Names That Mean Thought
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Pansy
English flower name from French
"thought"
Pansy is an early floral name that lost credibility when it became a derogatory slang term for gay people. Better these days: Posy or Poppy.
Pensée
French
"thought"
An interesting thought.
Hugin
Old Norse
"mind, spirit, thought"
"Huggin? As in 'it out'?" It's probably a fatal flaw, even with Old Norse names becoming fashionable. The same evocative root word, though, forms the basis of the more familiar Hugo.
Tomke
Frisian
"thought"
A popular Frisian female name which may derive from names containing the element thanc , meaning "thought".
Ganymede
Greek
"glad thought"
In Greek mythology, Ganymede was Trojan youth who was so beautiful that he was carried off to be Zeus' cup-bearer, and made immortal. His name may derive from Greek ganymai "to be glad" plus medomai…
Tana
English, Frisian, Spanish, Slavic
"thought or sweetheart"
An Ethiopian place-name and multicultural diminutive for many names, including the Slavic Tatiana and the Spanish Cayetana. Tana is also a rare Frisian name, meaning "thought", as well as a masculine…