Names That Mean Sorrow
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The names
Brona
Irish
"sorrow"
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…
Tristana
Celtic mythology name, feminine variation of Tristan
"sorrow"
A more substantial but less-popular feminization of Tristan, the originally-male mythological name now used for girls as well as boys.
Tristine
Feminine variation of Tristan, Celtic
"sorrow"
Tristine is an uncommon girls' name that feminizes the mythological Tristan, yet is used for girls much more rarely than the original.
Benoni
Hebrew
"son of my sorrow"
What the Old Testament Rachel originally named Benjamin, before his father changed it; rarely heard today.
Brone
Irish
"sorrow"
An old saint's name that, even with the post-Aidan wave of Irish names, is a bit too close to crone.
Bronagh
Irish
"sorrow"
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
Greek
"a poetic drug said to banish sorrow from a person's mind"
Ashoka
Sanskrit
"without sorrow"
This name was borne by Ashoka the Great, a 3rd-century BC emperor of India, and inspired the Star Wars character name Ahsoka.
Nepenthe
Greek
"a poetic drug said to banish sorrow from a person's mind"
Mourning
English word name
"grief, sorrow"
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.
