Names That Mean Sorrow
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- Nepenthe
Origin:
GreekMeaning:
"a poetic drug said to banish sorrow from a person's mind"
- Brone
Origin:
IrishMeaning:
"sorrow"Description:
An old saint's name that, even with the post-Aidan wave of Irish names, is a bit too close to crone.
- Benoni
Origin:
HebrewMeaning:
"son of my sorrow"Description:
What the Old Testament Rachel originally named Benjamin, before his father changed it; rarely heard today.
- Mourning
Origin:
English word nameMeaning:
"grief, sorrow"Description:
Mourning was recorded as a name among enslaved people in 19th-century America, where other names that capture the atrocities of slavehood — such as Suffer, Misery, and Hardtimes — were used as well.
- Brona
Origin:
IrishMeaning:
"sorrow"Description:
Brona is an Anglicized form of Bronach or Bronagh, the name of a sixth century mystic and follower of Saint Patrick. The name is attracting some modern notice in the US via the character Brona Croft in TV's Penny Dreadful.
- Bronagh
Origin:
IrishMeaning:
"sorrow"Description:
Bronagh, along with Anglicized form Brona, is a popular name in Ireland. It's the name of a sixth century mystic as well as a modern television character on Penny Dreadful.
- Nepenthe
Origin:
GreekMeaning:
"a poetic drug said to banish sorrow from a person's mind"
- Tristana
Origin:
Celtic mythology name, feminine variation of TristanMeaning:
"sorrow"Description:
A more substantial but less-popular feminization of Tristan, the originally-male mythological name now used for girls as well as boys.
- Tristine
Origin:
Feminine variation of Tristan, CelticMeaning:
"sorrow"Description:
Tristine is an uncommon girls' name that feminizes the mythological Tristan, yet is used for girls much more rarely than the original.
- Ashoka
Origin:
SanskritMeaning:
"without sorrow"Description:
This name was borne by Ashoka the Great, a 3rd-century BC emperor of India, and inspired the Star Wars character name Ahsoka.
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