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Welcome, friend! Relax & rest awhile, if you please. I am an ordinary gal, a follower of Christ, mama to Gabriel, Heidi, & Aidan; and wife to Evan. Here on this little blog, I share all manner of bookish things, including full content reviews, writerly snippets, encouragement for everyday life, and a whole collection of names & their meanings.

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What's in a Name?


Happy Monday, friends!
How fare ye on this lovely Fall first-day-of-the-week?

I've a fresh set of names for you this evening.
Enjoy!

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River
M & F | English (modern)

From the English word that denotes a flowing body of water.  The word is ultimately derived (via Old French) from Latin ripa "riverbank."


Aredhel
F | Literature

"Noble Elf," from the name of a character in the Elf-lore of J.R.R. Tolkien.  Aredhel was the sister of Turgon, lord of Gondolin, "who was ensnared by Eรถl in Nan Elmoth & bore to him Maeglin. (The Silmarillion, index)  She was also called Ar-Feiniel, the White Lady of the Noldor, the White Lady of Gondolin.


Verano
English, Spanish

As a word, it means "summer" in the Spanish language.  As a family name, it is a habitational surname from the Biscay Province, Basque Country, in Spain, and is usually referred to the descendants of the Verano family, an old Basque noble family originally from the Biscay Province.


Laken
M & F | English

An elaboration of Lake, which comes from the English word lake, for an inland body of water.  Ultimately, it is derived from the Latin word lacus.


Elan
M & F English (rare), Jewish, Welsh, Welsh mythology

Anglicized form of Elon (Hebrew, "oak tree") & Ilan (Hebrew "tree").  Also, the given name of a daughter of Dรดn, a type of mother goddess the Welsh equivalent of the Irish Danu, in Welsh mythology.  It is likely that her name was derived from Proto-Celtic elan(t), meaning "doe, hind" (which would make Elan a cognate of Elain "fawn").  Could also be the archaic Irish form of Helen or Ellen.


Lydia
EnglishGermanBiblicalOld Church SlavicBiblical LatinBiblical Greek

Means "from Lydia" in Greek.  Lydia was a region on the west coast of Asia Minor, said to be named after the legendary King Lydos.  In the New Testament, this was the given name of a woman converted to Christianity by the teachings of Paul.




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

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  1. Such fun ones! Laken is a really awesome one. I've never heard of that before! And ELAN! I wrote a story with an Elan once. He was a boy with wings. *grins* I think it's a really cool name!

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    1. I love Laken too! I stumbled across it on a Facebook profile, I think, and promptly jotted it down. ;D Elan is so unique! I like both it & Elon as well. Your Elan has WINGS??? LOOOOOOVE. xDDD Any chance we'll ever meet him?? *^ - ^*

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