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)
Mer de Noms 