I am on the lookout for names of any gender/origin that have absolutely incredible, poetic meanings. Not just ones like “peace” or “lion,” though those are also cool meanings, but more like “born from the sun” or “little flame” or “lord of snakes” or something. Something very evocative! Hit me with your best!
[name_f]Cherith[/name_f] always gets me - winter river - not sure why that’s breathtaking to me 
[name_m]Conall[/name_m] (rule of the wolf)
[name_m]Lorcan[/name_m] (little fierce one)
Macdara (son of oak)
[name_f]Araceli[/name_f] (altar of the sky)
Apparently, I’ve forgotten all other names today
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[name_f]My[/name_f] favorites are [name_f]Nuria[/name_f] “fire of God” and [name_m]Nehemiah[/name_m] “comforted by God.” Also [name_f]Gwenno[/name_f] “little bright one.”
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some of my favourites:
- abeni~ we prayed for her and she arrived
- alpenglow~ the rosy light of the setting or rising sun on high mountains
- beatrice~ she who brings happiness
- cordelia~ heart; daughter of the sea
- petrichor~ the earthy scent of fresh rain on dry ground
- apricity~ the warmth of sun in the winter
- ceridwen~ as beautiful as a poem
- rayan~ land that is lush and rich in water
- aputsiak~ snow crystal
- pipaluk ~ sweet little thing who belongs to me
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I really want to know what name means ‘lord of snakes’ 
Melantha - Dark flower
Astrophel - Star-lover
Cordelia - Daughter of the sea
Sylvie - From the forest
Sybil - Prophetess
Juno - Queen of the heavens
Andromeda - Advising like a man
Calliope - Beautiful voice
Primrose - First rose
Marigold - Golden flower
Freya - A noble woman
Isolde - Ice ruler
Calanthe - Christmas orchid
Hyacinth - Blue larkspur, precious stone
Desdemona - Ill-starred
Eulalia - Sweetly speaking
Ceridwen - Beautiful as a poem
Evangeline - Bearer of good news
Dearbhla - Poet’s daughter
Lucasta - Pure light
Eurydice - Wide justice
Gwendolyn - White ring
Alexandra - Defender of men
I hope this is what you meant!
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[name_f]Nafisa[/name_f] ~ “something precious, extremely desired”
[name_u]Nepenthe[/name_u] ~ “a poetic drug said to banish sorrow from a person’s mind”
[name_f]Amata[/name_f] ~ “lover or beloved one”
[name_f]Esmeray[/name_f] ~ “dark moon”
[name_f]Serafina[/name_f] / [name_f]Seraphina[/name_f] / [name_f]Serafine[/name_f] / [name_f]Seraphine[/name_f] ~ “ardent, fiery”
[name_m]Elio[/name_m] ~ “sun, sunny” (not so breathtaking more just pleasant)
[name_f]Juliet[/name_f] ~ “youthful or sky father”
[name_f]Stellamaris[/name_f] ~ “star of the sea”
Angélie ~ “an angel or messenger of god”
[name_f]Zerlina[/name_f] / [name_f]Zerline[/name_f] / [name_f]Zerlin[/name_f] ~ “beautiful dawn”
Mirasol ~ “fully grown sunflower”
[name_f]Amica[/name_f] ~ “loved friend”
Alev ~ “flame” (I think this is so cool)
[name_m]Silvestro[/name_m] ~ “of the woods”
[name_m]Inigo[/name_m] ~ “my little love”
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That is stunning
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halia - rememberance of a loved one … this is one of my favorite meanings
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[name_f]Aisling[/name_f] - dream, vision and also a type of poem
Síofra - fairy, elf, sprite, changeling (I read that people believed that if they named their child this he/she would be safe from being taken by the fairy folk due to the meaning of it)
[name_m]Oisín[/name_m] - little deer
[name_f]Sadhbh[/name_f] - sweet, good
[name_f]Meadhbh[/name_f] - intoxicating
Lasairfhíona - flame wine
Conrí - king of hounds
[name_f]Aya[/name_f] (the Japanese name) - colours, design
[name_f]Sakura[/name_f] - cherry blossom
Chisaki - a thousand blossoms
[name_f]Chiaki[/name_f] - a thousand autumns
[name_f]Ixchel[/name_f] - rainbow lady
Chinatsu - a thousand summer
[name_f]Chiyo[/name_f] - thousand, eternity, eternal
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[name_f]Samira[/name_f] - a friend to talk with in the evening 
Also…
[name_f]Zorina[/name_f] - golden dawn
[name_f]Lillevi[/name_f] - little devoted one
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I love the sea and for me [name_f]Cordelia[/name_f] meaning ‘daughter of the sea’ is just gorgeous I absolutely love that meaning! Shame I couldn’t get anyone on board with [name_f]Cordelia[/name_f] 
I also love [name_f]Faerydae[/name_f] ‘gift of the fairies’ is so dreamy!
[name_f]Primrose[/name_f] meaning first rose I think is lovely especially if she’s your firstborn. I also absolutely love flower names but the meaning first rose is beautiful
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[name_f]Ceridwen[/name_f] ‘beautiful as a poem’
[name_f]Morwenna[/name_f] ‘waves of the sea’
[name_f]Myfanwy[/name_f] ‘my lovely little one’
[name_f]Winifred[/name_f] ‘blessed peacemaking’
[name_f]Merewen[/name_f] ‘sublime delight’
[name_u]Everly[/name_u] ‘wild boar in a woodland clearing’
[name_m]Conway[/name_m] ‘hound of the plain’
[name_m]Aubade[/name_m] ‘morning love song’
[name_u]Atlas[/name_u] ‘bearer of the heavens’
[name_u]Everett[/name_u] ‘brave as a wild boar’
[name_m]Bramwell[/name_m] ‘well where the gorse grows’
[name_m]Cassiel[/name_m] ‘angel of Saturday’
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madeleine – high tower
stellamaris – star of the sea
declan – full of goodness, man of prayer
benaiah – Yahweh builds up
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[name_m]Isaac[/name_m] -he will laugh
[name_m]Nicodemus[/name_m] -victory of the people
[name_m]Herod[/name_m] -song of the hero
[name_m]Arcturus[/name_m] -guardian of the bear
[name_m]Ferdinand[/name_m] -bold voyager
[name_f]Iskra[/name_f] or [name_m]Sindri[/name_m] -spark
[name_f]Tindra[/name_f] -twinkle, sparkle
[name_m]Anatole[/name_m] -sunrise
[name_u]Charon[/name_u] -fierce brightness
[name_f]Tesni[/name_f] -warmth from the sun
[name_f]Elodie[/name_f] -foreign riches
[name_f]Maeve[/name_f] -intoxicating
[name_m]Negasi[/name_m] -he will wear a crown
[name_f]Hepzibah[/name_f] -my delight is in her
Alemayehu -I have seen the world
[name_m]Devrim[/name_m] -revolution
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[name_f]Celia[/name_f]- heavenly
[name_f]Talia[/name_f] - gentle dew from heaven
[name_f]Nadia[/name_f]- hope
[name_m]Percival[/name_m]- the one who pierces through the valley
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I love reading through all of these names!
and here are a few too many others I felt like sharing…
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Aerwyna (English) “friend of the sea”
Ainara (Basque) “little bird”
Amarantha / Amaranthe (Greek) “everlasting”
Araminta (English) “prayer & protection; defender”
Aysu (Turkish) “moon water”
Beatrix (Latin) “she who brings happiness; blessed; voyager"
Benthesikyme (Greek) “waves of the deep”
Cascade (English from French) “a small waterfall”
Chione (Egyptian) “daughter of the nile”
Chía (Chibcha) “one who is like the moon”
Cívánka (Hopi) “one who writes blossoms”
Dessa (Greek) “wandering”
Eri (Irish) “from the island to the west”
Europa (Greek from Phoenician) “where the sun sets”
Gaia (Greek) “earth mother”
Galene (Greek) “calm seas”
Hanalei (Hawai’ian) “crescent bay”
Hinako (Japanese) “sun child”
Hülya (Turkish) “daydream”
Ilsiya (Tatar) “beloved by motherland”
Ísrún (Icelandic) “secret of the ice”
Jumoke (Nigerian) “blessing”
Kaliska (Miwok) “coyote chasing deer”
Kiku (Japanese) “chrysanthemum”
Kiriko (Japanese) “child of the mist”
Kohara (Polynesian) “to throw a flash of lightning”
Lana (Hawai’ian) “afloat; calm as still waters”
Leimomi (Hawai’ian) “pearl child”
Lilo (Hawai’ian) “generous one; lost”
Liluye (Miwok) “hawk singing while soaring”
Luljeta (Albanian) “flower of life”
Máirín (Irish) “star of the sea”
Malila (Miwok) “salmon going fast up a rippling stream”
Mánadís (Icelandic) “moon lady; moon sister”
Marye (Amharic) “my honey”
Mihrimah (Persian) “sun and moon"
Mirinae (Korean) “silver river” (in reference to the milky way)
Momoko (Japanese) “peach child”
Naia (Basque) “seafoam; wave”
Nakry (Khmer) “night-blooming flower”
Nesaie / Nesaia (Greek) “the dweller on islands”
Ngaio (Maori) “reflections on the water”
Nimue / Nimiane (Arthurian) “lady of the lake”
Niusha (Persian) “good listener”
Nordlys (Norwegian, Danish) “northern lights”
Oriata (Tahitian) “cloud dance”
Pakuna (Miwok) “deer jumping when running downhill”
Philippa (Greek) “lover of horses”
Pipaluk (Greenlandic) “little sweet thing that belongs to me”
Psamathe (Greek) “sand of the seashore”
Rósey (Icelandic) “rose island”
Særós (Icelandic) “sea rose”
Særún (Icelandic) “secret of the sea”
Sæunn (Icelandic) “she who loves the ocean”
Sanuye (Miwok) “cloud; red cloud at sundown”
Sereia (Portuguese) “mermaid”**
Takiko (Japanese) “waterfall child”
Tallulah (Choctaw) “leaping water”
Thallo (Greek) “bringer of blossoms”**
Valkyrie (Norse) “chooser of the slain”
Valloma (Finnish) “morning star”
Vega (Arabic) “the swooping eagle”
Vellamo (Finnish) “movement of water & waves
Venetia (Latin) “city of canals”
Venilia (Roman) “of the sea & winds”
Venla (Finnish) “wanderer”
Viatrix (Latin) “voyager”
Xelha (Yucatec Maya) “a spring of water”
Xiá (Chinese) “rosy clouds”
Zina (Ogoni) “star” || (Amharic) “felicity”
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Arcturus (Greek) “guardian of the bear”
Aata (Tahitian) “happy moonchild”
Aciano (Spanish) “the blue bottle flower”
Ahio (Tongan) “whirlwind, waterspout”
Aiko (Frisian) “edge of a sword”
Amahiko (Japanese) “ocean boy”
Apodemios (Greek) “journey abroad”
Aso (Kurdish) “horizon”
Astrophel (Greek) “star lover”
Atiniui (Chuukese) “man of the sea”
Auxentius / Auxentios (Greek) “to grow, to increase”
Basilisko (Basque) “little king”
Bentley (English) “meadow with coarse grass”
Blaise (French) “to lisp, stutter”
Bridger (English) “dweller near the bridge”
Calaïs (Greek) “turquoise”
Celadon (Greek) “a noise as of rushing waters”
Colin (Scottish) “young creature”
Cousteau (French) “coast dweller”
Endymion (Greek) “to dive into; to enter”
Enki (Sumerian) “earth lord”
Hale (English) “from the hollow”
Hauke (Frisian, German) “heart, mind, spirit”
Heiata (Tahitian) “cloud crown”
Hoku (Hawai’ian) “night of the full moon”
Hugo (German) “heart + mind”
Ilasiaq (Greenlandic) “a companion acquired through magic”
Imeraarsuk (Greenlandic) “nice little water”
Isaac (Hebrew) “he who laughs; laughter”
Jasper (Persian) “bringer of treasure”
Jupiter (Roman) “sky father”
Kiviuq (Inuit) “wandering hero”
Kosumi (Miwok) “salmon; fishes for salmon with spear”
Lachlan (Scottish) “land of the lochs”
Lincoln (English) “lake, pool colony”
Malachi / Malachai (Hebrew) “my angel, messenger”
Maru (Amharic) “the honey” || (Tswana) “clouds”
Matoskah (Sioux) “white bear”
Matȟósapa (Sioux) “black bear”
Mieszko (Polish) “glory of the sword”
Monet (French) “to be heard”
Neptune (Roman) “ruler of the sea”
Nýr (Old Norse) “new moon”
Oskar (German) “deer lover”
Paluk (Greenlandic) “dear, little”
Pelegrín (Catalan) “traveller”
Peregrinate (Latin) “to wander abroad”
Rafferty (Irish) “floodtide”
Regulus (Latin) “little king”
Reuben (Hebrew) “behold a son”
Rokas (German) “roar; to shout a battle cry”
Ronan (Irish) “little seal”
Rory (Irish) “red king”
Rǫkkvi (Norse) “twilight, to grow dark”
Simako (Basque) “fighting along with”
Simon (Hebrew) “listener”
Somerled (Scandi) “summer traveler”
Somerset (English) “summer settlers”
Sæbjørn (Scandi) “sea bear”
Taku (Tlingit) “spirit wind”
Tapunui (Tahitian) “forbidden earth”
Tarka (English) “wandering as water”
Toklo (Inuit) “spontaneous & versatile”
Torben (Norse) “thunder bear”
Torsten (Scandi) “thor’s stone; stone of thor”
Tulimir (Polish) “to prevail over peace”
Vetle (Norwegian) “winter traveller”
Vetrliði (Old Norse) “bear that has lived one winter”
Viator (Latin) “voyager”
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My absolute favorite meaning belongs Zella: “One who knows the way; lacking nothing.”
I just can’t beat that meaning!
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Here’s the rest that I wasn’t able to send yesterday:
Ariel - Lion of God
Sonnet - Little song
Branwen - Beautiful raven
Amaya - Night rain
Amaris - Child of the moon
Vesper - Evening star
Morgana - From the shore of the sea
Lisha - Darkness before midnight
Lilith - Belonging to the night 
Ianira - Enchantress
Adrienne - Dark lady from the sea
Belladonna - Nightshade, beautiful lady
Araluen - Place of the water lilies
Rhoswen - White rose
Ferelith - True sovereignty
Nephele - Cloudy
Themis - Law of nature, divine law
Rumi - Beauty, flow, lapis lazuli
Aiko - Beloved child
And Síofra has a really good meaning. I love it.
I love your entire list @halinka
All of these are amazing.
Fun thread!
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Seconding [name_f]Pipaluk[/name_f] and [name_f]Araceli[/name_f]!
Sorry for any repeats …
[name_f]Clarimond[/name_f] + [name_f]Esclarmonde[/name_f] (French, Occitan) “light of the world”
[name_f]Fioralba[/name_f] (Italian) “flower of the dawn”
[name_f]Leocadia[/name_f] (Spanish) “splendid brightness”
[name_u]Auriol[/name_u] (Latin, Basque) “golden”
[name_f]Abeni[/name_f] (Yoruba) “we asked for her, and behold, we got her”
Ángilik (Greenlandic) “european golden plover” (a type of bird)
Isortaĸ (Greenlandic) “beluga whale calf”
Helve (Estonian) “snowflake”
[name_f]Fjolla[/name_f] (Albanian) “fine snow”
[name_f]Eirlys[/name_f] (Welsh) “snowdrop flower”
[name_u]Aiman[/name_u] (Kazakh) “beauty of the moon”
Aysun (Turkish) “as beautiful as the moon”
[name_f]Belinay[/name_f] (Turkish) “reflection of the moon on a lake”
[name_f]Hala[/name_f] (Arabic) “halo around the moon”
[name_m]Oisín[/name_m] (Irish) “little deer”
[name_u]Ayodele[/name_u] (Yoruba) “joy has come home”
[name_u]Moonglade[/name_u] (Word name) “the bright reflection of moonlight on water”
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