🌔 Finn's best kept secrets

General Name Discussion Bandwagon
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A little late to the bandwagon, but this is such a fun idea!
Also, I don’t believe any of these are secrets :smile:

Least common names on my list & a little about them!

Aase - fem, Danish meaning “grass covered mountain”
Aimhín - masc/unisex, Irish meaning “swift”, spelling variation of Eimhín
Alfr - masc, Old Norse word for “elf”
Gansey - masc/unisex, modern English variation of Guernsey, like the sweater :blush:
Fólki - masc/unisex, Old Norse / Old High German, meaning “folk, people”
Hespera - fem, derived from Hesperides
Hesperides - fem/unisex, Greek, the nymphs of evening & sunsets from Greek mythology
Lochiel / Locheil - masc, Scottish Gaelic, debated meaning, possibly “second lake”
Òran - unisex, Scottish Gaelic word for “song”, not to be confused with the Irish name with ocasionally the same spelling :sweat_smile:
Ramund - masc, Danish, titular character from the Danish folk song
Seelig / Sælig- unisex, Old Germanic / Old English, same origin as “seelie” as in the fairy court from Scottish folklore
Yggdrasil - unisex, Old Norse, name of the tree of life in Norse mythology

Honourable mentions to Cairn, Clemency, Eilidh, Emyr, Fenwick, Hirsch, Josepha, Phelan, Solveig, Solvi, Ursuline, Ymir :sparkles: (which I think are better known)

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[name_f]Lovely[/name_f] list!!

Aimhin, [name_f]Hespera[/name_f], Lochiel, [name_m]Oran[/name_m], and [name_m]Seelig[/name_m] are brilliant!! Also, [name_m]Emyr[/name_m], [name_f]Eilidh[/name_f], [name_f]Clemency[/name_f], [name_m]Cairn[/name_m] and [name_u]Solvi[/name_u] are wonderful too! The only ones I’ve encourntered in real life are [name_f]Eilidh[/name_f] and [name_m]Fenwick[/name_m] :slight_smile:

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[name_f]Hespera[/name_f] has my heart!! I love [name_f]Hesper[/name_f] too
Aase, Gansey, and Locheil are also so so cool :slight_smile:

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I love AimhĂ­n, Alfr, FĂłlki, [name_f]Hespera[/name_f], Lochiel, [name_m]Ramund[/name_m] & [name_m]Seelig[/name_m]! [name_m]Cairn[/name_m], [name_f]Solveig[/name_f] & [name_u]Solvi[/name_u] are great too. Thank you for sharing the list.

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