roman Latin Maurice, meaning "dark-skinned; Moor."
26. MEURIC: Welsh form of Roman Latin Maurice, meaning "dark-skinned; Moor."
27. MEURIG: Variant spelling of Welsh Meuric, meaning "dark-skinned; Moor."
28. MO: Pet form of English Morris, meaning "dark-skinned; Moor." Compare with feminine Mo.
29. MÓRIC: Hungarian form of Roman Latin Maurice, meaning "dark-skinned; Moor."
30. MORITZ: German form of Roman Latin Maurice, meaning "dark-skinned; Moor."
31. MORRIS: Medieval English form of Roman Latin Maurice, meaning "dark-skinned; Moor."
32. MUIRIS: Irish form of Roman Latin Maurice, meaning "dark-skinned; Moor."
33. ORFEO: Italian form of Greek Orpheus, meaning either "deprived" or "darkness."
34. ORPHEUS (Ὀρφεύς): Greek name derived either from orbhao "deprived" or orphe "darkness." In mythology, this is the name of a musician who charmed Hades with his lyre in an attempt to rescue his wife from the underworld.
35. PANHSJ: Egyptian name meaning "the Nubian," i.e. "dark-complexioned."
36. RAMA (राम): Hindi myth name of a hero of the Ramayana, meaning "black, dark" or "darkness." Compare with another form of Rama.
37. RAMAKRISHNA (रामकृष्ण): Hindi compound name composed of the names Rama "black, dark" or "darkness" and Krishna "the black/blue."
38. SÚILEABHÁN: Old Irish Gaelic name composed of the elements súil "eye" and dubh "black, dark," and a diminutive suffix, hence "little dark eyes."
39. SULLIVAN: Irish surname transferred to forename use, from an Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Súileabháin ("descendant of Súileabhán"), hence "little dark eyes."
• FEMALE:
1. CHARNA: Yiddish name derived from the Slavic word for "dark."
2. CHARNETTE: Possibly a pet form for Yiddish Charna, meaning "dark."
3. LAMYA (لمياء): Arabic name meaning "has beautiful dark lips."
4. LEILA (Hebrew: לַיְלָה, Persian: لیلا): Compare with another form of Leila.
1. Hebrew name meaning "night" or "dark Oriental beauty."
2. Persian name meaning "dark-haired."
5. LEILAH:
1. Variant spelling of Arabic Leila, meaning "night."
2. Variant spelling of Hebrew Leila, meaning "night" or "dark Oriental beauty."
6. MALINDA: Variant spelling of English Melinda, meaning either "black/dark serpent" or "sweet serpent."
7. MAURA: Feminine form of Italian Mauro, meaning "dark-skinned; Moor." Compare with another form of Maura.
8. MELAENA: Latin form of Greek Melaina, meaning "black, dark." In mythology, this is the name of a Naiad Nymph of springs.
9. MELAINA (Μέλαινα): Variant spelling of Greek Melaine, meaning "black, dark." In mythology, this is the name of a Naiad Nymph of springs.
10. MELAINE (Μελαινη): Greek name derived from the word, melaina, meaning "black, dark." In mythology, this is the name of a Naiad Nymph of springs.
11. MELANIA: Italian and Spanish form of Latin Melaena, meaning "black, dark."
12. MÉLANIE: French form of Latin Melaena, meaning "black, dark."
13. MELANIE: English form of French Mélanie, meaning "black, dark."
14. MELANY: Variant spelling of English Melanie, meaning "black, dark."
15. MELINDA: Modern English compound name composed of Mel- (from Melissa ("sweet") or Melanie "black, dark") and Linda "serpent," hence "black/dark serpent" or "sweet serpent."
16. MELLONY: Variant spelling of English Melanie, meaning "black, dark."
17. MINDY: Pet form of English Melinda, meaning "black/dark serpent" or "sweet serpent."
18. NEREZA: Variant spelling of Italian Nerezza, meaning "darkness."
19. NEREZZA: Modern Italian name derived from the word nerezza, meaning "darkness."
20. SAUDA: African Swahili name meaning "dark-complexioned."
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Amaury Variant of Maurice (Latin) "dark-skinned, moorish". [1]
Black ... "Dark-skinned."
Blagden ... "Dark valley." ...
Blake ... Originally a nickname for someone with hair or skin that was either very dark (Old English "blaec") or very light (Old English "blac") ... [2]
Blakely ... "Dark meadow; pale meadow." ... [4]
Blakeney ... "Dark island; white island." ... [2]
Cary ... or (Gaelic) "dark-complected" ... [2]
Colden ... "Dark valley." ... [3]
Coleridge ... or "dark ridge" ... [3]
Colgate ... "Dark gate." ... [1]
Colley ... "Dark-haired." ... [2]
Darcel ... "Dark." ... [4]
Darcy ... "Dark." ... [4]
Darrah ... "Dark oak." ... [2]
Dolan ... "Dark; bold; black-haired."
Donahue ... "Dark fighter." ... [3]
Donovan ... "Dark; brown-haired chieftain." ... [6]
Dooley ... "Dark hero." ...
Dorran ... "Dark-browed." ... [6]
Dougal ... "Dark stranger." [5]
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Dow ... "Dark-haired." [3]
Duane ... "Dark, swarthy." Historical: many Irish and Scottish names have the meaning "dark" or "black" ... Most Gaels had brown hair and dark skin coloring that contrasted with the fair hair and pale skin of Norwegian and Swedish invaders ... [10]
Duff ... meaning "dark" as a personal characteristic. [3]
Dugan ... "Dark, swarthy." [4]
Duncan ... "Dark warrior; brown fighter." ... [2]
Dwade ... This blend of Dwayne and Wade could be given the combined meaning "dark traveller".
Dwayne ... From the Gaelic "dubh", meaning "dark". [8]
Dwyer ... "Dark wise one." ... [1]
Gall ... since Saint Gall was one of the many seventh-century Irish monks who brought Christianity back to the continent of Europe after the Dark Ages.
Gethin ... "Dark-skinned."
Grimshaw ... "Dark woods." ...
Grimsley ... "Dark meadow." ... [4]
Harkin ... "Dark red." [2]
Heathcliff ... Place name. Literary: the dark ...
Kearn ... "Dark." [2]
Keir ... "Dusky; dark-haired; dark-skinned, swarthy." ... [1]
Kerwin ... "Little dark one." ... [6]
Kolby "Dark, dark-haired." ... [1]
Maurice ... "Dark-skinned, Moorish." ... [30]
Moore ... "Swarthy, dark-skinned; bog; noble, great." ... [1]
Morris Anglicization of Maurice (Latin) "dark-skinned, Moorish" ... [12]
Phoenix ... "Dark red." ... [2]
Raven ... Suitable for a black-haired or dark-skinned baby. [3]
Seymour ... Latin ancestor to the English name Maurice, meaning "dark-skinned" ... [4]
Sullivan ... "Dark eyes." ... [3]
Sunil ... "Deep dark blue."
Tynan ... "Dark, dusty." [7]
Blanford ... "Gray man's ford." ... [1]
Dorian ... in Oscar Wilde's novel "The Picture of Dorian Gray" ... [6]
Ferrand ... "Gray-haired." [4]
Floyd ... "Gray-haired." ...
Graham ... "Gravel area; gray homestead." ... [3]
Gray ... Poet Thomas Gray. [2]
Graydon ... Possibly "son of the gray-haired one" or a place name: "gray settlement" ... [1]
Grayson ... "Son of the gray-haired man." [4]
Greeley ... "Gray meadow." ... [3]
Griswold ... "Gray woods." ... [1]
Horton ... "Gray settlement." ... [2]
Leslie ... Also possibly "the gray castle" ... [6]
Lloyd ... "Gray-haired; sacred." ... [2]
Spalding ... Performance artist Spalding Gray. [1]
Ashur
Black Hebrew M
Aswad
Black Arabian M
Cerny
Black Czechoslovakian M
Ciardubhan
Little Black One Gaelic M
Devaki
Black Indian F
Dubhan, Dubh
Black Irish M
Duggan, Dugan
Black Irish M
Dubhagain
Black Irish M
Duff
Black Irish, Scottish M
Ebony
Black Both
Jett, Jette
Black English Both
Jetta
Black English F
Kala
Black Hindi Both
Kali
Black Hindi M
Kanika
Black Egyptian, African F
Kiera
Black Irish F
Kieran
Black, Dark Irish M
Keeran
Black, Dark Irish M
Kyran
Black, Dark Irish M
Noire
Black Both
Onyx
Black Both
Quiran
Black Irish Both
Qiran
Black Irish Both
Quiryn
Black Irish Both
Example: Japanese for Shadow is - Kage (pronounced Kah-geh).
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Arabic: ظِل، خَيال
Chinese (Simplified): 荫，阴影处
Chinese (Traditional): 蔭，陰影處
Czech: stín
Danish: skygge
Dutch: schaduw
Estonian: vari
Finnish: varjo
French: ombre
German: der Schatten
Greek: ίσκιος, σκιά
Hungarian: árnyék
Icelandic: skuggi
Indonesian: bayang-bayang
Italian: ombra
Japanese: 影
Korean: 그림자
Latvian: ēna
Lithuanian: šešėlis
Norwegian: skygge
Polish: cień
Portuguese (Brazil): sombra
Portuguese (Portugal): sombra
Romanian: umbră
Russian: тень
Slovak: tieň
Slovenian: senca
Spanish: sombra
Swedish: skugga
Turkish: gölge
SHADE AND SHADOW
Look at the words "shade" and "shadow". What do you notice about them? One thing students might notice is that they start with the same letters: shad-. They might also notice they have similar meanings: casting a shadow makes shade. If they think these words are related, they are right!
A thousand (1000) years ago, people who spoke Old English said "sceadu". This word basically meant "shade". Six hundred (600) years ago the people who spoke Middle English used the word "schade" which eventually turned into our word "shade".
There were other forms of Old English "sceadu", though, including the oblique case form "sceadwe". 1 This eventually turned into our word "shadow". Since both "shade" and "shadow" come from one word (Old English "sceadu"), their meanings are very, very similar. In fact, you can try making sentences using only one of the words, and then try substituting in the other to see if the sentence still makes sense. Most of the time it will make sense, although it might sometimes sound a little funny. People tend to use "shade" and "shadow" slightly differently even though they mean almost the same thing. See if the students can figure out how they use both words.
About two thousand (2000) years ago, people who spoke Germanic might have said "skaðwoz" or "skadwaz" to mean "shade" (or "shadow"). 2 About six thousand (6000) years ago people who spoke Indo-European might have said "skotwós" or "skotos". This turned into words with related meanings in different later languages; the Greek word for "darkness" is very similar: "skotos". Here are words meaning "shade" or "shadow" in other Germanic languages--most only have one word for "shade" and "shadow":
• West Frisian: skaed
• Dutch: schaduw
• Afrikaans: skadu
• Low German: schadde
• High German: Schatten
• Gothic: shadus
• Irish: scáth
• Breton: scod
• Cornish: scod
• Welsh: cy-sgod
1. BETSALEL (בְּצַלְאֵל): Hebrew name meaning "in the shadow." In the bible, this is the name of a son of Uri who was one of the architects of the tabernacle, and the name of an Israelite.
2. BEZALEEL: Anglicized form of Hebrew Betsalel, meaning "in the shadow." In the bible, this is the name of a son of Uri who was one of the architects of the tabernacle, and the name of an Israelite.
3. ITZAL: Basque name meaning "shadow."
4. MOLIMO: Native American Miwok name meaning "bear walking into shade."
5. OHANZEE: Native American Sioux name meaning "shadow."
6. RAFA: Variant spelling of Hebrew Rapha, meaning "feeble, flaccid, weak," i.e. "a shade" living in Hades, void of blood and animal life; therefore weak and languid like a sick person, but still able to think.
7. RAPHA (רָפָא): Hebrew name meaning "feeble, flaccid, weak," i.e. "a shade" living in Hades, void of blood and animal life; therefore weak and languid like a sick person, but still able to think. In the bible, this is the name of a son of Benjamin and a descendent of Saul.
• FEMALE:
1. SENKA: Serbian name meaning "shadow."
2. TSILLAH (צִלָה): Hebrew name meaning "shade, shadow." In the bible, this is the name of Lamech's second wife.
3. TZILA (צִלָה): Variant spelling of Hebrew Tsillah, meaning "shade, shadow."
4. ZILLA: Variant spelling of English Zillah, meaning "shade, shadow."
5. ZILLAH: Anglicized form of Hebrew Tsillah, meaning "shade, shadow." In the bible, this is the name of Lamech's second wife.
Keaka ("the shadow, essence"), Hawaiian name
Another way to find names is other words that are associated with Shadows, like Darkness,
• UNISEX:
1. CAREY: Variant spelling of English unisex Cary, meaning "dark one."
2. CARI: Variant spelling of English unisex Cary, meaning "dark one."
3. CARY: Irish surname transferred to unisex forename use, from an Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Ciardha, "descendant of Ciardha ("black, dark"), hence "dark one."
4. DEE: English unisex short form of longer names beginning with the letter "D." In some cases, it may be of Scottish origin, associated with the River Dee, possibly meaning "dark water." Compare with strictly feminine Dee.
5. EFA ( עֵיפָה): Variant spelling of Hebrew unisex Efah, meaning "darkness" or "gloomy." Compare with another form of Efa.
6. EFAH (עֵיפָה): Variant spelling of Hebrew unisex Eyphah, meaning "darkness" or "gloomy."
7. EIFA: Variant spelling of Hebrew unisex Efah, meaning "darkness" or "gloomy."
8. EPHAH: Anglicized form of Hebrew unisex Eyphah, meaning "darkness" or "gloomy." In the bible, this is the name of several characters, including a son of Midian and one of Caleb's concubines.
9. EYPHAH (עֵיפָה): Hebrew unisex name meaning "darkness" or "gloomy." In the bible, this is the name of several characters, including a son of Midian and one of Caleb's concubines. Also spelled Efah. The Anglicized form is Ephah.
• MALE:
1. CETHIN: Old Celtic byname, meaning "dark, swarthy."
2. CIARDHA: Gaelic name derived from the word ciar, meaning "black, dark."
3. DONNDUBHÁN: Old Gaelic name composed of the elements donn "brown," and dubh "dark, black," and the diminutive suffix -án, hence "little dark brown one."
4. DUFF: Scottish name derived from the Gaelic byname dùbh, meaning "black, dark." Compare with another form of Duff.
5. DUNN: English surname transferred to forename use, originally a byname for someone with dark hair or a swarthy complexion, from the Middle English element dunn, meaning "dark-colored." Compare with another form of Dunn.
6. DUNSTAN: Anglo-Saxon name composed of the elements dun "black, dark" and stan "stone," hence "black stone" or "dark stone."
7. EREBOS (Ἔρεβος): Greek name, probably borrowed from Hebrew erebh or Akkadian erebu ("sunset, evening"), hence "darkness." In mythology, this is the name of the offspring of Chaos, brother of Nyx, and father of Æther. He is the personification of primordial darkness. In later legends Erebos became the name of a place in Hades, the underworld.
8. EREBUS: Latin form of Greek Erebos, meaning "darkness." In mythology, this is the name of the offspring of Chaos, brother of Nyx, and father of Æther. He is the personification of primordial darkness. In later legends Erebos became the name of a place in Hades, the underworld.
9. FEARDORCHA: Gaelic name composed of the elements fear "man" and dorcha "dark," hence "dark man."
10. FREDERICK: Irish Anglicized form of Gaelic Feardorcha, meaning "dark man." Compare with another form of Frederick.
11. GETHEN: Variant spelling of Welsh Gethin, meaning "dark, swarthy."
12. GETHIN: Welsh name derived from the Celtic byname Cethin, meaning "dark, swarthy."
13. IMOO: African Luo name meaning "darkness; dusk."
14. KAMENWATI: Egyptian name meaning "dark rebel."
15. KARAYAN: Armenian name meaning "dark."
16. KOLI: Old Norse byname for a dark-complexioned person, derived from the element kol, meaning "black, coal."
17. MAURI: Finnish form of Roman Latin Maurice, meaning "dark-skinned; Moor."
18. MAURICE: Contracted form of Roman Latin Mauricius, meaning "dark-skinned; Moor." Introduced to Britain by the Normans. Infrequently used by the French and English.
19. MAURICIO: Portuguese and Spanish form of Latin Mauricius, meaning "dark-skinned; Moor."
20. MAURICIUS: Extended form of Latin Maurus, meaning "dark-skinned; Moor."
21. MAURITS: Dutch form of Roman Latin Maurice, meaning "dark-skinned; Moor."
22. MAURIZIO: Italian form of Latin Mauricius, meaning "dark-skinned; Moor."
23. MAURO: Italian form of Latin Mauricius, meaning "dark-skinned; Moor."
24. MAURUS: Latin byname meaning "dark-skinned; Moor."
25. MAURYCY: Polish form of Roman Latin Maurice, meaning "dark-skinned; Moor."
26. MEURIC: Welsh form of Roman Latin Maurice, meaning "dark-skinned; Moor."
27. MEURIG: Variant spelling of Welsh Meuric, meaning "dark-skinned; Moor."
28. MO: Pet form of English Morris, meaning "dark-skinned; Moor." Compare with feminine Mo.
29. MÓRIC: Hungarian form of Roman Latin Maurice, meaning "dark-skinned; Moor."
30. MORITZ: German form of Roman Latin Maurice, meaning "dark-skinned; Moor."
31. MORRIS: Medieval English form of Roman Latin Maurice, meaning "dark-skinned; Moor."
32. MUIRIS: Irish form of Roman Latin Maurice, meaning "dark-skinned; Moor."
33. ORFEO: Italian form of Greek Orpheus, meaning either "deprived" or "darkness."
34. ORPHEUS (Ὀρφεύς): Greek name derived either from orbhao "deprived" or orphe "darkness." In mythology, this is the name of a musician who charmed Hades with his lyre in an attempt to rescue his wife from the underworld.
35. PANHSJ: Egyptian name meaning "the Nubian," i.e. "dark-complexioned."
36. RAMA (राम): Hindi myth name of a hero of the Ramayana, meaning "black, dark" or "darkness." Compare with another form of Rama.
37. RAMAKRISHNA (रामकृष्ण): Hindi compound name composed of the names Rama "black, dark" or "darkness" and Krishna "the black/blue."
38. SÚILEABHÁN: Old Irish Gaelic name composed of the elements súil "eye" and dubh "black, dark," and a diminutive suffix, hence "little dark eyes."
39. SULLIVAN: Irish surname transferred to forename use, from an Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Súileabháin ("descendant of Súileabhán"), hence "little dark eyes."
• FEMALE:
1. CHARNA: Yiddish name derived from the Slavic word for "dark."
2. CHARNETTE: Possibly a pet form for Yiddish Charna, meaning "dark."
3. LAMYA (لمياء): Arabic name meaning "has beautiful dark lips."
4. LEILA (Hebrew: לַיְלָה, Persian: لیلا): Compare with another form of Leila.
1. Hebrew name meaning "night" or "dark Oriental beauty."
2. Persian name meaning "dark-haired."
5. LEILAH:
1. Variant spelling of Arabic Leila, meaning "night."
2. Variant spelling of Hebrew Leila, meaning "night" or "dark Oriental beauty."
6. MALINDA: Variant spelling of English Melinda, meaning either "black/dark serpent" or "sweet serpent."
7. MAURA: Feminine form of Italian Mauro, meaning "dark-skinned; Moor." Compare with another form of Maura.
8. MELAENA: Latin form of Greek Melaina, meaning "black, dark." In mythology, this is the name of a Naiad Nymph of springs.
9. MELAINA (Μέλαινα): Variant spelling of Greek Melaine, meaning "black, dark." In mythology, this is the name of a Naiad Nymph of springs.
10. MELAINE (Μελαινη): Greek name derived from the word, melaina, meaning "black, dark." In mythology, this is the name of a Naiad Nymph of springs.
11. MELANIA: Italian and Spanish form of Latin Melaena, meaning "black, dark."
12. MÉLANIE: French form of Latin Melaena, meaning "black, dark."
13. MELANIE: English form of French Mélanie, meaning "black, dark."
14. MELANY: Variant spelling of English Melanie, meaning "black, dark."
15. MELINDA: Modern English compound name composed of Mel- (from Melissa ("sweet") or Melanie "black, dark") and Linda "serpent," hence "black/dark serpent" or "sweet serpent."
16. MELLONY: Variant spelling of English Melanie, meaning "black, dark."
17. MINDY: Pet form of English Melinda, meaning "black/dark serpent" or "sweet serpent."
18. NEREZA: Variant spelling of Italian Nerezza, meaning "darkness."
19. NEREZZA: Modern Italian name derived from the word nerezza, meaning "darkness."
20. SAUDA: African Swahili name meaning "dark-complexioned."
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Amaury Variant of Maurice (Latin) "dark-skinned, moorish". [1]
Black ... "Dark-skinned."
Blagden ... "Dark valley." ...
Blake ... Originally a nickname for someone with hair or skin that was either very dark (Old English "blaec") or very light (Old English "blac") ... [2]
Blakely ... "Dark meadow; pale meadow." ... [4]
Blakeney ... "Dark island; white island." ... [2]
Cary ... or (Gaelic) "dark-complected" ... [2]
Colden ... "Dark valley." ... [3]
Coleridge ... or "dark ridge" ... [3]
Colgate ... "Dark gate." ... [1]
Colley ... "Dark-haired." ... [2]
Darcel ... "Dark." ... [4]
Darcy ... "Dark." ... [4]
Darrah ... "Dark oak." ... [2]
Dolan ... "Dark; bold; black-haired."
Donahue ... "Dark fighter." ... [3]
Donovan ... "Dark; brown-haired chieftain." ... [6]
Dooley ... "Dark hero." ...
Dorran ... "Dark-browed." ... [6]
Dougal ... "Dark stranger." [5]
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Dow ... "Dark-haired." [3]
Duane ... "Dark, swarthy." Historical: many Irish and Scottish names have the meaning "dark" or "black" ... Most Gaels had brown hair and dark skin coloring that contrasted with the fair hair and pale skin of Norwegian and Swedish invaders ... [10]
Duff ... meaning "dark" as a personal characteristic. [3]
Dugan ... "Dark, swarthy." [4]
Duncan ... "Dark warrior; brown fighter." ... [2]
Dwade ... This blend of Dwayne and Wade could be given the combined meaning "dark traveller".
Dwayne ... From the Gaelic "dubh", meaning "dark". [8]
Dwyer ... "Dark wise one." ... [1]
Gall ... since Saint Gall was one of the many seventh-century Irish monks who brought Christianity back to the continent of Europe after the Dark Ages.
Gethin ... "Dark-skinned."
Grimshaw ... "Dark woods." ...
Grimsley ... "Dark meadow." ... [4]
Harkin ... "Dark red." [2]
Heathcliff ... Place name. Literary: the dark ...
Kearn ... "Dark." [2]
Keir ... "Dusky; dark-haired; dark-skinned, swarthy." ... [1]
Kerwin ... "Little dark one." ... [6]
Kolby "Dark, dark-haired." ... [1]
Maurice ... "Dark-skinned, Moorish." ... [30]
Moore ... "Swarthy, dark-skinned; bog; noble, great." ... [1]
Morris Anglicization of Maurice (Latin) "dark-skinned, Moorish" ... [12]
Phoenix ... "Dark red." ... [2]
Raven ... Suitable for a black-haired or dark-skinned baby. [3]
Seymour ... Latin ancestor to the English name Maurice, meaning "dark-skinned" ... [4]
Sullivan ... "Dark eyes." ... [3]
Sunil ... "Deep dark blue."
Tynan ... "Dark, dusty." [7]
Blanford ... "Gray man's ford." ... [1]
Dorian ... in Oscar Wilde's novel "The Picture of Dorian Gray" ... [6]
Ferrand ... "Gray-haired." [4]
Floyd ... "Gray-haired." ...
Graham ... "Gravel area; gray homestead." ... [3]
Gray ... Poet Thomas Gray. [2]
Graydon ... Possibly "son of the gray-haired one" or a place name: "gray settlement" ... [1]
Grayson ... "Son of the gray-haired man." [4]
Greeley ... "Gray meadow." ... [3]
Griswold ... "Gray woods." ... [1]
Horton ... "Gray settlement." ... [2]
Leslie ... Also possibly "the gray castle" ... [6]
Lloyd ... "Gray-haired; sacred." ... [2]
Spalding ... Performance artist Spalding Gray. [1]
Ashur
Black Hebrew M
Aswad
Black Arabian M
Cerny
Black Czechoslovakian M
Ciardubhan
Little Black One Gaelic M
Devaki
Black Indian F
Dubhan, Dubh
Black Irish M
Duggan, Dugan
Black Irish M
Dubhagain
Black Irish M
Duff
Black Irish, Scottish M
Ebony
Black Both
Jett, Jette
Black English Both
Jetta
Black English F
Kala
Black Hindi Both
Kali
Black Hindi M
Kanika
Black Egyptian, African F
Kiera
Black Irish F
Kieran
Black, Dark Irish M
Keeran
Black, Dark Irish M
Kyran
Black, Dark Irish M
Noire
Black Both
Onyx
Black Both
Quiran
Black Irish Both
Qiran
Black Irish Both
Quiryn
Black Irish Both
Example: Japanese for Shadow is - Kage (pronounced Kah-geh).
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Arabic: ظِل، خَيال
Chinese (Simplified): 荫，阴影处
Chinese (Traditional): 蔭，陰影處
Czech: stín
Danish: skygge
Dutch: schaduw
Estonian: vari
Finnish: varjo
French: ombre
German: der Schatten
Greek: ίσκιος, σκιά
Hungarian: árnyék
Icelandic: skuggi
Indonesian: bayang-bayang
Italian: ombra
Japanese: 影
Korean: 그림자
Latvian: ēna
Lithuanian: šešėlis
Norwegian: skygge
Polish: cień
Portuguese (Brazil): sombra
Portuguese (Portugal): sombra
Romanian: umbră
Russian: тень
Slovak: tieň
Slovenian: senca
Spanish: sombra
Swedish: skugga
Turkish: gölge
SHADE AND SHADOW
Look at the words "shade" and "shadow". What do you notice about them? One thing students might notice is that they start with the same letters: shad-. They might also notice they have similar meanings: casting a shadow makes shade. If they think these words are related, they are right!
A thousand (1000) years ago, people who spoke Old English said "sceadu". This word basically meant "shade". Six hundred (600) years ago the people who spoke Middle English used the word "schade" which eventually turned into our word "shade".
There were other forms of Old English "sceadu", though, including the oblique case form "sceadwe". 1 This eventually turned into our word "shadow". Since both "shade" and "shadow" come from one word (Old English "sceadu"), their meanings are very, very similar. In fact, you can try making sentences using only one of the words, and then try substituting in the other to see if the sentence still makes sense. Most of the time it will make sense, although it might sometimes sound a little funny. People tend to use "shade" and "shadow" slightly differently even though they mean almost the same thing. See if the students can figure out how they use both words.
About two thousand (2000) years ago, people who spoke Germanic might have said "skaðwoz" or "skadwaz" to mean "shade" (or "shadow"). 2 About six thousand (6000) years ago people who spoke Indo-European might have said "skotwós" or "skotos". This turned into words with related meanings in different later languages; the Greek word for "darkness" is very similar: "skotos". Here are words meaning "shade" or "shadow" in other Germanic languages--most only have one word for "shade" and "shadow":
• West Frisian: skaed
• Dutch: schaduw
• Afrikaans: skadu
• Low German: schadde
• High German: Schatten
• Gothic: shadus
• Irish: scáth
• Breton: scod
• Cornish: scod
• Welsh: cy-sgod
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