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I would like to know the meaning and any other information about my name, Deinairra. It is feminine. And it probrably not spelled this way. It is most likely spelled Deianeira, but I don't know. It is also Ancient Greek and/or Latin.
If there is any answers please e-mail me at any of these addresses:
NurseHen2@aol.com
Lysia-Leigh1390@bolt.com
Callisto1390@bolt.com
Deinairra1390@yahoo.com
If there is any answers please e-mail me at any of these addresses:
NurseHen2@aol.com
Lysia-Leigh1390@bolt.com
Callisto1390@bolt.com
Deinairra1390@yahoo.com
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Deianeira or Deianira was Herakles's second wife (post madness and Twelve Labours). Herakles is better known by his Roman name, Hercules. You can read more about her on Wikipedia: http://snipurl.com/ach5.
As for the name's meaning, Oxygen.com has the name listed as Deyanira. They say it's used in Spanish and means "forceful killer" in Greek (http://snipurl.com/achl). Deyanira may be the Spanish form of the name. Usually Oxygen's fairly reliable, but here the meaning's a touch suspect to me. Since Deianira accidentally killed her Herakles, it seems a little too coincidental that her name should mean "killer". (Similarly, some say Hera means "queen", when it doesn't; they're mistakenly using Hera's title as her name's meaning.) But I could be wrong, and am quite willing to be contradicted.
Miranda
As for the name's meaning, Oxygen.com has the name listed as Deyanira. They say it's used in Spanish and means "forceful killer" in Greek (http://snipurl.com/achl). Deyanira may be the Spanish form of the name. Usually Oxygen's fairly reliable, but here the meaning's a touch suspect to me. Since Deianira accidentally killed her Herakles, it seems a little too coincidental that her name should mean "killer". (Similarly, some say Hera means "queen", when it doesn't; they're mistakenly using Hera's title as her name's meaning.) But I could be wrong, and am quite willing to be contradicted.
Miranda
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