Behind the Name: Jackie's Personal Name List

Aristide

Gender: Feminine

Usage: French, Italian

Pronounced: A-REES-TEED(French) a-REES-tee-deh(Italian)

Personal remark: 'the best kind'

French and Italian form of Aristides.

Eskarne

Gender: Feminine

Usage: Basque (Rare)

Personal remark: 'mercy'

Means "mercy" in Basque. It was coined by Sabino Arana in 1910 as an equivalent of the Spanish name Mercedes.

Lucius

Gender: Masculine

Usage: Ancient Roman, Biblical, English

Pronounced: LOO-kee-oos(Latin) LOO-shəs(English) LOO-si-əs(English)

Personal remark: 'light'

Roman praenomen, or given name, which was derived from Latin lux "light". This was the most popular of the praenomina. Two Etruscan kings of early Rome had this name as well as several prominent later Romans, including Lucius Annaeus Seneca (known simply as Seneca), a statesman, philosopher, orator and tragedian. The name is mentioned briefly in the New Testament belonging to a Christian in Antioch. It was also borne by three popes, including the 3rd-century Saint Lucius. Despite this, the name was not regularly used in the Christian world until after the Renaissance.