What names have we missed?

Erianthe - Greek - “lover of flowers”
A genus of flowers, erianthemum dregei, commonly known as hairy mistletoe or wood flower. It fits right in with the Evanthes and Xanthes.

Oenone - Greek - “wine”
Oenone was a fountain nymph of Mount [name_f]Ida[/name_f], the daughter of the [name_u]River[/name_u] Cebren, and the beloved of [name_u]Paris[/name_u] of [name_u]Troy[/name_u] before he went after [name_f]Helen[/name_f]. [name_m]Lord[/name_m] [name_m]Alfred[/name_m] [name_m]Tennyson[/name_m] also wrote a poem titled Oenone.

Axiothea - Greek - “worthy god”
Axiothea of Phlius was a student of [name_m]Plato[/name_m] and Speusippus.

Arumirirarudo - [name_f]Shona[/name_f] - “she has waited for love”
[name_m]Can[/name_m] be shortened to Arumi or [name_m]Rudo[/name_m].


Karafil - Albanian - “carnation; clove”
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Erysichthon - Greek - “earth-tearer”
A Thessalian king who chopped down the sacred grove of [name_u]Demeter[/name_u]. She punished him with insatiable hunger. Also the title of a poem by [name_m]Ovid[/name_m].

Achernar - Arabic - “the end of the river”
Brightest star in the constellation of Eridanus.

[name_m]Yuvaan[/name_m] - Sanskrit - “youthful”

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Saturnina (f) - A martyr and saint in the Catholic church, patron of farmers and wine merchants. Saturnina is the Anglicized version of the original [name_u]French[/name_u] Saturnine, which could also be added!

Milen (m) - Bulgarian variation of [name_u]Milan[/name_u], with the same meaning of “gracious, dear”, pronounced mee-lehn.

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Xiaohan (f) - Chinese name meaning “the sky” or “the heavens”

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Wolfdietrich (m) - [name_m]German[/name_m] - He is the main protagonist in the Middle High [name_m]German[/name_m] heroic epic “Wolfdietrich.” The name is a compound of [name_u]Wolf[/name_u] and [name_m]Dietrich[/name_m], which could mean something like “wolf-like ruler of the people.” The name has also been used by real people, one famous namebearer is the writer Wolfdietrich Schnurre.

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Dinara (f) - Kazakh, Kyrgyz and Tatar name derived from the Arabic word “dinar”, meaning money/currency, making the name’s meaning something along the lines of “expensive, precious”

Inzhu (f) - Kazakh name meaning “pearl”

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I love Dinara so much! I’ve already suggested it, it’s so lovely!

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Kinnon - male name. Scottish origin. Meaning: “fair born”.

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Realized the database is missing the Ermengarde (g) spelling - Same meaning and origin as [name_f]Ermengard[/name_f], this version was used in [name_m]Edgar[/name_m] [name_m]Allan[/name_m] Poe’s “Eleonora” !!

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Rhodanthe means rose blossom in Greek

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Aurnia - [name_u]Irish[/name_u] - “golden lady”

Mythri - Sanskrit - “friendship”

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Serica: A girl name of Greek origin meaning “silky smooth”.

Artaxerxes: A boy name of Persian origin meaning "having a kingdom of justice”.

Ctesias: A boy name of Persian origin.

Phlegon: A boy name of Greek origin meaning “to burn brightly or shine like a fire”.

Stilicho: A boy name of uncertain origin possibly meaning “pillar, strong as a pillar”.

Namatianus

Rutilius: A boy name of Latin origin meaning “red” or “red-headed”.

Hesiod: A boy name of Greek origin meaning “to throw song”.

Athenagoras: A boy name of Greek origin.

Tibur: A boy name of Latin origin. Possibly related to [name_m]Tiberius[/name_m].

Samos: A boy name of Greek or Phoenician origin meaning “high”. Possibly derived from the Phoenician word sama, also meaning “high”.

Erythrae

Palatinus: A boy name of Latin origin meaning “of the palace”.

Gellius: A [name_m]Roman[/name_m] family name.

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https://nameberry.com/blog/new-names-on-nameberry-in-2023-part-2

Today’s blog: Newest names on Nameberry in 2023 Part 2! Featuring many of your amazing suggestions!

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absolute loving these!! so many new additions to my list, thanks again to you and the NB team for adding them! :yellow_heart:

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Thank you!! :white_heart::sparkles: this is such an exciting post, I love seeing so many amazing new names added to the database :blush:

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Ulyssa (f) - A feminine version of [name_m]Ulysses[/name_m], meaning “wrathful”

A cool U-pick or [name_f]Alyssa[/name_f] alternative!!


Also love to see the newest names on the blog!! Thanks so much for adding all of our suggestions, you all do an amazing job :green_heart:

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Some feminine names used in the Netherlands:

Beaudine / Bodine & Boudine - from [name_m]Boudewijn[/name_m], meaning bold
Doutze - variation of [name_f]Doutzen[/name_f]
Lente - “LEN-tuh”, means spring
Linne - “LI-nuh”, from [name_u]Lynn[/name_u] or [name_f]Linde[/name_f]
Mirre - “MI-ruh”, means myrrh
Tesse - pronounced with two syllables, variation of [name_f]Tessa[/name_f]
Teske - “TES-kuh”, variation of [name_f]Tessa[/name_f]

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Ulfert - masculine, meaning protecter of the fatherland

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A collection of -ée names! All feminine and pronounced like - ay

Alysée - variation of [name_f]Alizée[/name_f]
Amadée - variation of [name_f]Amadea[/name_f]
Aymée - spelling variation of [name_f]Aimée[/name_f]
Danée - from [name_f]Danielle[/name_f], [name_f]Danique[/name_f] or [name_f]Danae[/name_f]
Ismée - from [name_f]Ismene[/name_f]
Linnée - variation of [name_f]Linnea[/name_f]
Lymée - uncertain origin, used by [name_m]Dutch[/name_m] model Ymre Stiekema
Lovée - modern invented name
Madée - from [name_f]Magdalena[/name_f]
Novée - from [name_u]Nova[/name_u]
Rhodée - variation of [name_f]Rhode[/name_f]

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Annefien (f) - Rare but sweet Dutch name, that’s a combination of Anne + the -fien suffix, pronounced ahn-uh-feen, I believe.

Apolena (f) - Czech and Slovak variant of Apollonia, pronounced ah-po-leh-nah. It’s fairly common in Czechia! And Apoliena (f), a rare Slovak variation that is pronounced ah-po-lyeh-nah, worn by the main character in a novel by influential Slovak author Jozef Gregor-Tajovský.

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Aluma - Hebrew origin meaning sheaf of grain at harvest.

Arianthe - Greek origin, meaning song + flower (Aria + Ianthe)

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