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By BrookeSiskey · Updated November 2020
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English word name
"month name"
Most things Jul-related – from the month of July to popular modern names Julia and Julian – originate with Roman emperor Julius Caesar, and the month name July is no exception. Fifteen girls and…
German
"horse protection"
This lovely, quintessentially British appellation, also spelled Rosamond, is the name of a legendary twelfth-century beauty. Rare on these shores, it is more than worthy of importation. There was a…
Popular culture, Latin
"catlike"
For many, this is a Disneyfied name: Faline was the sweet doe Bambi fell in love with. The name is possibly based on Feline, a Latin name meaning "cat-like", however other sources suggest it comes…
Invented literary name
A combination-type name invented by L. Frank Baum for a Princess character who first appears in his book Ozma of Oz .
Coralea is a delicate feminine name that appears to blend elements of Cora and Lea/Leah, possibly with influence from names like Coralie or Coraline. The name Cora derives from the Greek 'kore'…
Literary name
This lovely name from Spenser's The Faerie Queene is borne by a character who represents married love. A related unusual-yet-usable choice: Amabel.
Diminutive of Priscilla
"ancient"
Takes the priss out of Priscilla.
Latin
"lovable"
Amabel is an older name than Annabel and a lot more distinctive. Amabel was a very common name in the twelfth and thirteen centuries, then was revived during the nineteenth century British fad for…
