Show 0 0 0 0 X 0 0 0 0 0 0 00 0 0 0 0 C 0 0 C QC 00 0 0 U Women's Wo ens en's Christian Names mes GENEALOGY I. I Which Arc N Not at Christian I X NE always wonders about tho the thoI I ONE subtle psychology of ot names atI attached at at- I to their friends And es especially Is this true of ot women people women people s I who who are above everything ever every thine else creatures creatures crea crea- tures ture of sentiment A A. man can flout the world with initials and the bluff use ue of ot his last name or but no woman was ever er known as JS B B. B F. F or A. A V. She must have some sort of an everyday appellation on which shall fit her case and her place place- placeIt It is IJ true than that IBm silly parents often oUen give a girl one name ame namer ameto r to to compliment a n re relative c and then proceed proceed pro- pro to nickname the bab with some somo lP pe De name which la Is a complete screen tot for the hideous or undesirable namo Alto Alao and as well girl Irl babies n are aro to so 0 r Cute cuto and so dear dear In tho the eyes of ot fond ond parents that Jt it is b Babe and JI the easiest thing In tho the world 1 to begin with and and Kit and Brownie e and DottIe Dottle and these foolish nicknames stick to them thorn for all time Tho The sturdy nicknames given to boys b by their brothers or schoolmates will fall tall awa away from them In tho exigencies exigencies ex ex- of business life But Babe is Babe to the end of or the tho long IonS lifo life of the lean lanky individual who Is la the tho spinster of or the thc village or the tho f fM fat t roly- roly pol poly young oung graduate g In white on the first bench of the village school Still SUB we pause pauso and ruminate before the drawn rawn psychological veil hung hung- even over over the cradle of the Babes BabeR an and the as well as over OYer the Janes Jones and lind nd the the Jennies of or the world Once more we ask the eternal and unanswerable unanswerable able question of or fate tale freak providence ence why Wh P. P Th The Christian name of a n. girl Is la the Ionly only name she ever er owns aa M I said in ina a former article The surname is lent to her first by her father tather and then by her husband It was not nol always thus far lar from It In those misty ages of ot the cave dwellers and even in the glorious glorious glorious glo- glo rious but unmoral days of ot the apex of or Assyrian and Chaldean monarchs there were certain regulated ill marital states of ot society which made the womans womans woman's womans wom wom- ans an's name namo and claim on her offspring about all that said offspring could be beRn beany Rn any way sure of So that in those days O 0 militant suffragette the girl was the parental It Il in the soc social l and civil fabric of society The names which follow have been given alphabetically as ns it facilitates Inthe in inthe inthe the search and Increases the usefulness of this series of at name The They have havo been gleaned from many sources an and are authentic Ada IB is Old German and means the same as Edith which Is is In that old language happiness otherwise rich gift Adalino Adella Adelaide Adelia Adella and Adeline are all variations ot of the same name and aro are all Old German German Ger Ger- man meaning of or noble birth a princess prin princess prin- prin cess Adele and Elua are arc variants of ot the same lame name Agatha Is German for good kind kind Agnes Is also German Gorman and means chaste pure Alethea is is' G German for tor truth Alice Allee is one of at tho the man many variants for tor Adeline and Is b II Old German Alicia Is the European form torm of or spelling Alice Almira Aimira is ArabIc Arabic Arabic Ara Ara- bic and means meana lort lofty a princess AIthea Althea AI- AI thea is German signifying a healer Amabel is Latin for Cor lovable 10 and the modern Mabel is s a form torm of oC the same name Amanda is also Latin and means menns worth worthy to be loved Amelia and Emmeline Em- Em melino meline are arc variants of oC the same Old German name nn-me and anti mean bus busy ener ener- getic Am Amy Is IB Latin for beloved beloved Angelica Is German for lovely angelic an an- Ann Is la Hebrew for grace grace and not ns nu Anne and Hannah are all variations variations variations varia varia- for the same sarno name Antonia and Antoinette Antoinette are the same sam meaning Inestimable inestimable In in estimable Arabella is Latin meaning meaning mean mean- ing Ins a Ha fair altar or an Arabian woman Augusta Is feminine for tor torA A Augustus ugustus an and d means exalted I imperial impe impe- rial rIaL Aurelia Aurella is L Latin Un for golden olden while Aurora is Latin for tor morning redness fresh resh brilliant Barbara Is German for foreign Beatrice Bea lica- trice is Latin for making happ happy Bea Bel- Beatrix trix is the French form of at spelling the name Belinda Bolinda IB ItS uncertain both as ns to origin and meaning Bertha is Old German sl signifying bright ht beautiful Blanch is Teutonic for tor white and tho the French form of the name adds an o c Blanche to Blanche to the name Blanca is the Italian tallen form Bridget is pure Celtic and means mean strength I Camilla i Latin JaUn and means an at attendant attendant at- at i at a sacrifice One wonders If I u there was some subtle suggestion to Dumas' Dumas mind when he thus chrIst christened ned his famous heroine Caroline Is Old German typifying strong stron noble spir- spir Catherina Catherine Katerina A and I Katherine Catherine T- T are all variants of the Old German erman name and mean pure Cecelia and Cecily are Latin and are are lh the feminine of ot Cecil meaning dim eyed Charlotte is the feminine of at Charles while Chloe is German for a green grCen herb blooming Clara is Latin for tor bright illustrious is a variation of ot tho name Clementine moans means gentle while Constance is Latin for firm Inn constant Coral Cora is 13 German Gelman for maiden malden Cynthia is Gorman Gorman Gor Gor- man for belonging Ing to Mount Cynthus Deborah is Hebrew for a bee Delta Della Is German for tor of or Delos Diana is Latin for goddess Dora Dorothy Doroth and Dorothea mean a n a gift gUt from front God lo Dorcas is Greek Greel for Cor a 3 gazelle Edith like lIko Ada is lAtin meaning rich gift gIrt happiness Edna Is Hebrew ure for pleasure Eleanor Elcanor Is Greek for tor light and lichen Ellen Ella and Its Hs' variants are arc of at tho same derivation Elizabeth and l- l Eliza llIza lIza are Hebrew both I meaning worshiper of God consecrated ed to God Emily Brolly I and Emma Emma Emma Em Em- ma aro are all variants of oC Amell Amelia Ethel Ethel- EthelInde Indo Inde and I are Teutonic for tor a anoble anoble anoble noble snake Eudora Is Greek for tor good girt gift Eulalia Eulalla is Greek Creek for fair speech Eunice II Is Greek for tOI happy Ictor victory Eve Evo and Eva are Hebrew for life with all the I Evangeline Evan Evan- an geline is Greek for bringing Ing glad tid tid- III tugs ings I. I Fanny is the Gorman orman diminutive tive tivo of Frances and anal all mean free treo Flora Is Latin for flowers Florence Is another another form and Is blooming flour flour- Tho The feminine names of or l Fredericka Fred Fred- ericka and Georgina arc are but ut of or their masculine equivalents And Arad that Is true truc also of ot Geraldine Gertrude Is Old High German for spear maiden Grace Grac Is Latin and means what it Jt says ays a Is Teutonic for stone heroine Harriet and Harriot arc are feminine forms of Henry Henr while fluster truster and Esther r are arc Persian and mean a star Honora Is Latin und and means what it says Is Latin for a a lad lady gardener Ida is Old German Getman and means godlike god like Inez I Is another form of the Greek Agnes Irene Is Greek for tor peaceful peace ful lul Isabella and Isabelle and are but Italian and Spanish variants of ot Elizabeth Jane is the feminine of or John while Janet Jeanette Joan Jack Jack- o and anal Jeanne are variants of the thc same same name Jemima Is s Hebrew for a auOe cover e Joyce Is Latin for tor sportive Julia Julina and Juliet aro are fern feminine forms of Julius Laura is Latin for laurel Lavinia Is Latin for of or LetItia Is la L Latin for happiness Lillian and Lily arc Latin for that flower flower- Lois Is Greek for good Louise and Louisa are arc feminine variants of Louis Lucy and Lucinda also are feminine forms of at Louis Loul or Lucius and mean born at the br break ak of at day Margaret Is Greek Greck for a pearl peart Maria Marla- arla Mary Miriam and the French rench form Marian are all He Hebrew rew for counton con cou con con- Ion I Matilda a Is 15 Old High Gorman Gorman for mighty mIght battle batlle maid or heroine while Maud is a 3 contraction of oC the same sarno name Millicent ls Is Latin for sweet 1 singer Melissa is 18 Greek for fora fora fora a a bee Mildred is s German for tor a a mild Myra Iyra is la Greek for tor forshe forshe she who weeps or laments Nancy anc and Nora are arc contractions of Ann and HonorIa Hon Hon- orIa orla or Leonora Olive Oll and Olivia OIl are what the they claim to be and are aro Latin names naives Ophelia is Gorman German for tor a S serpent ser ser- pent Olympia is Greek for heavenly heaven All the forms torms of Paula I ly and Pauline are feminine forms torms of ot the Latin LaUn Paul Penelope is Greek for a weaver Persis Persis Per Per- sis als Is ie Greek for tor a a Persian woman phebe IB Is e Greek for tor pure pure radiant Phyllis and Phillis are German meanIng meaning meaning mean mean- ing a a 1 green bou bough h. h Roxana is la Persian Persian Per Per- sian Glan for tor dawn o of day Ruth IB 18 Hebrew Hebrew He lie- brew for tor beauty Salina is Greek for fora fora fora a moon moon Bl Sibyl Sibyl and Sybella are Gro Greek Grook k kand and signify a a prophetess Sophia and SophronIa are arc the tho same Harne and mean of or ofa a sound so sound nd mind Stella la is Latin for a un astar astar sl star Theresa Is Greek for carr carrying In ears of of corn Tryphena 1 is IH Greek Creek for tor delicate deli doll delicate cate cale luxurious dainty Ursula ia la LaUn Latin for the she bear while Ulrica and antI V Valeria ValerIo are feminine variants of ot the masculine names Victoria Is also the feminine derivative of or Victor and Ish is t the h l Latin form of ot Victory Viola means hat It says and aud so ao does docs Virginia what both are rt Latin L. forms Vivian 1 I Is also Latin f for for lively 1 Winifred ed is Teutonic for fora fora a a lover of ot P peace cO Zina Lina Is Hebrew and abundance nc while while- to means ne ans' ans while close this lengthy but rare rore and va valuable dissertation tion enn IO on women's names I must in inform inform In- In form m some somo of m my shocked ed readers that zor Lana SS a. a is a a. Bible Ible name Iame but like Us its very mO modern and nd erotic Is s of at Cx- Cx cee IY uncertain derivation derl and meaning mea But It serves es to show w that at atur ur great treat novelists no irreverent as 38 the our they Slay oury may be in many matters re read tI the Bible Dible do t their c r fir more ore than own n readers far lar m |