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General Name Discussion
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[name_f]Mealla[/name_f] (pronounced as “malla”) [name_f][/name_f]- a rare [name_m]Irish[/name_m] girl’s name meaning either “lightning” or “honey”

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[name_f]Ulla[/name_f] (pronounced “OO-la”)

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Scandinavian, and means “will” or “determination”

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[name_f]Liene[/name_f][name_f][/name_f] :sparkles:

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A diminutive of [name_f]Helena[/name_f] that has ranked as a stand-alone in Latvia, Belgium, and the Netherlands! From what I can tell, it’s pronounced lee-eh-neh[name_f][/name_f] or lyeh-nee[name_f][/name_f] in Latvia, and LEE-nuh[name_f][/name_f] in Belgium and the Netherlands :smiling_face_with_three_hearts:[name_f][/name_f] It reminds me of [name_f]Lieke[/name_f] which I adore!

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[name_f]Aušrinė[/name_f]
[name_f][/name_f]a Lithuanian girl name

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[name_f]Felicie[/name_f]! Very cute :blush:

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Erzhena :oyster:

a Buryat (ethnic Siberian) name meaning “mother-of-pearl.” Possible pronunciations: er-ZHEY-na or er-ZHEH-na

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[name_f]Lulit[/name_f]! It means pearl
[name_f][/name_f]loo-leet

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[name_f]Mai[/name_f]! :cherry_blossom:

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[name_f]Franceline[/name_f] [name_f][/name_f], courtesy of @mellona[name_f][/name_f] [name_f][/name_f] 's NOTD.

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[name_f]Vamika[/name_f], from the new entries to the [name_f]England[/name_f] and [name_m]Wales[/name_m] list

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This is so beautiful! Where do you find all your incredible medieval names haha? I feel like you’ve contributed so much to my lists recently :grin:

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Kotivalo[name_f][/name_f] (u), an ancient Finnish name meaning “homelight”

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ilmarë (g), a tolkien name meaning “starlight” :glowing_star: it’s the name of the moon that orbits dwarf planet varda

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[name_f]Tiiu[/name_f]! :face_holding_back_tears:

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[name_f]Ophélie[/name_f]

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Not a new discovery, but I just found out that [name_m]Bennett[/name_m] means “blessed”, which I love![name_f][/name_f] :white_heart:

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Bjarnat[name_f][/name_f], a Sorbian name meaning “bear” + “firm, brave, hardy”, and Biernat[name_f][/name_f], an archaic Polish name with the same meaning. Both names stem from [name_m]Bernard[/name_m].

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[name_f]Eidel[/name_f]

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[name_m]Sachin[/name_m] (b)

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[name_f]Philothea[/name_f] (g)

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[name_f]Ishbel[/name_f] (g)

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[name_f]Elocadia[/name_f] (g)

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[name_m]Caedmon[/name_m] (b)

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[name_f]Sirona[/name_f]

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