Fanthorpe

Meaning: (Fan: From France, Bee Thorpe: Hamlet or Small Village, This is an ancient name of Anglo-Saxon and Old Scandinavian origin, and is a locational surname from any of the places in England named with Old Norse or Old Danish element "thorp", or the rarer Olde English pre 7th Century "throp". Generally, "thorp(e)" in a place name indicates that it was an area of Danish settlement. The word means a small hamlet or village that grew by colonisation from a larger settlement, and was originally an outlying farm dependent on a nearby village. In the modern idiom there are a number of variant forms of the surname, ranging from Thorpe, Thorp, Tharp and Turp, to Thro(u)p, Thrupp and Thripp. Thomas Thorpe (died 1461) was speaker of the House of Commons from 1431 - 1452. Francis Thorpe (1595 - 1665), who was educated at Cambridge was a witness at Stafford's trial and became a colonel in the parliamentary army, and was later appointed judge for the northern circuit and delivered a "charge" at York justifying Charles 1's execution and also refused to try the northern insurgents. The first recorded spelling of the family name is shown to be that of William de Torp, which was dated 1158, in the "Pipe Rolls of Northumberland", during the reign of King Henry 11, known as "The Builder of Churches", 1154 - 1189. Surnames became necessary when governments introduced personal taxation. In England this was known as Poll Tax. Throughout the centuries, surnames in every country have continued to "develop" often leading to astonishing variants of the original spelling. http://www.surnamedb.com/Surname/Thorpe )

Origin: (Latin, Chinese, Middle English)

Pronunciation: (fan-THORP, FAHN-thorpe, if you want to hear how Thorpe is pronounced then got to this site and run your cursor over the word to hear how it is said: http://www.howjsay.com/index.php?word=Thorpe )

Gender: Uni-Sex

I was reading a Phyllis A. Whitney novel a few months back and this was a place in the novel. I have been putting off adding it as the name has no definite meaning until I separated the parts of the name, Fan and Thorpe. The meanings are decent and the name looks interesting but would look even better if used as just a surname.

This name is very foreign and unique and seems an outer space like name to me, like “I’ll meet you on planet Fanthorpe mate. The shipments in of 1000 hexes of gents jooce, so game on.” That was an awful line, lol, so no need to tell me that sucked lol!

Lanwyn / Lanwynn

Meaning: (Lan: Orchid, Powerful Ruler, From the Field, Long Hill, Ridge Wyn / Wynn: Friend, Fair, White, Blessed Lanwyn / Lanwynn: Orchid Friend, Fair or White Orchid, Friend of the Fair White Orchid, Fair White Blessed Powerful Ruler, Friend of the Powerful Ruler, Fair White Blessed Friend from the Field or Long Hill or Ridge)

Origin: (Chinese, Vietnamese, French, Old English, Welsh)

Pronunciation: (Lan: Lae-N, Lawn Wyn / Wynn: Win Lanwyn / Lanwynn: Lae-N-win, lawn-win)

Gender: Uni-Sex

I was looking up Literary Agencies and potential book publishers and I saw this as the name of one of the publishers. The publisher was not on the up and up as some aren’t, do your research thoroughly writers, but I did like the name Lanwyn. I could not find a meaning for the name as a whole so I looked up the first and second parts separately, Lan and Wyn / Wynn. The meanings are very beautiful and the many combinations are quite extensive and beautiful. It would work well as a first name or last name and as a male or female name. It has a rare unique look to it that I really like. I also like that it almost looks like an Old Welsh name. All in all it is a lovely name.

Branlin / Branlyn / Branlon / Branlen

Meaning: (Bran: Raven, Bramble, A Thicket of Wild Gorse, In Irish Legend Bran was a mariner who was involved in several adventure. Lin / Lyn / Len / Lon: Fine Jade, Forest, Beautiful, Pretty, Lime Tree, Linden Tree, Mountain of Linden Trees, Dwells by the Torrent, Family name in Chinese. In English, short form for names like Linden and Linette. By a Lake, Pond, Small Waterfall, Fierce.)

Origin: (Chinese, Spanish, Scandinavian, Old English, German, Welsh, Irish, Irish Mythology, Celtic, Gaelic, Scottish)

Pronunciation: (BRAN- lin)

Gender: Male

I was at a religious District Convention a few weeks ago and when I was walking around at lunch I heard this lady call her son his name was Branlin and I thought what a cute cool name that is. It has good meanings when I got around to researching it and it sounds super cute.

Elizalea / Elizalee / Elizaleigh

Meaning: (Eliza: My God is a Vow, God is my Oath, God is Satisfaction, Oath of God, Shortened form of Elizabeth. Lea / Lee / Leigh: Clearing, Meadow, Healer, Weary, Glade, Poet, Sheltered from the Storm, Plum.)

Origin: (Hebrew, Old English, Gaelic, English, Irish, Chinese, Scottish, Celtic)

Pronunciation: (Eliza: eh-LIY-z-ə  Elizalee/ Elizalea / Elizaleigh: E-lizuh-lee)

Gender: Female

Elizalee / Elizalea / Elizaleigh are most likely double barreled names and are separated to Eliza Lee / Eliza Lea / Eliza Leigh. I was looking through some old writing journals I have and found an early name for one of my characters who I named something different later. The early name I had chosen for her was Elizalea. Something about combining instead of making it a double barreled name seems prettier to me and more unique. Either way you go separated or together I think this is a beautiful name and I love to say it.

Maelum

Meaning: (Mae= The fifth month, Derived from Maius (the month of Maia, the Greek Mythological goddess of increase or spring growth), Beautiful, Goddess, Lum= Dove)

Origin: (Latin, Gaelic, Celtic, Chinese, Greek Mythology)

Pronunciation: (Mae: MAY Lum: luhm, L-Um, Combined: MAY-luhm, MAHLUM)

Gender: Female

This is a surname I have on one of the lists of surnames on the list of posts on this blog. Recently I started to think this would make a cool, pretty given name. The meanings are pretty and combined this name just seems so lovely. I am sure most wouldn't venture to using this name but I hope someone does use it as a character name.