Columbia (name) taken directly from Jonathan Swift's "Gulliver's Travels while" a few others were classical or neoclassical in style. Such were Ierne for Ireland, Iberia for Spain, Noveborac for New York (from Eboracum, the Roman name for York) and Columbia for America—at the time used in the sense of "European colonies in the New World". The name was perhaps first coined by Samuel Johnson, thought to have been the author of an introductory essay (in which Columbia already appears) which explained the conceit of substituting Lilliputian for English names; Johnson also wrote down the "Debates" from 1740 to 1743. The name continued
Viridiana (name) Viridiana (name) Viridiana (Spanish, Portuguese, Latin), Viridianne (French, English), Verdiana (Italian) is a female given name of Latin origin as well as the name of an Italian saint. The origin of the female first name Viridiana comes from the Latin word "viridis", meaning "green". Viridiana has never ranked in the top 1,000 female names outside the United States. It first entered the U.S. baby name popularity charts in 1991 in the 981st spot. By 1997 Viridiana was no longer on the baby name popularity charts, having placed at 934th place the previous year. The highest rank for the name Viridiana