Saga

Saga is the name of an Old Norse goddess of wisdom and seems to be another name for the goddess Frigg. The name seems to come from Old Norse sjá meaning “to see”, likely in reference to the fact that she is a seeress. Saga is also a word derived from Old Norse saga meaning “saga, story”, cognate with…

Ravi

Ravi is an Indian male name meaning “sun” in Sanskrit as well as also being a synonym with Surya which also means “sun” in Sanskrit. In Hindu myth, Surya is the god of sun and Ravi is one of many names he is known by. Origin: Sanskrit Variants: Rabi (Bengali)  

Emmeline

Origin: Proto-GermanicMeaning: “work, labor”Usage: Ancient Germanic (Latinized), Spanish, Italian, Romanian, Greek, Swedish, Dutch, German, EnglishNicknames: Emmy, Emelie/Emily, Leen Emmeline is the anglicized form of Old French name Ameline, originating as a diminutive of Amélie, the French form of Amelia, which derives from Germanic element amal meaning “work”, connoting the idea of industriousness and fertility. Variants: Emmaline (English) Emmalyn (English) Emmelyn (English)…

Felix

Felix comes from a Roman cognomen meaning “lucky, successful, auspicious” in Latin. According to K.M. Sheard’s Llewellyn’s Complete Book of Names, it seems to have originally been used in Pagan religious ceremonies for trees whose fruit were offered to the gods and that it’s original meaning in Latin was “fruit-bearing” and “fertile” from a root cognate with…

June

June is the sixth month of the year according to the Julian calendar. The name derives from the Roman goddess Juno, wife of Jupiter and goddess of marriage and women; Hera is her Greek counterpart. Her name is possibly related to Latin iuvenis meaning “youthful” from Proto-Indo-European *yeu- meaning “vital force”, related to her role as a goddess of…

Kwame

Kwame is a Ghanian male name meaning “born on a Saturday” in the language of Akan, given to a firstborn son born on a Saturday. Origin: Akan    

Mythili

Mythili is an Indian female name likely meaning “princess of Mithila”, Mithila being the name of a kingdom in which she was found. Mithila seems to mean “soil”. It was an epithet of Sita, the name of a Hindu goddess in the Rigveda as well as also being the name of the wife of Rama (who was the avatar…

Varun

Varun is an Indian male name, a variant of Varuna, the name of an ancient Hindu god, one of the oldest in Hindu myth, who was the supreme leader of the cosmos, god of the sky, rain, celestial ocean, a well as keeper of the law and the underworld, responsible for the moral laws of the…

Lana

Lana is an Arabic female name deriving from a root word meaning “soft, tender, gentle”. It’s also a short form of names like Svetlana, a Slavic female name meaning “light” from Slavic svet (light), or Alana, feminine form of Alan, a Celtic name of uncertain etymology though it’s been linked to meaning either “little rock” or “handsome” though it might also be…

Hussein

Hussein is a variant spelling of Husayn, a diminutive of Hasan meaning “handsome, beautiful, comely, good, goodly”. It’s also a surname originating from the given name. Origin: Arabic Variants: Husayn (Arabic) Husain (Arabic) Hussain (Arabic) Hisein (Arabic) Hasan (Arabic, Turkish, Persian, Urdu, Punjabi, Bengali, Indonesian) Hossein (Persian) Hüseyn (Azerbaijani) Husein (Bosnian) Khasan (Chechen, Ossetian, Circassian, Ingush, Tatar, Bashkir) Hüseyin…

Abla

Abla is an Arabic female name meaning “plump” or “full-figured”, as well as a Turkish word meaning “elder sister” derived from Proto-Turkic *apa (mother, elder sister, aunt). Origin: Arabic, Proto-Turkic Variants: ‘Abla (Arabic)   عبلة (Arabic)  

Haroun

Haroun is the Arabic form of Aaron, possibly meaning “high mountain”, “bright” or “exalted”, though the etymology behind the name is uncertain. It seems more likely that it comes from an Egyptian origin whose meaning has long since been lost. However, according to Wiktionary, it’s likely related to an Ancient Egyptian aha rw meaning “warrior lion” although…

Melanie

Melanie is the English form of Mélanie, the French form of Latin Melania derived from Ancient Greek melas meaning “black, dark”. Origin: Ancient Greek Variants: Mélanie (French) Melany (English) Mellony (English) Mellanie (English) Melánie (Czech) Melaina (Greek) Melánia (Hungarian, Slovak) Melania (Italian, Spanish, Polish, Late Roman) Melanija (Serbian, Macedonian, Slovene, Latvian, Lithuanian) Melani (Croatian, Slovene, Modern Greek, English)  

Trip

Trip comes from a word referring to a journey or a voyage, or it refers to someone who stumbles and falls. It comes from Old French tripper (strike with the feet, tread or skip lightly) which comes from a Germanic source; or it could be from Middle Dutch trippen meaning “to skip, hop, trot, stamp, trample”. Tri- is also a Latin…