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By wish_on_a_star · Updated December 2022
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English word name
Adventurous word choice, but still quite a burden for a child to bear.
Latin or Greek
"crossing swords; strong"
Pronounced KILL-on, might lead a young boy astray--though that doesn't seem to have halted the progress of the popular Killian.
Breton
"lamb"
A too-literal spin on Owen.
Irish
"freckled, speckled"
This Irish name of a saint from the Isle of Aran also appears in myth and fantasy fiction, giving it an intriguing, mystical air. Some modern parents are attempting to update the spelling, as in the…
