Names That Mean Leap

  1. Alula
    • Origin:

      Arabic
    • Meaning:

      "first leap"
    • Description:

      Alula, the palindromic name of the first double star to be identified as physically related to its twin, would make the perfect name for a first-born twin. Ideas (we're only half joking) for the second born: Aviva, Aziza, Otto. Alula is reminiscent of the unusual name chosen by Isla Fisher and Sacha Baron Cohen for their second daughter: Elula, a month name from the Hebrew calendar.
  2. Zophar
    • Origin:

      Hebrew
    • Meaning:

      "to leap"
    • Description:

      Zophar is a friend of Job in the Bible, the most impassioned of the three who visit him during his trials.
  3. Sacheverell
    • Origin:

      English
    • Meaning:

      "roebuck leap"
    • Description:

      Over the top for even the most ardent Anglophile. Sacheverell Sitwell was a member of the prominentliterary Sitwell family.
  4. Horst
    • Origin:

      German
    • Meaning:

      "leap"
    • Description:

      Heavy and horsey.

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