Monday, January 26, 2009

Names

So we got a baby name book the other day and I've been going through it. Don't know if I have any baby names picked out from it but here is what I got on our family names.

Leon (German) brave as a lion Ray (French) Kingly, royal

Maxine (Latin) greatest Eleanor (Greek) light

Jeanne (Scottish) God is gracious Rae (English) doe (Hebrew) female sheep

Jana (Hebrew)gracious, merciful. (Slavic) God is gracious Beth (Hebrew, Aramaic) house of God

Laura (Latin) crowned with laurel Diane (Latin) Diana divine

Lynisha could not find anything Ruth (Hebrew) friendship

Derek (German) a short form of Theodoric (German) ruler of the people Leroy (French) King

Dalayna (Delana or Delaney (German) noble protector (Irish) descendant of the challenger Marie (French) Mary (Hebrew) sea of bitterness

Ryan (Irish) little King David (Hebrew) beloved

Relyssa Reese(Welsh) Rhys- Enthusiastic; stream Sharon (Hebrew) desert plain

Meshayla-Mesha(Hindi) another name for the zodiac sign Aries Rose - flower

Morgen (Scottish) sea warrior Kyle (Irish) narrow piece of land; place where cattle graze (Yiddish) crowned with laurels

Kara (Greek, Danish) pure Elizabeth (Hebrew) consecrated to God

Kaela (Hebrew, Arabic) beloved, sweetheart Dawn (English) sunrise

Floyd (English) Lloyd(Welsh) gray haired; holy Edwards (English) prosperous guardian

4 comments:

The J's said...

This is really funny ya know... especially the boys--all different origins, German, Irish & Scottish.
Then we have a Ruller/King, A little King, and a Sea Warrior!
I sure mixed all the origins in on all the different names, eh?!

Heather said...
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Diane T. said...

Happy, Happy Birthday Jeanne!!! I am a little late...

Diane T. said...

Some how I missed the pregnancy until I picked it up on your mom's blog. Congrats!! We are excited for you and Floyd to join us in the experience of parenthood.