This set features names of an Ancient sort. Celtic and Egyptian, to be exact. :] I know, odd combo, but these are pretty fantastic, in my opinion.
Brennus
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Ancient Celtic (Latinized)
Pronunciation: BREN-ǝs (English)
Meaning & History
Latinized form of a Celtic name, or title, possibly meaning "king, prince" or "raven." In 4th-century BC, Brennus was a Gallic leader who attacked and sacked Rome.
Genovefa
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Ancient Celtic
Meaning & History
Gaulish form of the French Genevieve, which possibly means "tribe woman."
Seti
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Ancient Egyptian
Meaning & History
Means "of Seth" in Egyptian. This was the name of two pharaohs in the 19th dynasty. [Not related to the Biblical name; this one comes to mean something like "pillar" or "dazzle." Seth (pro. SET or SAYT) was the Egyptian god of chaos and the desert.]
Nefertari
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Ancient Egyptian
Pronunciation: nef-ǝr-TAHR-ree (English)
Meaning & History
Means "the most beautiful" in Egyptian. This was the given name of an Egyptian queen of the New Kingdom, the favorite wife of Rameses II.
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Ancient Celtic (Latinized)
Pronunciation: BREN-ǝs (English)
Meaning & History
Latinized form of a Celtic name, or title, possibly meaning "king, prince" or "raven." In 4th-century BC, Brennus was a Gallic leader who attacked and sacked Rome.
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Ancient Celtic
Meaning & History
Gaulish form of the French Genevieve, which possibly means "tribe woman."
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Ancient Egyptian
Meaning & History
Means "of Seth" in Egyptian. This was the name of two pharaohs in the 19th dynasty. [Not related to the Biblical name; this one comes to mean something like "pillar" or "dazzle." Seth (pro. SET or SAYT) was the Egyptian god of chaos and the desert.]
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Ancient Egyptian
Pronunciation: nef-ǝr-TAHR-ree (English)
Meaning & History
Means "the most beautiful" in Egyptian. This was the given name of an Egyptian queen of the New Kingdom, the favorite wife of Rameses II.
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To each is given a bag of tools,
A shapeless mass, and a book of rules,
And each must make, ere life is flown,
A stumbling block or a stepping stone.
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