Names That Mean Respect
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- Hadar
Origin:
Israeli place name or HebrewMeaning:
"fruit or glory"Description:
Also a city near Tel Aviv, Hadar is a name found primarily in Israel. There is also a citrus fruit associated with the holiday of Sukkat the Torah calls the "hadar fruit".
- Sideræl
Origin:
Invented nameMeaning:
"with respect to the distant stars"Description:
Sideræl was created by Grimes and Elon Musk, who used it as a middle name for their daughter Y, whose full name is Exa Dark Sideræl. They were inspired by the word sidereal, which Grimes explains as, "the true time of the universe, star time, deep space time, not our relative earth time."
- Sideræl
Origin:
Invented nameMeaning:
"with respect to the distant stars"Description:
Grimes and Elon Musk created this name for their daughter Y, full name Exa Dark Sideræl. Grimes explained it is "a more elven" spelling of sidereal, "the true time of the universe, star time, deep space time, not our relative earth time."
- Sidereal
Origin:
English word nameMeaning:
"with respect to the distant stars"Description:
Sidereal is the English spelling of Sideræl, one of the middle names Grimes and Elon Musk chose for their daughter. They used "a more elven" spelling of the word sidereal, which Grimes defined as "the true time of the universe, star time, deep space time, not our relative earth time."
- Gorm
Origin:
Danish and NorwegianMeaning:
"honor, respect"Description:
Gorm the Old was a famed king of Denmark. His name was common in Viking times.
- Admire
Origin:
English word nameMeaning:
"regard with respect"Description:
One of the newest virtue names, given to only a handful of baby girls in the most recent year on record.
- Sidereal
Origin:
English word nameMeaning:
"with respect to the distant stars"Description:
Elon Musk and Grimes used Sideræl as a middle name for their daughter, whose full name is Exa Dark Sideræl but is nicknamed Y. They modeled the name after the word sidereal, which Grimes defines as "the true time of the universe, star time, deep space time, not our relative earth time." Will it inspire any babies named Sideræl or Sidereal? We won't hold our breath, but we'll be watching.
- Folami
Origin:
Yoruba, AfricanMeaning:
"honor and respect me"Description:
Nigerian name with an honorable meaning.
- Erelieva
Origin:
GermanicMeaning:
"beloved respect"Description:
A Gothic name belonging to the wife of Theodemir, a 5th century king of the Ostrogoths, and the mother of Theodoric the Great. The name also belongs to a genus of moths.