Meaning: (Beautiful Woman, Beautiful Lady, Atropa belladonna or Atropa bella-donna, commonly known as Belladonna, Devil's Berries, Death Cherries or Deadly Nightshade, is a perennial herbaceous plant in the family Solanaceae, native to Europe, North Africa, and Western Asia. The foliage and berries are extremely toxic, containing tropane alkaloids. These toxins include scopolamine and hyoscyamine which cause a bizarre delirium and hallucinations, and are also used as pharmaceutical anticholinergics. The drug atropine is derived from the plant. It has a long history of use as a medicine, cosmetic, and poison. Before the Middle Ages, it was used as an anesthetic for surgery; the ancient Romans used it as a poison (the wife of Emperor Augustus and the wife of Claudius both used it to murder contemporaries); and predating this, it was used to make poison tipped arrows. The genus name "atropa" comes from Atropos, one of the three Fates in Greek mythology, and the name "bella donna" is derived from Italian and means "beautiful woman".)
Origin: (Italian)
Pronunciation: (bell-ah-DON-ah)
Gender: Female
I love nature names and have been adding them lately but this is both a beautiful and deadly name. I don't add too many names that can be used for a villian character so I thought I would add this one. It has a beautiful meaning but the actual plant is toxic. So maybe a beautiful character can also be toxic to those around her, whether accidental or on purpose that's up to the author. Seperate Bella and Donna are pretty together they look even better.
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