The Italian word that gives the meaning of this name is used in an Aria in the opera Aida by Giuseppe Vedri. The aria is Celeste Aida meaning heavenly Aida. I like the name because I like the aria, and because my father and grandfather also liked this aria.
Clay is a male MudWing, a Dragonet of Destiny, and the main protagonist in The Dragonet Prophecy, the very first book of the Wings of Fire series. Clay has fire-resistant scales, which he found out about when he pushed Peril down a tunnel as he tried to hide her from Queen Scarlet.
Because the Grass Mud Horse is said to be the dominant species which lives within the Mahler Gobi Desert, the region is also called the Grass Mud Horse Gobi Desert (èæ³¥é©¬æå£, CÇonimÇ CÇonÃ­mÇ, gÄbi gÄbÃ¬ which is close in pronunciation, to èä½ å¦ä¸ªå± cao cÃ o nÇ, mÄ ge bÄ« meaning'fuck your). mother s cunthe Caonima, literally Grass Mud Horse, is supposedly a species of alpaca. The name is similar to a profanity (Chinese: èä½ å¦/æä½ åª½; pinyin: cao cÃ o nÇ), mÄ which translates  as fuck your . mother