Updated November 2023
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German, “the rosy light of the setting or rising sun on high mountains”
English
"a planet visible in the east just before sunrise; (poetic) the sun"
Latin
"vanishing, fading away"
Frisian; French
"people; trench, ditch"
Either a Frisian nickname for Germanic names with the "folk-" element or a French surname name, Fosse could work for parents who like short and unexpected names.
Greek
"statement of truth"
"axle, pivot"
English word name from Latin
"northern"
This English word name derives from the name of the Greek god of the north wind, Boreas, by way of Latin borealis "northern". A fictional bearer is Lord Boreal from Philip Pullman's His Dark…
English from Latin
"curved inwards"
Part Cameron, part Amber, Camber may be a new name but it feels right for our times. As a word, camber means a slightly arched surface.
Malay
"large flightless bird"
"sweet-sounding"
English surname and word name
"humorous verse form"
A humorous rhyme, named for English humourist and novelist Edmund Clerihew Bentley (1875–1956), who invented the form.
French
"resistance"
Could be a modern virtue... or perhaps not for the parents!
Arabic
"medicinal substance; philosopher's stone"
Potentially a cool route to Eli.
"age, period of time"
An Enoch for our times?
"call up, rouse"
Dynamic new word name possibility with the cool Ev- starting sound.
"good weather"
A sunny-sounding surname or an adjective meaning "only when the going's good" – as in, a fairweather friend .
"thrive; flair"
"flow"
"glowing insect"
Indonesian, Arabic
"dawn, daybreak"
A good choice for a baby born in a hopeful time of change and beginnings, Fajar is an Indonesian name, derived from the Arabic fajr , the name for morning prayer.