Faeryn

Meaning: (From the Fairies, Of the Fairies)

Origin: (English)

Pronunciation: (FAYR-in)

Gender: Uni-Sex

I looked this name up after looking up Elfaeryn / Elfarin *see on list of posts*. Faeryn is a very pretty name. I think the meaning is great and makes me think this would be a name fitted for a character whose parents believed in Fairies or perhaps a character from another realm or perhaps a character from the medieval era as Fairies and Elves were commonly believed in more often then.

Elfaeryn / Elfarin

Meaning: (Spring, Arin: Mountain of Strength, Enlightened, High Mountain, Exalted)

Origin: (Latin, Hebrew, Old Norse)

Pronunciation: (EL-FAYR-in, Elf: ELF Arin: AARIHN Elfarin: ELF-AARIHN)

Gender: Female, Possibly Uni-Sex

I don’t know where I first saw this name but when I saw Elfarin I thought to make the spelling Elfaeryn to be an alternative spelling. I had hard time finding information on this name so I am not sure how popular this name is. I think this would be cool if used on a medieval character because many names then started with Elf. I like the meanings and the look is interesting.

Laelia

Meaning: (Orchid, Happy, Lunar, feminine form of Laelius, a Roman family name of unknown meaning. This is also the name of a type of flower, an orchid found in Mexico and Central America.)

Origin: (Latin, Ancient Roman)

Pronunciation: (lay-LEE-ah, LIE-lee-a, Lail-lee-uh)

Gender: Female

I was looking up middle name options for a secondary characters two daughters middle names and I wanted it to be an Orchid or flower name. I went with Lunaria *see on list of posts* as one of the daughter’s middle names and the second daughters middle name I made it Laelia. This name reminds me of a Hawaiian name for some reason and so makes me think of an exotic beautiful Polynesian character. It has a nice long history of use as well.

I would love to see this name used more often and with authors of Young Adult novels almost always using unique or rare names and using nature related names this would work, just look at Katniss.

Lunaria

Meaning: (Flower, Moon-Like, Moon-Shaped)

Origin: (Latin)

Pronunciation: (loo-NAIR-ee-uh, loo-NAR-ee-uh)

Gender: Female

I was looking up middle name options for a secondary characters two daughters middle names and I wanted it to be an Orchid or flower name. I went with Lunaria as one of the daughters middle names and the second daughters middle name I made it Laelia *see on list of posts*. The look is pretty and meanings are lovely. It does when said remind me of the moon and perhaps a hippie character, made up example. Lunaria Rainbow Meadow Lark!

But you know I love this name even if it has a hint of hippie in it. I would love to see this name used more often and with authors of Young Adult novels almost always using unique or rare names and using nature related names this would work, just look at Katniss.

Lycaste

Meaning: (Orchid, Greek Mythology: The Daughter of the King of Troy, Sister of Helen of Troy.)

Origin: (Greek Mythology)

Pronunciation: (ly-KASS-tee)

Gender: Female

I was looking up middle name options for a secondary characters two daughters middle names and I wanted it to be an Orchid name. Though I liked this name I went with Lunaria *see on list of posts* and Laelia *see on list of posts* instead. Lycaste is a beautiful looking name with a pretty meaning and an interesting history of use. If you have sister characters it would be cool to have them be named Helen *see on list of posts* and Lycaste, named after the daughters of the King of Troy from Greek Mythology.

I would love to see this name used more often and with authors of Young Adult novels almost always using unique or rare names and using nature related names this would work, just look at Katniss.

Floressa

Meaning: (Flower, Blossom, Floressa is a version of Flora (Latin) with the suffix -essa.)

Origin: (Latin)

Pronunciation: (FLAOREHS-AH)

Gender: Female

This would be pretty on a woman of mythical beauty. It has a look of perhaps a beautiful woman living on an Italian Villa. It is very beautiful and I love the meanings a lot. A similar meaning name on my blog is Florian *see on list of posts*. Floressa is very pretty and could be a similar sounding alternative to names like Vanessa, Chessa, and Flora.

Maelyn

Meaning: (May, The Fifth Month, In Roman mythology Maia: (source of the month May) was goddess of spring growth. Dwells by the Torrent Waterfall, Pond, Pretty.)

Origin: (French, English)

Pronunciation: (MAY-lin)

Gender: Female

I like this name that seems a lengthening of just Mae which always seems to be used in double barrel names like, Mae Lee, Mae Ella, and Mae Belle. I have a few other names on my blog with Mae in them, Maelum *see on list of posts* and Maelle *see on list of posts*.

I have used Maelum as a surname of a character before but now seeing Maelyn I think I would love to use this name as well sometime. It has beautiful meanings and of course would make since to be used on a character or person if born in the month of May or in some reference to that month.