Weekend Post: Mumsnet

Just a pretty French fountain

Ever heard of Mumsnet? Some call it one of the most influential sites here in the UK – the politicians were all clambering over each other in a race to interact with the mums there.

Well, the other day I stumbled across a topic with one mum asking what’s the most unusual name you love? Here are their answers, most of which are given with meaning, unless they’re a word name or I simply don’t know:

Airi – beloved jasmine (Japanese)

Andromeda – to think of a man (Greek)

Aria – song, melody, air (Italian)

Bear

Bellatrix – female warrior (Latin)

Blythe – happy (Old English)

Boycie – wood (Old French)

Calypso – she that conceals (Greek)

Ciar – black (Irish)

Clemency – mercy (English)

Clothilda – famed battle (Germanic)

Clover

Cyrus – far-sighted, young (Greek)

Darwin – dear friend (Old English)

Decca – ten (Latin)

Desdemona – ill-fated (Greek)

Echo

Eppie – diminuative of either Hepzhibah or Euphemia

Grayling

Heathcliff

Hebe – youth (Greek)

Hepzhibah – my delight is in her (Hebrew)

Hermia – feminine form of Hermes

Hope

Icabod – no glory (Hebrew)

Iolanthe – violet (Greek)

Isis – throne (Egyptian, possibly)

Kit – short for Katherine or Christopher

Lena nn Lenny

Lolita – nickname for Delores

Lysander – release of a man (Greek)

Maybre

Mercy

Misha – Russian diminuative of Mikhail

Mneme – memory (Greek)

Novello

Patience

Pepper

Perdita – lost (Latin)

Perserverence

Pier – Dutch form of Peter

Posy – nickname for Josephine

Ptolemy – warlike (Greek)

Quesnell

Ramsey – wild garlic island (Old English)

Saul – asked for (Hebrew)

Scarlett

Shepherd

Struan – stream (Gaelic)

Tikvah – hope (Hebrew)

Torren – chief (Irish Gaelic)

Vita – life (Latin)

Wolfgang – wolf path (Germanic)