What's in a Name?

It's me! I'm back!! And with another Name post. . . Heheheh. I seriously meant to post more than I did this past week, but. . . ah well. Hope y'all have had a lovely weekend! Can you believe August is near over??
I actually have two book reviews in the works, so stay tuned later in the week. Hopefully. :]

Benjamin Gender: Masculine Usage: English, French, German, Dutch, Danish, Swedish, Norwegian, Biblical Pronunciation: BEN-jǝ-min (English), ben-zha-MEn (French), BEN-yah-meen (German)
Meaning & History From the Hebrew name Binyamin, which means "son of the south" or "son of the right hand." In the Old Testament, this is the given name of the twelfth and youngest son of Jacob and founder of one of the twelve tribes of Israel. As an English name, Benjamin came into use after the Protestant Reformation. A famous bearer was Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790), an American statesman, inventor, scientist, and philosopher.

Anna Gender: Feminine Usage: English, Italian, German, Dutch, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Finnish, Estonian, Latvian, Greek, Hungarian, Polish, Russian, Ukrainian, Belarusian, Czech, Slovak, Bulgarian, Icelandic, Catalan, Occitan, Breton, Biblical, Old Church Slavic, Biblical Latin, Biblical Greek Pronunciation: AN-a (English), AHN-nah (Italian, Dutch, Norwegian, Finnish, Polish), AH-nah (German, Russian), AN-nah (Danish)
Meaning & History A form of Hebrew name Channah, which hails from Hannah, meaning "favour" or "grace."

Marshall Gender: Masculine Usage: English Pronunciation: MAHR-shǝl
Meaning & History From a surname which originally denoted a person who was a marshal. The word itself comes from Germanic elements marah "horse" and scalc "servant." Fun Fact! This is actually the middle name of my father and brother.

Ruth Gender: Feminine Usage: English, German, Dutch, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Spanish, Biblical, Biblical Latin Pronunciation: ROOTH (English), ROOT (German)
Meaning & History From a Hebrew name which is derived from the Hebrew word re'ut, meaning "friend." This was the given name of the central character in the Old Testament Book of Ruth, a Moabite woman who was the ancestor of King David. As a Christian name, Ruth has been in use since the Protestant Reformation.

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Names and meanings via behindthename.com. Photos via Pinterest.

Comments

Tracey DyckAugust 17, 2015 at 10:23 PM
Just saved all four pictures to my folder of character inspiration! (I think almost all the pictures in there I've gathered from your name posts... You just find the best ones.) Someday these faces will show up in a story. :)

My my, Anna is used in a lot of languages!

Fun fact: Marshall is also the name of a henchman in an urban/high fantasy novel of mine. XD He has the strange habit of eating salsa sauce right from the jar.
Jameson C. SmithAugust 18, 2015 at 1:40 PM
Lovely batch of names! I'm actually brainstorming an idea now with a character named "Channah," so it was really interesting to see the connections to other names. :)