Origin: Greek Meaning: from what I could find, it’s a Greek word that means “lightness”, referring to a levity or fickleness of mind. I’m not sure if this has ever been used for an actual name, though there is a species of moth called Elaphria. If anyone has any more info on this name, let…


Origin: English Meaning: “son of Emery”, the latter a Norman form of the name Emmerich meaning “industrious leader” or “universal leader”.


Origin: English, Latin Meaning: a feminine form of Felix meaning “lucky, happy”.


Origin: Tibetan རྒྱ་མཚོ (Tibetan) Meaning: from a Tibetan name, Rgya-mtsho, meaning “ocean”






Origin: Russian Агафья (Russian) Meaning: the Russian form of Agatha meaning “good”. Variants: Agafia


Origin: Slavic Meaning: “thunder”. I’ve also seen it listed as coming from an Indo-European root word parg meaning “to strike, to slay”, or perhaps coming from another Proto-Indo-European root word perku “oak”. In Slavic mythology, Perun is the god of thunder and lightning and the highest god in the Slavic pantheon. He’s also associated with the oak tree.


Origin: English Meaning: the closest I could find regarding the name’s etymology is that it most likely a smooh of the names Isabel or Isabella (meaning “my God is abundance” or “my God is oath”) and Susannah (which means “lily”, “rose” and “lotus”). Interesting fact: I first came across this name in history, being the…




Origin: English, Old Norse Meaning: I couldn’t find much information on this name but the closest I could come up with is that the first part of the name, Ever, most likely comes from Old English eofor meaning “boar”, so Everina is likely an elaborate form of that. Everina could also be a variant form of Everine,…


Origin: Old Norse Meaning: lord In Norse mythology, Freyr is the Norse god of fertility and the weather, and the husband of Gerd, a frost giantess, for whom he gave up a magical sword just to be with her though, without it, he will be killed during Ragnorak. Freyr is also the twin brother of…


Origin: Greek Πανδωρα (Greek) Meaning: from Greek elements pan “all” and doron “gift” meaning “all gifted” or “all giving”. In Greek mythology, Pandora was the first mortal woman created by the gods for the Titan Prometheus, who had stolen fire and given it to the humans. Displeased with this, Zeus and the other gods created Pandora, each giving…






Origin: Germanic, English Meaning: from Germanic Godafrid meaning “peace of God” from Germanic elements god “god” and frid “peace”.


Origin: Germanic, Greek, Old Norse, Irish, Hindu, Japanese Meaning: a multicultural name with many meanings, Ida is from the Germanic element id meaning “work, labor”. It’s also a Greek feminine name, the name of a mountain on the island of Crete, the birthplace of the Greek god Zeus, as well as being the name of the nymph…


Origin: unknown Meaning: it comes from the Caspi tribe, meaning unknown, who lived near the Caspian sea. Evidence suggests it could share a root with the Iranian city of Qazvin, meaning the tribe was either Iranic people or had strong Iranic cultural influences (as according to Wikipedia). I’ve also seen it spelled as Caspiane.

Jane, Jayne

Origin: Old French, Hebrew Meaning: the English form of Old French Jehanne, the feminine form of Johannes or Ioannes, ultimately coming from John meaning “Yahweh is gracious” or “God is gracious”. Interesing fact: before I saw the tv show Firefly, Jane has always been a girl’s name for me but after Firefly and Alec Baldwin’s character Jayne, it’s…


Origin: English Meaning: an English surname that either comes from an Old English place name meaning “a ford” or from Old English given name Wada, from wadan meaning “to go”. Wade is also the English word meaning “to walk in water”, “to proceed or move with difficulty” or “to become involved in something in a forceful, direct…