I am writing a story that is depicting four girls around the age of 18 to 24, who each personify a season, direction, elements and virtue. I need help with names for the four of them!
She has dark black hair at the beginning of the book but later cuts it short, and she has pale grayish blue eyes. She is the personification of [name_u]Winter[/name_u] along with air and the north. Her cardinal virtue is [name_f]Prudence[/name_f].
She has curly [name_u]Auburn[/name_u] hair that falls to her shoulders with golden brown eyes. She is the personification of [name_f]Autumn[/name_f] along with fire and the south. Her cardinal virtue is [name_f]Temperance[/name_f].
She has long, dirty blonde hair and green eyes. She is the personification [name_f]Spring[/name_f] along with earth and the west, Her cardinal virtue is [name_u]Justice[/name_u].
She has light brown hair and deep blue eyes. She is the personification of summer along with water and the east. Her cardinal virtue is Courage.
I know that the Horae and the Anemoi already personify the seasons and earth, but I’m doing a different spin on them! I do like [name_f]Zephyrine[/name_f] for [name_f]Spring[/name_f], like the west wind [name_u]Zephyr[/name_u]!
For the first girl, [name_u]Winter[/name_u] we’ll call her for now, I like the name [name_u]North[/name_u] itself for a girl. If that’s not your taste, what about these:
[name_f]Ursa[/name_f]; The constellation that the north star Polaris is a part of.
[name_f]Mara[/name_f]; Alternate name for the Slavic goddess of death and winter.
[name_f]Stella[/name_f]
[name_f]Maris[/name_f]
[name_f]Star[/name_f]; The north star is sometimes called [name_f]Stella[/name_f] [name_f]Maris[/name_f].
[name_f]Eira[/name_f]; Welsh for ‘snow’.
[name_f]Aurora[/name_f]; [name_f]Aurora[/name_f] Borealis, like the Northern Lights.
[name_f]Aria[/name_f]; Musical references aside, it means ‘air’ in Italian.
[name_f]Aura[/name_f]; [name_m]Titan[/name_m] in Greek mythology who reigned over the breeze and cool air.
For [name_f]Autumn[/name_f]: I think [name_f]Temperance[/name_f] is a cute name.
[name_f]Seraphina[/name_f]/[name_f]Seraphine[/name_f]; Means ‘burning one’ in Hebrew. Can be spelled multiple ways.
[name_f]Hestia[/name_f]; [name_f]Goddess[/name_f] of the hearth in Greek.
[name_f]Vesta[/name_f]; Same goddess as above, but her [name_m]Roman[/name_m] counterpart.
[name_f]Kenna[/name_f]; Means ‘[name_m]Born[/name_m] of fire’.
[name_f]Demetria[/name_f]; Greek [name_f]Goddess[/name_f] of the harvest.
[name_f]Sienna[/name_f]; An orangey red colour, that might be a reference to leaves or flame.
[name_u]Ember[/name_u]; Like the remnants of dying flames.
[name_f]Scarlett[/name_f]/ [name_m]Just[/name_m] about any red/gold colour name could be used to reference fire/autumn leaves.
[name_u]Phoenix[/name_u]; The bird that is reborn from its own ashes. Also means ‘dark red’.
For [name_f]Spring[/name_f]: I liked your suggestion of [name_f]Zephyrine[/name_f].
[name_m]Weston[/name_m]/[name_m]Westyn[/name_m]/[name_u]West[/name_u]; All mean west.
[name_f]Zephyra[/name_f]; Like [name_f]Zephyrine[/name_f], an allusion to the west wind.
[name_f]Justine[/name_f]; Meaning ‘just’ or ‘fair’.
[name_f]Flora[/name_f]; I think most any allusion to flowers or plants could work for spring.
For [name_f]Summer[/name_f]:
[name_f]Augusta[/name_f]/[name_u]August[/name_u]/[name_u]June[/name_u]: As in the [name_f]Summer[/name_f] months.
[name_f]Julia[/name_f]: Feminine form of [name_m]Julius[/name_m], which means the month of [name_f]July[/name_f] in Latin.
[name_f]Nerida[/name_f]/[name_f]Nerissa[/name_f]; Kind of a stretch, but the sea nymphs of Greek mythology were called the nereides. They all have names that you could look up and use.
[name_f]Marina[/name_f]; A name for a boat dock. Can also mean sea in various languages.
[name_u]Gale[/name_u]; A storm at sea.
[name_u]Storm[/name_u]/[name_u]Rain[/name_u]; Any watery weather name could work.
[name_u]Rio[/name_u]; Means ‘river’ in Spanish.
[name_u]Winter[/name_u]:
[name_u]Raven[/name_u] (I like bird names with the wind and raven also has that touch of cold to me)
[name_f]Aurora[/name_f]
[name_f]Prue[/name_f] (as in the short form of Pruedence)
[name_f]Cassiopeia[/name_f] (a northern star constellation)
[name_f]Eira[/name_f]
[name_u]Nevada[/name_u] (“snow-covered”)
[name_u]Storm[/name_u]
[name_f]Mavis[/name_f]
[name_u]Dove[/name_u]
[name_f]Autumn[/name_f]:
[name_f]Scarlet[/name_f]
[name_f]Cressida[/name_f]
[name_u]Phoenix[/name_u]
[name_f]Rubina[/name_f]/[name_u]Ruby[/name_u]
[name_f]Hestia[/name_f]/[name_f]Vesta[/name_f] (Greek/[name_m]Roman[/name_m] goddess of the hearth and guardian of a continious fire)
[name_f]Sienna[/name_f]
[name_f]Fiammetta[/name_f]
[name_f]Soleil[/name_f]/[name_m]Sol[/name_m]
[name_f]Sun[/name_f]
[name_f]Spring[/name_f]: Sorry for the load of botanical names here^^
[name_f]Amaryllis[/name_f]
[name_f]Ivy[/name_f]
[name_f]Jasmine[/name_f]
[name_u]Aubrey[/name_u]
[name_f]Fleur[/name_f]
[name_f]Tulip[/name_f]
[name_f]Lala[/name_f] (slavic for tulip)
[name_f]Calanthe[/name_f]
[name_f]Terra[/name_f] (yes literally [name_f]Earth[/name_f])
[name_f]Astraea[/name_f] (Greek/[name_m]Roman[/name_m] goddess of justice and innocence)
[name_f]Summer[/name_f]:
Keilani (beautiful Hawaiian name but I don’t know the exact meaning; in my opinion many hawaiian names could work)
[name_f]Moana[/name_f] (Hawaiian again; “deep sea”)
[name_f]Aphrodite[/name_f] (there are a few stories in which she is referd to as foam of the sea)
[name_f]Tallulah[/name_f]
Tiamat (babylonean dragon goddess of the sea)
[name_u]Ocean[/name_u]
[name_f]Nereida[/name_f]/[name_f]Naida[/name_f] (nymphs in greek mythology)
[name_f]Nerida[/name_f]
[name_f]Marisol[/name_f]
[name_f]Maren[/name_f]/[name_f]Marina[/name_f]
Derya