Names we might not have heard before?

Alright, here is my contribution to this thread :wink:

I direct you to my thread on Yoruba names. A lot of underrated beauties with rich history.

Girls names, with origin & meaning…

  • Afryea (Ewe) “Born during happy times”
  • Anahira (Māori) “Angel”
  • Agrippina (Latin) “Born feet first”
  • Bethlehem (Hebrew) “House of bread”
  • Dalili (Swahili) “Sign from the Gods”
  • Êrsta (Greenlandic) “Star”
  • Faeleen (Latin) “Catlike”
  • Gadarine (Armenina) “From the top of a mountain”
  • Iansîna (Greenlandic) “God is gracious”
  • Izaro (Basque) “Island”
  • Kalila (Arabic) “Beloved”
  • Lajoie (French surname) “Joy”
  • Lowri (Welsh) “Laurel”
  • Mehri (Russian) “Kind, lovable, sunny”
  • Miyabi (Japanese) “Elegance”
  • Ninotchka (Spanish or Russian) “Little girl, just”
  • Perdita (Latin) “Lost”
  • Rikîna (Greenlandic) “Queen”
  • Ruusu (Finnish) “Rose”
  • Shaindel (Yiddish) “Beautiful”
  • Sorca (Irish Gaelic) “Bright shining”
  • Taina (Tupi & Finnish) “Star; secret”
  • Thùy (Vietnamese) “Let down, suspend, hang”
  • Yentl (Yiddish) “Noble” or “Refined”
  • Zelpha (Hebrew) “Dignity”

Boys names, with origin & meaning…

  • Gneisti (Icelandic) “Spark”
  • Aimhín (Irish) “Swift”
  • Aloysha (Russian) “Defender”
  • Artaxiad (Armenian) “Name of a king”
  • Bashir (Arabic) “The one who brings good news”
  • Carew (Welsh) “Fort near a slope”
  • Mawgan (Cornish) “Praise”
  • Flaviano (Latin) “Yellow hair”
  • Gennady (Russian) “Noble, generous”
  • Haroutyoun (Armenian) “Resurrected”
  • Keyne (Cornish) “Man of the eastern sky”
  • Hasso (German) “Man from Hessen”
  • Illés (Hungarian) “God is my Yahweh”
  • Ivaylo (Bulgarian) “Wolf”
  • Kofi (Akan) “Born on Friday”
  • Lorne (English) “Fox”
  • Mercer (French) “Merchant”
  • Naveed (Persian) “Good news”
  • Pili (African, Swahili) “Second born”
  • Ruskin (Scottish) “From a family of tanners”
  • Srinivas (Sanskrit) “Abode of good fortune”
  • Tiernan (Irish) “Little lord”
  • Vijay (Sanskrit) “Victory”
  • Wiparata (Maori) Meaning unknown
  • Wojtek (Slavic) “Joyful warrior”
  • Zotique (Greek) “Life”

If someone replies saying they knew all of these names… I will have no words. :stuck_out_tongue:

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