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Estonian
"folk song"
A musical Estonian name, notably borne by Estonian writer and poet Leelo Tungal.
Modern Invention
"noble air; noble song"
Airy and frilly but with plenty of substance, Alisaria is a compound name, mixing Alice variant Alisa with the popular Italian name Aria. As such, it could mean "noble song" or "noble air" depending…
French
"song"
Vocal name seldom heard, with most elle-ending names these days dropped in favor of the more straightforward Elle and Ella.
Irish
Name your daughter Duana after a Duane relative if you like, but please pronounce it doo-ahn-a and not doo-wain-a.
Latin
"song for unaccompanied voices"
Madrigal might be a pretty and highly distinctive choice for a child of a musical family--or for the parent looking for a less conventional path to the nickname Maddie than Madeline or Madison .…
English from Greek
Sounds a lot like the recently revived Adele.
Hebrew
Delicate embellishment of Rani.
Swedish literary name
Pippi Longstocking author Astrid Lindgren invented the name Ronja for her book Ronja, the Robber's Daughter . She was inspired by the lake Juronjaure, located in Norrbotten, Sweden. Lindgren's…
Vietnamese
Rhythmic and captivating.
In the Bible, a son of Abraham and Keturah; this ancient and musical name nonetheless sounds like a character in a 1950s science fiction movie.
This musical name would have to be spoken with a French accent--otherwise it would sound like a trendy boy's name, a la BRANSON.
Russian from Greek
"song of the hero"
Well used in Russia, this is a distinctive and undiscovered choice here. Rodion Romanovich Raskolnikov is the fictional protagonist of Crime and Punishment by Feodor Dostoyevsky.
Italian
"song or stanza"
A canto is a literary term denoting a long passage in a poem. Dante's Divine Comedy is broken into such cantos. As a name, Canto packs in literary credentials with pithy punch.
"morning love song"
Where as a serenade is an evening love song, an aubade is sung first thing in the morning.
"song for me"
Stylish Hebrew name with potential to catch on more in the wake of Logan, Liam, Lochlan, Lincoln et al.
Stylish Hebrew name with a sleek and streamlined sound and a beautiful meaning.
Greek
Greek name featured in the New Testament.
Feminine form of Herod.
English from Italian
"pastoral song"
Is Villanelle the new Sonnet? This elaborate name is a form of poetry — an example is Dylan Thomas's Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night — but many know it better as an assassin's codename in the…
Literature, Quenya
"song man"
A minor elf character in The Lord of the Rings , whose name is as light and lyrical as its meaning.