Meaning: (Daughter of the Stars, A Chief, Derived from the Algonquian schind-han-do-wi, the literal translation of which has been thought to be "spruce stream," "great plains," or "beautiful daughter of the stars." The name of a river and valley in the Blue Ridge Mountains of northern Virginia, Shenandoah was popularized as a given name by the folk song "Shenandoah.")
Origin: (Native American, English)
Pronunciation: (sheh-nan-DOH-ə, Go to this site and run your cursor over Shenandoah to her how it is said: http://www.howjsay.com/index.php?word=shenandoah&submit=Submit)
Gender: Uni-Sex
I have thought this was a beautiful name with a beautiful meaning since I read the novel Daughter of the Stars by Phyllis A. Whitney. The pronunciation is a bit tricky but there are plenty of nicknames. I would love to see a character named this.
Tuesday, November 29, 2011
Guy
Meaning: (Sensible, Wood, Lively, Warrior, Guide, Leader, Valley, Life)
Origin: (Old German, French, Welsh, Celtic, Hebrew, Latin, Teutonic)
Pronunciation: (gye)
Gender: Male
I have used this name as the name of a character. I knew a guy named guy in school and I thought it was odd to be named that but now I like the name. It's not a name that can be used everywhere but I think it has potential to become semi-popular. It has many meanings and it too is simple to pronounce no matter what language you speak.
Origin: (Old German, French, Welsh, Celtic, Hebrew, Latin, Teutonic)
Pronunciation: (gye)
Gender: Male
I have used this name as the name of a character. I knew a guy named guy in school and I thought it was odd to be named that but now I like the name. It's not a name that can be used everywhere but I think it has potential to become semi-popular. It has many meanings and it too is simple to pronounce no matter what language you speak.
Griffin
Meaning: (Hooked Nose, Strong in Faith, Reddish, Mythological Beast, In Greek mythology and medieval legend, the Gryphon was a fierce creature with the foreparts of an eagle (hence the hooked nose) and the hindquarters of a lion. Use as a name may be linked to the heraldic use of the animal.)
Origin: (Latin, Welsh, English, Greek Mythology)
Pronunciation: (GRIF-en, GRIH fun)
Gender: Male
I have used this name as a character name, he went by Griff though. I think it is a strong masculine name. I like meaning and easiness of pronouncing this name.
Origin: (Latin, Welsh, English, Greek Mythology)
Pronunciation: (GRIF-en, GRIH fun)
Gender: Male
I have used this name as a character name, he went by Griff though. I think it is a strong masculine name. I like meaning and easiness of pronouncing this name.
Wednesday, November 23, 2011
Ravenna
Meaning: (Raven, Place Name: A City in Italy famous for its Byzantine Mosaics. Currently the capital of the Province of Ravenna in Italy. It was the capital city of the Western Roman Empire from 402 till 476 AD.)
Origin: (English, Italian, Etruscan)
Pronunciation: (r uh v EH n uh, ruh-ven-uh, ruh-vin-uh, ruh-VENN-uh, rah-ven-uh, Ruh-vehn-uh, Go to this site and run your cursor over Ravenna to hear how it is said: http://www.howjsay.com/index.php?word=ravenna&submit=Submit)
Gender: Female
I read this on the web the other day when I was looking up about the two Snow White films coming out in 2012. One of the characters was named this. Upon researching the name I found plenty of real and fictional characters named this and places named this. There was a lot of info on this name. When I saw it I thought it was a gorgeous name with an exotic look to it. It's like Raven but spiced up. I really like it.
Origin: (English, Italian, Etruscan)
Pronunciation: (r uh v EH n uh, ruh-ven-uh, ruh-vin-uh, ruh-VENN-uh, rah-ven-uh, Ruh-vehn-uh, Go to this site and run your cursor over Ravenna to hear how it is said: http://www.howjsay.com/index.php?word=ravenna&submit=Submit)
Gender: Female
I read this on the web the other day when I was looking up about the two Snow White films coming out in 2012. One of the characters was named this. Upon researching the name I found plenty of real and fictional characters named this and places named this. There was a lot of info on this name. When I saw it I thought it was a gorgeous name with an exotic look to it. It's like Raven but spiced up. I really like it.
Adria
Meaning: (From Hadria (Northern Italy), Dark One, Variant of Adrienne, Feminine form of Adrien)
Origin: (Greek, Latin, English)
Pronunciation: (AADRiyah, AHD-ree-ə, AYD-ree- ə)
Gender: Female
Just like Vala which is right below this name I heard this name on the syfy T.V series Stargate: SG1. Adria was the daughter of Vala on the show. I was watching it the other day and so I decided to add this to my blog. It's a really pretty name. I like the look of it.
I can't remember the way they said it on the show but I think it's like odd-ree-uh rather than the common add-ree-uh. Then again I could have that switched. Both are correct pronunciations of this name. Again it really just depends on each persons way of pronouncing a name.
Origin: (Greek, Latin, English)
Pronunciation: (AADRiyah, AHD-ree-ə, AYD-ree- ə)
Gender: Female
Just like Vala which is right below this name I heard this name on the syfy T.V series Stargate: SG1. Adria was the daughter of Vala on the show. I was watching it the other day and so I decided to add this to my blog. It's a really pretty name. I like the look of it.
I can't remember the way they said it on the show but I think it's like odd-ree-uh rather than the common add-ree-uh. Then again I could have that switched. Both are correct pronunciations of this name. Again it really just depends on each persons way of pronouncing a name.
Vala
Meaning: (Singled Out, Chosen, Oath)
Origin: (Old German, English)
Pronunciation: (VAALah, vah-luh)
Gender: Female
I heard this name years ago when watching the syfy T.V series Stargate: SG1. The other night I was watching an episode and saw the character named this. I thought again what a cool name it is and that I ought to add it to my blog. I really like the unique look to it and the shortness of it as well. I think this name is actually pretty and exotic sounding.
The pronunciation is a bit tricky. I keep wanting to say Val like in Valarie and then a as in uh. But the val is like the vol in volleyball or volume then uh at the end. I hope that helps. Of course I assume you can pronounce the val like Valarie it's just how any individual pronounces a particular name. But I found most pronunciations to be Val as in Vol in Volleyball or Volume and a as uh.
Origin: (Old German, English)
Pronunciation: (VAALah, vah-luh)
Gender: Female
I heard this name years ago when watching the syfy T.V series Stargate: SG1. The other night I was watching an episode and saw the character named this. I thought again what a cool name it is and that I ought to add it to my blog. I really like the unique look to it and the shortness of it as well. I think this name is actually pretty and exotic sounding.
The pronunciation is a bit tricky. I keep wanting to say Val like in Valarie and then a as in uh. But the val is like the vol in volleyball or volume then uh at the end. I hope that helps. Of course I assume you can pronounce the val like Valarie it's just how any individual pronounces a particular name. But I found most pronunciations to be Val as in Vol in Volleyball or Volume and a as uh.
Monday, November 21, 2011
Shamblin and Shamberlyn/Shamberlin and Chamberlyn/Chamberlin
Meaning: (One in Charge of a Chamber. He who had charge of his lord’s receipt’s and issues, a treasurer. The Minister of a Small congregation.)
Origin: (French, Irish, Scottish)
Pronunciation: (Shamblin: sham-buh-lyn Shamberlin/Shamberlyn: sham-bur-lyn, shame-bur-lyn Chamberlyn/Chamberlin: chamber-lyn, cham-bur-lyn)
Gender: Female
The other day I saw Shamblin. It's a street name near my house. I thought it was cool sounding. That night I thought of Shamberlyn & Shamberlin and thought those would be cute. Then I thought about Chamberlyn and Chamberlin. I looked these names up and they are all similar and surnames. I think my favorites are Chamberlyn & Shamberlyn. If anyone knows if my pronunciations are way off or there are other better pronunciations please let me know.
Origin: (French, Irish, Scottish)
Pronunciation: (Shamblin: sham-buh-lyn Shamberlin/Shamberlyn: sham-bur-lyn, shame-bur-lyn Chamberlyn/Chamberlin: chamber-lyn, cham-bur-lyn)
Gender: Female
The other day I saw Shamblin. It's a street name near my house. I thought it was cool sounding. That night I thought of Shamberlyn & Shamberlin and thought those would be cute. Then I thought about Chamberlyn and Chamberlin. I looked these names up and they are all similar and surnames. I think my favorites are Chamberlyn & Shamberlyn. If anyone knows if my pronunciations are way off or there are other better pronunciations please let me know.
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